diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
index dda185ab0a3..097fbd4937e 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ package vclib
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	neturl "net/url"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/session"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/soap"
 )
 
 // VSphereConnection contains information for connecting to vCenter
 type VSphereConnection struct {
-	GoVmomiClient     *govmomi.Client
+	GoVmomiClient     *vim25.Client
 	Username          string
 	Password          string
 	Hostname          string
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (connection *VSphereConnection) Connect(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
-	m := session.NewManager(connection.GoVmomiClient.Client)
+	m := session.NewManager(connection.GoVmomiClient)
 	userSession, err := m.UserSession(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Error while obtaining user session. err: %+v", err)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (connection *VSphereConnection) Connect(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	glog.Warningf("Creating new client session since the existing session is not valid or not authenticated")
-	connection.GoVmomiClient.Logout(ctx)
+
 	connection.GoVmomiClient, err = connection.NewClient(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to create govmomi client. err: %+v", err)
@@ -78,19 +78,36 @@ func (connection *VSphereConnection) Connect(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Logout calls SessionManager.Logout for the given connection.
+func (connection *VSphereConnection) Logout(ctx context.Context) {
+	m := session.NewManager(connection.GoVmomiClient)
+	if err := m.Logout(ctx); err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Logout failed: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // NewClient creates a new govmomi client for the VSphereConnection obj
-func (connection *VSphereConnection) NewClient(ctx context.Context) (*govmomi.Client, error) {
-	url, err := neturl.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%s/sdk", connection.Hostname, connection.Port))
+func (connection *VSphereConnection) NewClient(ctx context.Context) (*vim25.Client, error) {
+	url, err := soap.ParseURL(net.JoinHostPort(connection.Hostname, connection.Port))
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to parse URL: %s. err: %+v", url, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	url.User = neturl.UserPassword(connection.Username, connection.Password)
-	client, err := govmomi.NewClient(ctx, url, connection.Insecure)
+
+	sc := soap.NewClient(url, connection.Insecure)
+	client, err := vim25.NewClient(ctx, sc)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to create new client. err: %+v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	m := session.NewManager(client)
+
+	err = m.Login(ctx, neturl.UserPassword(connection.Username, connection.Password))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	if connection.RoundTripperCount == 0 {
 		connection.RoundTripperCount = RoundTripperDefaultCount
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datacenter.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datacenter.go
index fa4f1c3d76a..2c744116e9a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datacenter.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datacenter.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type Datacenter struct {
 // GetDatacenter returns the DataCenter Object for the given datacenterPath
 // If datacenter is located in a folder, include full path to datacenter else just provide the datacenter name
 func GetDatacenter(ctx context.Context, connection *VSphereConnection, datacenterPath string) (*Datacenter, error) {
-	finder := find.NewFinder(connection.GoVmomiClient.Client, false)
+	finder := find.NewFinder(connection.GoVmomiClient, false)
 	datacenter, err := finder.Datacenter(ctx, datacenterPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to find the datacenter: %s. err: %+v", datacenterPath, err)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func GetDatacenter(ctx context.Context, connection *VSphereConnection, datacente
 // GetAllDatacenter returns all the DataCenter Objects
 func GetAllDatacenter(ctx context.Context, connection *VSphereConnection) ([]*Datacenter, error) {
 	var dc []*Datacenter
-	finder := find.NewFinder(connection.GoVmomiClient.Client, false)
+	finder := find.NewFinder(connection.GoVmomiClient, false)
 	datacenters, err := finder.DatacenterList(ctx, "*")
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to find the datacenter. err: %+v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datacenter_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datacenter_test.go
index 284a3edafc9..65b70a76b24 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datacenter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datacenter_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestDatacenter(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c}
+	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c.Client}
 
 	_, err = GetDatacenter(ctx, vc, testNameNotFound)
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datastore_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datastore_test.go
index 4300e4d6f8c..3ecd99c0a1a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datastore_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/datastore_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestDatastore(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c}
+	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c.Client}
 
 	dc, err := GetDatacenter(ctx, vc, testDefaultDatacenter)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/folder_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/folder_test.go
index 315d008dc09..b83ea7f0da5 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/folder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/folder_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestFolder(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c}
+	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c.Client}
 
 	dc, err := GetDatacenter(ctx, vc, testDefaultDatacenter)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/utils_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/utils_test.go
index ab4bd89df42..786da2f1a33 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/utils_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestUtils(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c}
+	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c.Client}
 
 	dc, err := GetDatacenter(ctx, vc, testDefaultDatacenter)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go
index 679d827adc3..01654b3d1ef 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/object"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/property"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/mo"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/types"
 )
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ func (vm *VirtualMachine) deleteController(ctx context.Context, controllerDevice
 }
 
 // RenewVM renews this virtual machine with new client connection.
-func (vm *VirtualMachine) RenewVM(client *govmomi.Client) VirtualMachine {
-	dc := Datacenter{Datacenter: object.NewDatacenter(client.Client, vm.Datacenter.Reference())}
-	newVM := object.NewVirtualMachine(client.Client, vm.VirtualMachine.Reference())
+func (vm *VirtualMachine) RenewVM(client *vim25.Client) VirtualMachine {
+	dc := Datacenter{Datacenter: object.NewDatacenter(client, vm.Datacenter.Reference())}
+	newVM := object.NewVirtualMachine(client, vm.VirtualMachine.Reference())
 	return VirtualMachine{VirtualMachine: newVM, Datacenter: &dc}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine_test.go
index 0b38fd1be4f..35b7c5a51e9 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestVirtualMachine(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c}
+	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c.Client}
 
 	dc, err := GetDatacenter(ctx, vc, testDefaultDatacenter)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
index cac821eb556..87a08234ea3 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func newControllerNode(cfg VSphereConfig) (*VSphere, error) {
 func logout(vs *VSphere) {
 	for _, vsphereIns := range vs.vsphereInstanceMap {
 		if vsphereIns.conn.GoVmomiClient != nil {
-			vsphereIns.conn.GoVmomiClient.Logout(context.TODO())
+			vsphereIns.conn.Logout(context.TODO())
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
index 84b96644134..3e57ba54239 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func TestVSphereLogin(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to connect to vSphere: %s", err)
 	}
-	defer vcInstance.conn.GoVmomiClient.Logout(ctx)
+	defer vcInstance.conn.Logout(ctx)
 }
 
 func TestZones(t *testing.T) {