diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index cd15307ac..90eb4dddd 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
+# documentation root, use Path(...).resolve() to make it absolute, like shown here.
 #
-import os
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
+from pathlib import Path
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path('..').absolute()))
 
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/linode_api4/common.py b/linode_api4/common.py
index 7e98b1977..ac77d2a05 100644
--- a/linode_api4/common.py
+++ b/linode_api4/common.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from linode_api4.objects import JSONObject
 
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ def load_and_validate_keys(authorized_keys):
             ret.append(k)
         else:
             # it doesn't appear to be a key.. is it a path to the key?
-            k = os.path.expanduser(k)
-            if os.path.isfile(k):
-                with open(k) as f:
+            k_path = Path(k).expanduser()
+            if k_path.is_file():
+                with open(k_path) as f:
                     ret.append(f.read().rstrip())
             else:
                 raise ValueError(
diff --git a/linode_api4/groups/linode.py b/linode_api4/groups/linode.py
index e32a284f1..2bd51fa97 100644
--- a/linode_api4/groups/linode.py
+++ b/linode_api4/groups/linode.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import base64
-import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 from linode_api4.common import load_and_validate_keys
@@ -457,8 +457,9 @@ def stackscript_create(
         script_body = script
         if not script.startswith("#!"):
             # it doesn't look like a stackscript body, let's see if it's a file
-            if os.path.isfile(script):
-                with open(script) as f:
+            script_path = Path(script)
+            if script_path.is_file():
+                with open(script_path) as f:
                     script_body = f.read()
             else:
                 raise ValueError(
diff --git a/linode_api4/groups/profile.py b/linode_api4/groups/profile.py
index 4c49a2b5a..ee583a1ac 100644
--- a/linode_api4/groups/profile.py
+++ b/linode_api4/groups/profile.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import os
 from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from linode_api4 import UnexpectedResponseError
 from linode_api4.common import SSH_KEY_TYPES
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ def ssh_key_upload(self, key, label):
         """
         if not key.startswith(SSH_KEY_TYPES):
             # this might be a file path - look for it
-            path = os.path.expanduser(key)
-            if os.path.isfile(path):
-                with open(path) as f:
+            key_path = Path(key).expanduser()
+            if key_path.is_file():
+                with open(key_path) as f:
                     key = f.read().strip()
             if not key.startswith(SSH_KEY_TYPES):
                 raise ValueError("Invalid SSH Public Key")
diff --git a/linode_api4/objects/nodebalancer.py b/linode_api4/objects/nodebalancer.py
index cb6e566f7..f70553295 100644
--- a/linode_api4/objects/nodebalancer.py
+++ b/linode_api4/objects/nodebalancer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from urllib import parse
 
 from linode_api4.common import Price, RegionPrice
@@ -220,12 +220,14 @@ def load_ssl_data(self, cert_file, key_file):
 
         # we're disabling warnings here because these attributes are defined dynamically
         # through linode.objects.Base, and pylint isn't privy
-        if os.path.isfile(os.path.expanduser(cert_file)):
-            with open(os.path.expanduser(cert_file)) as f:
+        cert_path = Path(cert_file).expanduser()
+        if cert_path.is_file():
+            with open(cert_path) as f:
                 self.ssl_cert = f.read()
 
-        if os.path.isfile(os.path.expanduser(key_file)):
-            with open(os.path.expanduser(key_file)) as f:
+        key_path = Path(key_file).expanduser()
+        if key_path.is_file():
+            with open(key_path) as f:
                 self.ssl_key = f.read()