diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua
index bdd8c76c..30f34edc 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua
@@ -226,7 +226,14 @@ function M.rename_loaded_buffers(old_path, new_path)
         vim.api.nvim_buf_set_name(buf, new_path .. buf_name:sub(#old_path + 1))
         -- to avoid the 'overwrite existing file' error message on write for
         -- normal files
-        if vim.api.nvim_buf_get_option(buf, "buftype") == "" then
+        local buftype
+        if vim.fn.has "nvim-0.10" == 1 then
+          buftype = vim.api.nvim_get_option_value("buftype", { buf = buf })
+        else
+          buftype = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_option(buf, "buftype") ---@diagnostic disable-line: deprecated
+        end
+
+        if buftype == "" then
           vim.api.nvim_buf_call(buf, function()
             vim.cmd "silent! write!"
             vim.cmd "edit"