diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index 750ede2421..f68a45fdc1 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -377,7 +376,7 @@ func downloadProtocGenGo(cachedir string) string {
 
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go/releases/download/v%s/%s", version, archiveName)
 
-	archivePath := path.Join(cachedir, archiveName)
+	archivePath := filepath.Join(cachedir, archiveName)
 	if err := csdb.DownloadFile(url, archivePath); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/build/util.go b/internal/build/util.go
index 4ba5135dd3..7334f409dd 100644
--- a/internal/build/util.go
+++ b/internal/build/util.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ func RunGit(args ...string) string {
 
 // readGitFile returns content of file in .git directory.
 func readGitFile(file string) string {
-	content, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join(".git", file))
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(".git", file))
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
diff --git a/internal/jsre/jsre_test.go b/internal/jsre/jsre_test.go
index bb4ff5fa4f..18ef39e2f4 100644
--- a/internal/jsre/jsre_test.go
+++ b/internal/jsre/jsre_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package jsre
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (no *testNativeObjectBinding) TestMethod(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value
 func newWithTestJS(t *testing.T, testjs string) *JSRE {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	if testjs != "" {
-		if err := os.WriteFile(path.Join(dir, "test.js"), []byte(testjs), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "test.js"), []byte(testjs), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("cannot create test.js:", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/node/node_auth_test.go b/node/node_auth_test.go
index 9f3503af76..ac51e3c51a 100644
--- a/node/node_auth_test.go
+++ b/node/node_auth_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestAuthEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create jwt secret: %v", err)
 	}
 	// Geth must read it from a file, and does not support in-memory JWT secrets, so we create a temporary file.
-	jwtPath := path.Join(t.TempDir(), "jwt_secret")
+	jwtPath := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "jwt_secret")
 	if err := os.WriteFile(jwtPath, []byte(hexutil.Encode(secret[:])), 0600); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to prepare jwt secret file: %v", err)
 	}