diff --git a/boring-sys/build/main.rs b/boring-sys/build/main.rs
index 0f0b94c1..e14b932f 100644
--- a/boring-sys/build/main.rs
+++ b/boring-sys/build/main.rs
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ fn run_command(command: &mut Command) -> io::Result<Output> {
             None => format!("{:?} was terminated by signal", command),
         };
 
-        return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, err));
+        return Err(io::Error::other(err));
     }
 
     Ok(out)
diff --git a/boring/src/error.rs b/boring/src/error.rs
index 9cdc878b..1f951341 100644
--- a/boring/src/error.rs
+++ b/boring/src/error.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl error::Error for ErrorStack {}
 
 impl From<ErrorStack> for io::Error {
     fn from(e: ErrorStack) -> io::Error {
-        io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e)
+        io::Error::other(e)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/boring/src/ssl/mod.rs b/boring/src/ssl/mod.rs
index e1253e3b..762cb2d7 100644
--- a/boring/src/ssl/mod.rs
+++ b/boring/src/ssl/mod.rs
@@ -3943,9 +3943,7 @@ impl<S: Read + Write> SslStream<S> {
                 }
                 Err(ref e) if e.code() == ErrorCode::WANT_READ && e.io_error().is_none() => {}
                 Err(e) => {
-                    return Err(e
-                        .into_io_error()
-                        .unwrap_or_else(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e)));
+                    return Err(e.into_io_error().unwrap_or_else(io::Error::other));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -4167,9 +4165,7 @@ impl<S: Read + Write> Write for SslStream<S> {
                 Ok(n) => return Ok(n),
                 Err(ref e) if e.code() == ErrorCode::WANT_READ && e.io_error().is_none() => {}
                 Err(e) => {
-                    return Err(e
-                        .into_io_error()
-                        .unwrap_or_else(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e)));
+                    return Err(e.into_io_error().unwrap_or_else(io::Error::other));
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/tokio-boring/src/lib.rs b/tokio-boring/src/lib.rs
index f1593ed8..d0d1502e 100644
--- a/tokio-boring/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-boring/src/lib.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ where
             Err(e) => {
                 return Poll::Ready(Err(e
                     .into_io_error()
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))));
+                    .unwrap_or_else(io::Error::other)));
             }
         }