diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 52fd4216..f6bee126 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ services:
 
 language: go
 go:
-  - 1.17.6
+  - 1.19.4
 
 env:
-  - TEST_SUITE=run-unit-tests GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.17.6 ALWAYS=1
-  - TEST_SUITE=run-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.17.6 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=eu.gcr.io/arangodb-ci/official/arangodb/arangodb:3.8.5.1
-  - TEST_SUITE=run-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.17.6 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=eu.gcr.io/arangodb-ci/official/arangodb/arangodb:3.9.0
-  - TEST_SUITE=run-tests-cluster GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.17.6 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-preview:3.10.0-rc.1
-  - TEST_SUITE=run-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.17.6 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-preview:3.10.0-rc.1 TEST_DISALLOW_UNKNOWN_FIELDS=false ALWAYS=1
-  - TEST_SUITE=run-v2-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.17.6 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=eu.gcr.io/arangodb-ci/official/arangodb/arangodb:3.8.5.1
-  - TEST_SUITE=run-v2-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.17.6 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=eu.gcr.io/arangodb-ci/official/arangodb/arangodb:3.9.0
-  - TEST_SUITE=run-v2-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.17.6 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-preview:3.10.0-rc.1 ALWAYS=1
+  - TEST_SUITE=run-unit-tests GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.19.4 ALWAYS=1
+  - TEST_SUITE=run-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.19.4 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=eu.gcr.io/arangodb-ci/official/arangodb/arangodb:3.8.5.1
+  - TEST_SUITE=run-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.19.4 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=eu.gcr.io/arangodb-ci/official/arangodb/arangodb:3.9.0
+  - TEST_SUITE=run-tests-cluster GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.19.4 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-preview:3.10.0-rc.1
+  - TEST_SUITE=run-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.19.4 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-preview:3.10.0-rc.1 TEST_DISALLOW_UNKNOWN_FIELDS=false ALWAYS=1
+  - TEST_SUITE=run-v2-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.19.4 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=eu.gcr.io/arangodb-ci/official/arangodb/arangodb:3.8.5.1
+  - TEST_SUITE=run-v2-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.19.4 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=eu.gcr.io/arangodb-ci/official/arangodb/arangodb:3.9.0
+  - TEST_SUITE=run-v2-tests-single GOIMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.19.4 STARTER=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-starter:latest ALPINE_IMAGE=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/alpine:3.4 ARANGODB=gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/arangodb/arangodb-preview:3.10.0-rc.1 ALWAYS=1
 
 before_script:
   - |
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1dad0095..088f9e4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Change Log
 
 ## [master](https://github.com/arangodb/go-driver/tree/master) (N/A)
+- Use Go 1.19.4
 
 ## [1.4.1](https://github.com/arangodb/go-driver/tree/v1.4.1) (2022-12-14)
 - Add support for `checksum` in Collections
diff --git a/Dockerfile.debug b/Dockerfile.debug
index db81ce49..3e92af44 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.debug
+++ b/Dockerfile.debug
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.17.6 as builder
+FROM golang:1.19.4 as builder
 
 ARG TESTS_DIRECTORY
 ARG TESTS_ROOT_PATH="."
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ceac3a3d..a0461c19 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SCRIPTDIR := $(shell pwd)
 CURR=$(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 ROOTDIR:=$(CURR)
 
-GOVERSION ?= 1.17.6
+GOVERSION ?= 1.19.4
 GOIMAGE ?= golang:$(GOVERSION)
 GOV2IMAGE ?= $(GOIMAGE)
 ALPINE_IMAGE ?= alpine:3.14
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ run-benchmarks-single-vpack-no-auth:
 .PHONY: tools
 tools: __dir_setup
 	@echo ">> Fetching golangci-lint linter"
-	@GOBIN=$(TMPDIR)/bin go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.46.2
+	@GOBIN=$(TMPDIR)/bin go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.50.1
 	@echo ">> Fetching goimports"
 	@GOBIN=$(TMPDIR)/bin go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@v0.1.12
 	@echo ">> Fetching license check"
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 2e3f4851..69cde6d3 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@ To get started, create a connection to the database and wrap a client around it.
 	if err != nil {
 		// Handle error
 	}
-
 */
 package driver
diff --git a/foxx.go b/foxx.go
index 0ea203c5..aad80862 100644
--- a/foxx.go
+++ b/foxx.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ package driver
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (c *client) InstallFoxxService(ctx context.Context, zipFile string, options
 	req.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/zip")
 	req.SetQuery("mount", options.Mount)
 
-	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(zipFile)
+	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(zipFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return WithStack(err)
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6c0a7438..78793445 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/arangodb/go-driver
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/arangodb/go-velocypack v0.0.0-20200318135517-5af53c29c67e
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1c8dce54..68ff8a22 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 github.com/arangodb/go-velocypack v0.0.0-20200318135517-5af53c29c67e h1:Xg+hGrY2LcQBbxd0ZFdbGSyRKTYMZCfBbw/pMJFOk1g=
 github.com/arangodb/go-velocypack v0.0.0-20200318135517-5af53c29c67e/go.mod h1:mq7Shfa/CaixoDxiyAAc5jZ6CVBAyPaNQCGS7mkj4Ho=
-github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.4.3 h1:jJg1aFuhCqWbgBl1VTqgTHG5faPM60A5JDMjQ2HYv+A=
-github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.4.3/go.mod h1:/mVI274lEDI2ns62jHCDnCyBF9Iwsmekav8Dbxlm1MU=
 github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.6.0 h1:is9qnZMPYjLd8LYqmm/qlE+wwEgJIkTYdhV3rfZo4jk=
 github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Qe8Bv2Xik5FyTXwgIbLAnv2sWSBmvWdFETJConOQ//Q=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190321100706-95778dfbb74e/go.mod h1:F5haX7vjVVG0kc13fIWeqUViNPyEJxv/OmvnBo0Yme4=
diff --git a/http/connection.go b/http/connection.go
index 8b16a6d3..fed892f3 100644
--- a/http/connection.go
+++ b/http/connection.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptrace"
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func readBody(resp *http.Response) ([]byte, error) {
 	contentLength := resp.ContentLength
 	if contentLength < 0 {
 		// Don't know the content length, do it the slowest way
-		result, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		result, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, driver.WithStack(err)
 		}
diff --git a/http/doc.go b/http/doc.go
index 0cffc2b0..f3f3c6c2 100644
--- a/http/doc.go
+++ b/http/doc.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ This connection uses HTTP or HTTPS to connect to the ArangoDB database and
 encodes its content as JSON or Velocypack, depending on the value
 of the `ContentType` fields in the `http.ConnectionConfig`.
 
-Creating an Insecure Connection
+# Creating an Insecure Connection
 
 To create an HTTP connection, use code like this.
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ for normal database requests.
 		// Handle error
 	}
 
-Creating a Secure Connection
+# Creating a Secure Connection
 
 To create a secure HTTPS connection, use code like this.
 
@@ -64,6 +64,5 @@ To create a secure HTTPS connection, use code like this.
 	if err != nil {
 		// Handle error
 	}
-
 */
 package http
diff --git a/jwt/doc.go b/jwt/doc.go
index 7d226ee3..c5edb778 100644
--- a/jwt/doc.go
+++ b/jwt/doc.go
@@ -52,6 +52,5 @@ To use a JWT secret to access your database, use code like this:
 	if err != nil {
 		// Handle error
 	}
-
 */
 package jwt
diff --git a/user_impl.go b/user_impl.go
index 243081f6..e57f435c 100644
--- a/user_impl.go
+++ b/user_impl.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (u *user) Name() string {
 	return u.data.Name
 }
 
-//  Is this an active user?
+// Is this an active user?
 func (u *user) IsActive() bool {
 	return u.data.Active
 }
diff --git a/v2/connection/connection_http_request.go b/v2/connection/connection_http_request.go
index 9e6a56f4..717ced47 100644
--- a/v2/connection/connection_http_request.go
+++ b/v2/connection/connection_http_request.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ package connection
 import (
 	"context"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 )
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ func (j *httpRequest) asRequest(ctx context.Context, bodyReader bodyReadFactory)
 		} else if c, ok := body.(io.ReadCloser); ok {
 			return c, nil
 		} else {
-			return ioutil.NopCloser(body), nil
+			return io.NopCloser(body), nil
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/v2/connection/decoder.go b/v2/connection/decoder.go
index ff7812d2..79121c0d 100644
--- a/v2/connection/decoder.go
+++ b/v2/connection/decoder.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 
 	"github.com/arangodb/go-velocypack"
 )
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ type bytesDecoder struct {
 
 // Decode decodes bytes from the reader into the obj.
 func (j bytesDecoder) Decode(reader io.Reader, obj interface{}) error {
-	result, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index 6e1678e3..0a152b1e 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/arangodb/go-driver/v2
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/arangodb/go-velocypack v0.0.0-20200318135517-5af53c29c67e
diff --git a/v2/tests/call_test.go b/v2/tests/call_test.go
index a092ec8d..fa925530 100644
--- a/v2/tests/call_test.go
+++ b/v2/tests/call_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ package tests
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func Test_CallStream(t *testing.T) {
 
 		version := arangodb.VersionInfo{}
 		require.NoError(t, dec.Decode(body, &version))
-		data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(body)
+		data, err := io.ReadAll(body)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, data, 0)
 		require.GreaterOrEqual(t, version.Version.Major(), 3)
diff --git a/vst/doc.go b/vst/doc.go
index 2337aea2..2c482d2a 100644
--- a/vst/doc.go
+++ b/vst/doc.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Package vst implements driver.Connection using a VelocyStream connection.
 This connection uses VelocyStream (with optional TLS) to connect to the ArangoDB database.
 It encodes its contents as Velocypack.
 
-Creating an Insecure Connection
+# Creating an Insecure Connection
 
 To create a VST connection, use code like this.
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ for normal database requests.
 		// Handle error
 	}
 
-Creating a Secure Connection
+# Creating a Secure Connection
 
 To create a secure VST connection, use code like this.
 
@@ -63,6 +63,5 @@ To create a secure VST connection, use code like this.
 	if err != nil {
 		// Handle error
 	}
-
 */
 package vst