diff --git a/podman/domain/config.py b/podman/domain/config.py
index 555ed9d4..24754696 100644
--- a/podman/domain/config.py
+++ b/podman/domain/config.py
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 """Read containers.conf file."""
+import sys
 import urllib
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Optional
 
 import xdg.BaseDirectory
 
-try:
-    import toml
-except ImportError:
-    import pytoml as toml
-
 from podman.api import cached_property
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    import tomllib
+else:
+    import tomli as tomllib
+
 
 class ServiceConnection:
     """ServiceConnection defines a connection to the Podman service."""
@@ -62,9 +63,8 @@ def __init__(self, path: Optional[str] = None):
 
         self.attrs = {}
         if self.path.exists():
-            with self.path.open(encoding='utf-8') as file:
-                buffer = file.read()
-            self.attrs = toml.loads(buffer)
+            with self.path.open("rb") as file:
+                self.attrs = tomllib.load(file)
 
     def __hash__(self) -> int:
         return hash(tuple(self.path.name))
diff --git a/podman/tests/unit/test_config.py b/podman/tests/unit/test_config.py
index 7ecb475a..845cad24 100644
--- a/podman/tests/unit/test_config.py
+++ b/podman/tests/unit/test_config.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 class PodmanConfigTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     opener = mock.mock_open(
-        read_data="""
+        read_data=b"""
 [containers]
   log_size_max = -1
   pids_limit = 2048
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def test_connections(self):
             self.assertEqual(config.services["production"].identity, Path("/home/root/.ssh/id_rsa"))
 
             PodmanConfigTestCase.opener.assert_called_with(
-                Path("/home/developer/containers.conf"), encoding='utf-8'
+                Path("/home/developer/containers.conf"), "rb"
             )
 
 
diff --git a/podman/tests/unit/test_podmanclient.py b/podman/tests/unit/test_podmanclient.py
index 66a739cf..916932de 100644
--- a/podman/tests/unit/test_podmanclient.py
+++ b/podman/tests/unit/test_podmanclient.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class PodmanClientTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test the PodmanClient() object."""
 
     opener = mock.mock_open(
-        read_data="""
+        read_data=b"""
 [containers]
   log_size_max = -1
   pids_limit = 2048
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def test_connect(self):
 
             # Build path to support tests running as root or a user
             expected = Path(xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home) / "containers" / "containers.conf"
-            PodmanClientTestCase.opener.assert_called_with(expected, encoding="utf-8")
+            PodmanClientTestCase.opener.assert_called_with(expected, "rb")
 
     def test_connect_404(self):
         with mock.patch.multiple(Path, open=self.mocked_open, exists=MagicMock(return_value=True)):
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def test_connect_default(self):
 
             # Build path to support tests running as root or a user
             expected = Path(xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home) / "containers" / "containers.conf"
-            PodmanClientTestCase.opener.assert_called_with(expected, encoding="utf-8")
+            PodmanClientTestCase.opener.assert_called_with(expected, "rb")
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c14dcdc8..b31049e6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ requires = [
     "requests>=2.24",
     "setuptools>=46.4",
     "sphinx",
-    "toml>=0.10.2",
+    "tomli>=1.2.3; python_version<'3.11'",
     "urllib3>=1.24.2",
     "wheel",
 ]
diff --git a/python-podman.spec.rpkg b/python-podman.spec.rpkg
index 5792a311..877ee79b 100644
--- a/python-podman.spec.rpkg
+++ b/python-podman.spec.rpkg
@@ -49,19 +49,19 @@ Source:     {{{ git_dir_pack }}}
 BuildRequires: git-core
 BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-devel
 %if %{?old_rhel}
-BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytoml
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-tomli
 BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-pyxdg
 BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-requests
 BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
-Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytoml
+Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-tomli
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-pyxdg
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-requests
 %else
 BuildRequires: pyproject-rpm-macros
 %endif
 %if 0%{?fedora} <= 35 && ! 0%{?rhel}
-BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-toml
-Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-toml
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-tomli
+Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-tomli
 %endif
 Provides: %{pypi_name}-py = %{version}-%{release}
 Summary: %{summary}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5713ef5d..0c7937be 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ pyxdg>=0.26
 requests>=2.24
 setuptools
 sphinx
-toml>=0.10.2
+tomli>=1.2.3; python_version<'3.11'
 urllib3>=1.24.2
 wheel
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 73550cfc..f0f469cb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ test_suite =
 install_requires =
     pyxdg>=0.26
     requests>=2.24
-    toml>=0.10.2
+    tomli>=1.2.3; python_version<'3.11'
     urllib3>=1.24.2
 
 # typing_extensions are included for RHEL 8.5