diff --git a/database/ffldb/interface_test.go b/database/ffldb/interface_test.go
index 0f0aa9585..728f8d288 100644
--- a/database/ffldb/interface_test.go
+++ b/database/ffldb/interface_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2015-2016 The btcsuite developers
-// Copyright (c) 2016-2025 The Decred developers
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2026 The Decred developers
 // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -2163,17 +2163,17 @@ func testConcurrentClose(tc *testContext) bool {
 	// Start up a few readers and wait for them to acquire views.  Each
 	// reader waits for a signal to complete to ensure the transactions stay
 	// open until they are explicitly signalled to be closed.
-	var activeReaders int32
+	var activeReaders atomic.Int32
 	numReaders := 3
 	started := make(chan struct{})
 	finishReaders := make(chan struct{})
 	resultChan := make(chan bool, numReaders+1)
 	reader := func() {
 		err := tc.db.View(func(tx database.Tx) error {
-			atomic.AddInt32(&activeReaders, 1)
+			activeReaders.Add(1)
 			started <- struct{}{}
 			<-finishReaders
-			atomic.AddInt32(&activeReaders, -1)
+			activeReaders.Add(-1)
 			return nil
 		})
 		if err != nil {
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ func testConcurrentClose(tc *testContext) bool {
 	// active readers open.
 	time.AfterFunc(time.Millisecond*250, func() { close(finishReaders) })
 	<-dbClosed
-	if nr := atomic.LoadInt32(&activeReaders); nr != 0 {
+	if nr := activeReaders.Load(); nr != 0 {
 		tc.t.Errorf("Close did not appear to block with active "+
 			"readers: %d active", nr)
 		return false
diff --git a/database/go.mod b/database/go.mod
index 4abfe3257..730dfdecb 100644
--- a/database/go.mod
+++ b/database/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/decred/dcrd/database/v3
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.5
diff --git a/peer/go.mod b/peer/go.mod
index 918a18dac..d90e37d28 100644
--- a/peer/go.mod
+++ b/peer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/decred/dcrd/peer/v4
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
diff --git a/peer/peer.go b/peer/peer.go
index 75ec208b7..dcd49c9c5 100644
--- a/peer/peer.go
+++ b/peer/peer.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const (
 var (
 	// nodeCount is the total number of peer connections made since startup
 	// and is used to assign an id to a peer.
-	nodeCount int32
+	nodeCount atomic.Int32
 
 	// sentNonces houses the unique nonces that are generated when pushing
 	// version messages that are used to detect self connections.
@@ -451,12 +451,11 @@ type HostToNetAddrFunc func(host string, port uint16,
 // of specific types that typically require common special handling are
 // provided as a convenience.
 type Peer struct {
-	// The following variables must only be used atomically.
-	bytesReceived uint64
-	bytesSent     uint64
-	lastRecv      int64
-	lastSend      int64
-	disconnect    int32
+	bytesReceived atomic.Uint64
+	bytesSent     atomic.Uint64
+	lastRecv      atomic.Int64
+	lastSend      atomic.Int64
+	disconnect    atomic.Bool
 
 	conn    net.Conn
 	connMtx sync.Mutex
@@ -735,14 +734,14 @@ func (p *Peer) LastBlock() int64 {
 //
 // This function is safe for concurrent access.
 func (p *Peer) LastSend() time.Time {
-	return time.Unix(atomic.LoadInt64(&p.lastSend), 0)
+	return time.Unix(p.lastSend.Load(), 0)
 }
 
 // LastRecv returns the last recv time of the peer.
 //
 // This function is safe for concurrent access.
 func (p *Peer) LastRecv() time.Time {
-	return time.Unix(atomic.LoadInt64(&p.lastRecv), 0)
+	return time.Unix(p.lastRecv.Load(), 0)
 }
 
 // LocalAddr returns the local address of the connection or nil if the peer is
@@ -761,14 +760,14 @@ func (p *Peer) LocalAddr() net.Addr {
 //
 // This function is safe for concurrent access.
 func (p *Peer) BytesSent() uint64 {
-	return atomic.LoadUint64(&p.bytesSent)
+	return p.bytesSent.Load()
 }
 
 // BytesReceived returns the total number of bytes received by the peer.
 //
 // This function is safe for concurrent access.
 func (p *Peer) BytesReceived() uint64 {
-	return atomic.LoadUint64(&p.bytesReceived)
+	return p.bytesReceived.Load()
 }
 
 // TimeConnected returns the time at which the peer connected.
@@ -1015,7 +1014,7 @@ func (p *Peer) readMessage() (wire.Message, []byte, error) {
 	}
 	n, msg, buf, err := wire.ReadMessageN(p.conn, p.ProtocolVersion(),
 		p.cfg.Net)
-	atomic.AddUint64(&p.bytesReceived, uint64(n))
+	p.bytesReceived.Add(uint64(n))
 
 	// Calculate and store the message hash of any mixing message
 	// immediately after deserializing it.
@@ -1052,7 +1051,7 @@ func (p *Peer) readMessage() (wire.Message, []byte, error) {
 // writeMessage sends a wire message to the peer with logging.
 func (p *Peer) writeMessage(msg wire.Message) error {
 	// Don't do anything if we're disconnecting.
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(&p.disconnect) != 0 {
+	if p.disconnect.Load() {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -1077,7 +1076,7 @@ func (p *Peer) writeMessage(msg wire.Message) error {
 
 	// Write the message to the peer.
 	n, err := wire.WriteMessageN(p.conn, msg, p.ProtocolVersion(), p.cfg.Net)
-	atomic.AddUint64(&p.bytesSent, uint64(n))
+	p.bytesSent.Add(uint64(n))
 	if p.cfg.Listeners.OnWrite != nil {
 		p.cfg.Listeners.OnWrite(p, n, msg, err)
 	}
@@ -1090,7 +1089,7 @@ func (p *Peer) writeMessage(msg wire.Message) error {
 func (p *Peer) shouldHandleReadError(err error) bool {
 	// No logging or reject message when the peer is being forcibly
 	// disconnected.
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(&p.disconnect) != 0 {
+	if p.disconnect.Load() {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -1350,7 +1349,7 @@ cleanup:
 // goroutine.
 func (p *Peer) inHandler() {
 out:
-	for atomic.LoadInt32(&p.disconnect) == 0 {
+	for !p.disconnect.Load() {
 		// Read a message and stop the idle timer as soon as the read
 		// is done.  The timer is reset below for the next iteration if
 		// needed.
@@ -1370,7 +1369,7 @@ out:
 
 			break out
 		}
-		atomic.StoreInt64(&p.lastRecv, time.Now().Unix())
+		p.lastRecv.Store(time.Now().Unix())
 		select {
 		case p.stallControl <- stallControlMsg{sccReceiveMessage, rmsg}:
 		case <-p.quit:
@@ -1688,7 +1687,7 @@ out:
 			// is no queued inventory.
 			// version is known if send queue has any entries.
 			switch {
-			case atomic.LoadInt32(&p.disconnect) != 0:
+			case p.disconnect.Load():
 				continue
 			case len(invSendQueue) == 0:
 				trickleTimer.Reset(trickleTimeout())
@@ -1761,7 +1760,7 @@ cleanup:
 // should be logged.
 func (p *Peer) shouldLogWriteError(err error) bool {
 	// No logging when the peer is being forcibly disconnected.
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(&p.disconnect) != 0 {
+	if p.disconnect.Load() {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -1820,7 +1819,7 @@ out:
 			// message that it has been sent (if requested), and
 			// signal the send queue to the deliver the next queued
 			// message.
-			atomic.StoreInt64(&p.lastSend, time.Now().Unix())
+			p.lastSend.Store(time.Now().Unix())
 			if msg.doneChan != nil {
 				msg.doneChan <- struct{}{}
 			}
@@ -1948,7 +1947,7 @@ func (p *Peer) Connected() bool {
 	p.connMtx.Lock()
 	defer p.connMtx.Unlock()
 
-	return p.conn != nil && atomic.LoadInt32(&p.disconnect) == 0
+	return p.conn != nil && !p.disconnect.Load()
 }
 
 // Disconnect disconnects the peer by closing the connection.  Calling this
@@ -1963,7 +1962,7 @@ func (p *Peer) Disconnect() {
 		p.conn.Close()
 	}
 
-	if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&p.disconnect, 0, 1) {
+	if p.disconnect.CompareAndSwap(false, true) {
 		close(p.quit)
 	}
 }
@@ -2011,7 +2010,7 @@ func (p *Peer) readRemoteVersionMsg() error {
 
 	// Set the peer's ID and user agent.
 	p.flagsMtx.Lock()
-	p.id = atomic.AddInt32(&nodeCount, 1)
+	p.id = nodeCount.Add(1)
 	p.userAgent = msg.UserAgent
 	p.flagsMtx.Unlock()
 
diff --git a/rpcclient/go.mod b/rpcclient/go.mod
index 88abf586f..146ebbf2b 100644
--- a/rpcclient/go.mod
+++ b/rpcclient/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/decred/dcrd/rpcclient/v8
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.5
diff --git a/rpcclient/infrastructure.go b/rpcclient/infrastructure.go
index bc8d5e2dc..2ab608887 100644
--- a/rpcclient/infrastructure.go
+++ b/rpcclient/infrastructure.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The btcsuite developers
-// Copyright (c) 2015-2025 The Decred developers
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2026 The Decred developers
 // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ type jsonRequest struct {
 // the returned future will block until the result is available if it's not
 // already.
 type Client struct {
-	id uint64 // atomic, so must stay 64-bit aligned
+	id atomic.Uint64
 
 	// config holds the connection configuration associated with this
 	// client.
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func (c *Client) String() string {
 // this function should be used to ensure the ID is unique amongst all requests
 // being made.
 func (c *Client) NextID() uint64 {
-	return atomic.AddUint64(&c.id, 1)
+	return c.id.Add(1)
 }
 
 // addRequest associates the passed jsonRequest with its id.  This allows the