diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8dfe1b1..02a7dfe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 module github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill-http/v2
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.21
+
+toolchain go1.23.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill v1.2.0
-	github.com/go-chi/chi v4.0.2+incompatible
-	github.com/go-chi/render v1.0.1
+	github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill v1.3.7
+	github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible
+	github.com/go-chi/render v1.0.3
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/ajg/form v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3 v3.0.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5dc230d..aa84dc8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill v1.2.0 h1:TU3TML1dnQ/ifK09F2+4JQk2EKhmhXe7Qv7eb5ZpTS8=
-github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill v1.2.0/go.mod h1:IuVxGk/kgCN0cex2S94BLglUiB0PwOm8hbUhm6g2Nx4=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill v1.3.7 h1:NV0PSTmuACVEOV4dMxRnmGXrmbz8U83LENOvpHekN7o=
+github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill v1.3.7/go.mod h1:lBnrLbxOjeMRgcJbv+UiZr8Ylz8RkJ4m6i/VN/Nk+to=
+github.com/ajg/form v1.5.1 h1:t9c7v8JUKu/XxOGBU0yjNpaMloxGEJhUkqFRq0ibGeU=
+github.com/ajg/form v1.5.1/go.mod h1:uL1WgH+h2mgNtvBq0339dVnzXdBETtL2LeUXaIv25UY=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/go-chi/chi v4.0.2+incompatible h1:maB6vn6FqCxrpz4FqWdh4+lwpyZIQS7YEAUcHlgXVRs=
-github.com/go-chi/chi v4.0.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:eB3wogJHnLi3x/kFX2A+IbTBlXxmMeXJVKy9tTv1XzQ=
-github.com/go-chi/render v1.0.1 h1:4/5tis2cKaNdnv9zFLfXzcquC9HbeZgCnxGnKrltBS8=
-github.com/go-chi/render v1.0.1/go.mod h1:pq4Rr7HbnsdaeHagklXub+p6Wd16Af5l9koip1OvJns=
+github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible h1:fGFk2Gmi/YKXk0OmGfBh0WgmN3XB8lVnEyNz34tQRec=
+github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:eB3wogJHnLi3x/kFX2A+IbTBlXxmMeXJVKy9tTv1XzQ=
+github.com/go-chi/render v1.0.3 h1:AsXqd2a1/INaIfUSKq3G5uA8weYx20FOsM7uSoCyyt4=
+github.com/go-chi/render v1.0.3/go.mod h1:/gr3hVkmYR0YlEy3LxCuVRFzEu9Ruok+gFqbIofjao0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 h1:OxrOeh75EUXMY8TBjag2fzXGZ40LB6IKw45YeGUDY2I=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
@@ -23,15 +24,9 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/pkg/http/marshall_message_test.go b/pkg/http/marshall_message_test.go
index c6f041c..88a363f 100644
--- a/pkg/http/marshall_message_test.go
+++ b/pkg/http/marshall_message_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package http_test
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestDefaultMarshalMessageFunc(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, url, req.URL.String())
 
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, msgPayload, body)
 
diff --git a/pkg/http/publisher.go b/pkg/http/publisher.go
index c3407b8..6cb6d4f 100644
--- a/pkg/http/publisher.go
+++ b/pkg/http/publisher.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package http
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (p Publisher) handleResponseBody(resp *http.Response, logFields watermill.L
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not read response body")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/http/sse_test.go b/pkg/http/sse_test.go
index ea94229..bc15b9d 100644
--- a/pkg/http/sse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/http/sse_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	netHTTP "net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ func TestSSE(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		require.Equal(t, 200, resp.StatusCode)
-		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		post := Post{}
diff --git a/pkg/http/subscriber.go b/pkg/http/subscriber.go
index eaca068..1d9dccb 100644
--- a/pkg/http/subscriber.go
+++ b/pkg/http/subscriber.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package http
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type UnmarshalMessageFunc func(topic string, request *http.Request) (*message.Me
 // DefaultUnmarshalMessageFunc retrieves the UUID and Metadata from request headers,
 // as encoded by DefaultMarshalMessageFunc.
 func DefaultUnmarshalMessageFunc(topic string, req *http.Request) (*message.Message, error) {
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}