diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 7b2e86f..8304f63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Cross-platform builds
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21.x']
+        go-version: ['1.21.x', '1.22.x']
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and test
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21.x']
+        go-version: ['1.21.x', '1.22.x']
         platform: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Race test
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21.x']
+        go-version: ['1.21.x', '1.22.x']
         platform: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 834d661..64c3ef6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: '1.21.x'
+          go-version: '1.22.x'
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
diff --git a/cmd/mkuimage/main.go b/cmd/mkuimage/main.go
index 156eaa8..4013a3c 100644
--- a/cmd/mkuimage/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mkuimage/main.go
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ func main() {
 var recommendedVersions = []string{
 	"go1.20",
 	"go1.21",
+	"go1.22",
 }
 
 func isRecommendedVersion(v string) bool {
@@ -275,12 +276,13 @@ func Main(l ulog.Logger, env *golang.Environ, buildOpts *golang.BuildOpts) error
 
 	// Open the target initramfs file.
 	if *outputPath == "" {
-		if len(env.GOOS) == 0 && len(env.GOARCH) == 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("passed no path, GOOS, and GOARCH to CPIOArchiver.OpenWriter")
+		*outputPath, err = archiver.CreateDefault(env)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
-		*outputPath = fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/initramfs.%s_%s.cpio", env.GOOS, env.GOARCH)
+		l.Printf("Output path is %v", *outputPath)
 	}
-	w, err := archiver.OpenWriter(l, *outputPath)
+	w, err := archiver.OpenWriter(*outputPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/uroot/initramfs/archive.go b/uroot/initramfs/archive.go
index 4badbbd..99576de 100644
--- a/uroot/initramfs/archive.go
+++ b/uroot/initramfs/archive.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
+	"github.com/u-root/gobusybox/src/pkg/golang"
 	"github.com/u-root/mkuimage/cpio"
-	"github.com/u-root/uio/ulog"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ var (
 // Archiver is an archive format that builds an archive using a given set of
 // files.
 type Archiver interface {
+	// CreateDefault creates a default file that can be passed as path to OpenWriter.
+	CreateDefault(env *golang.Environ) (string, error)
+
 	// OpenWriter opens an archive writer at `path`.
-	OpenWriter(l ulog.Logger, path string) (Writer, error)
+	OpenWriter(path string) (Writer, error)
 
 	// Reader returns a Reader that allows reading files from a file.
 	Reader(file io.ReaderAt) Reader
diff --git a/uroot/initramfs/cpio.go b/uroot/initramfs/cpio.go
index 578bab3..199308b 100644
--- a/uroot/initramfs/cpio.go
+++ b/uroot/initramfs/cpio.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/u-root/gobusybox/src/pkg/golang"
 	"github.com/u-root/mkuimage/cpio"
-	"github.com/u-root/uio/ulog"
 )
 
 // CPIOArchiver is an implementation of Archiver for the cpio format.
@@ -18,9 +18,18 @@ type CPIOArchiver struct {
 	cpio.RecordFormat
 }
 
+// CreateDefault chooses /tmp/initramfs.cpio or /tmp/initramfs.GOOS_GOARCH.cpio
+// if available.
+func (ca CPIOArchiver) CreateDefault(env *golang.Environ) (string, error) {
+	if len(env.GOOS) == 0 || len(env.GOARCH) == 0 {
+		return "/tmp/initramfs.cpio", nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/initramfs.%s_%s.cpio", env.GOOS, env.GOARCH), nil
+}
+
 // OpenWriter opens `path` as the correct file type and returns an
 // Writer pointing to `path`.
-func (ca CPIOArchiver) OpenWriter(l ulog.Logger, path string) (Writer, error) {
+func (ca CPIOArchiver) OpenWriter(path string) (Writer, error) {
 	if len(path) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("path is required")
 	}
diff --git a/uroot/initramfs/dir.go b/uroot/initramfs/dir.go
index 970c4a5..4317009 100644
--- a/uroot/initramfs/dir.go
+++ b/uroot/initramfs/dir.go
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 package initramfs
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/u-root/gobusybox/src/pkg/golang"
 	"github.com/u-root/mkuimage/cpio"
-	"github.com/u-root/uio/ulog"
 )
 
 // DirArchiver implements Archiver for a directory.
@@ -23,23 +24,24 @@ func (da DirArchiver) Reader(io.ReaderAt) Reader {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// CreateDefault creates a tmpdir using os.MkdirTemp prefixed with mkuimage- or
+// mkuimage-GOOS-GOARCH- if available.
+func (da DirArchiver) CreateDefault(env *golang.Environ) (string, error) {
+	name := "mkuimage-"
+	if len(env.GOOS) != 0 && len(env.GOARCH) != 0 {
+		name = fmt.Sprintf("mkuimage-%s-%s-", env.GOOS, env.GOARCH)
+	}
+	return os.MkdirTemp("", name)
+}
+
 // OpenWriter implements Archiver.OpenWriter.
-func (da DirArchiver) OpenWriter(l ulog.Logger, path string) (Writer, error) {
+func (da DirArchiver) OpenWriter(path string) (Writer, error) {
 	if len(path) == 0 {
-		var err error
-		path, err = os.MkdirTemp("", "u-root")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	} else {
-		if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsExist(err) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("path %q already exists", path)
-		}
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0o755); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("path is required")
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0o755); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	l.Printf("Path is %s", path)
 	return dirWriter{path}, nil
 }