diff --git a/src/btf.c b/src/btf.c
index b4d9a96..d88647d 100644
--- a/src/btf.c
+++ b/src/btf.c
@@ -4664,7 +4664,7 @@ struct btf *btf__load_vmlinux_btf(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(locations); i++) {
 		snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, locations[i], buf.release);
 
-		if (access(path, R_OK))
+		if (faccessat(AT_FDCWD, path, R_OK, AT_EACCESS))
 			continue;
 
 		btf = btf__parse(path, NULL);
diff --git a/src/libbpf.c b/src/libbpf.c
index e691f08..184ce16 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.c
+++ b/src/libbpf.c
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ __u32 get_kernel_version(void)
 	__u32 major, minor, patch;
 	struct utsname info;
 
-	if (access(ubuntu_kver_file, R_OK) == 0) {
+	if (faccessat(AT_FDCWD, ubuntu_kver_file, R_OK, AT_EACCESS) == 0) {
 		FILE *f;
 
 		f = fopen(ubuntu_kver_file, "r");
@@ -9904,7 +9904,7 @@ static bool use_debugfs(void)
 	static int has_debugfs = -1;
 
 	if (has_debugfs < 0)
-		has_debugfs = access(DEBUGFS, F_OK) == 0;
+		has_debugfs = faccessat(AT_FDCWD, DEBUGFS, F_OK, AT_EACCESS) == 0;
 
 	return has_debugfs == 1;
 }
@@ -10721,7 +10721,7 @@ static int resolve_full_path(const char *file, char *result, size_t result_sz)
 				continue;
 			snprintf(result, result_sz, "%.*s/%s", seg_len, s, file);
 			/* ensure it has required permissions */
-			if (access(result, perm) < 0)
+			if (faccessat(AT_FDCWD, result, perm, AT_EACCESS) < 0)
 				continue;
 			pr_debug("resolved '%s' to '%s'\n", file, result);
 			return 0;
diff --git a/src/usdt.c b/src/usdt.c
index d18e379..e83b497 100644
--- a/src/usdt.c
+++ b/src/usdt.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ struct usdt_manager *usdt_manager_new(struct bpf_object *obj)
 	 * If this is not supported, USDTs with semaphores will not be supported.
 	 * Added in: a6ca88b241d5 ("trace_uprobe: support reference counter in fd-based uprobe")
 	 */
-	man->has_sema_refcnt = access(ref_ctr_sysfs_path, F_OK) == 0;
+	man->has_sema_refcnt = faccessat(AT_FDCWD, ref_ctr_sysfs_path, F_OK, AT_EACCESS) == 0;
 
 	return man;
 }