diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
index 44d8f4a9dcd..c4a49dc1078 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
@@ -218,16 +218,12 @@ func (connection *VSphereConnection) NewClient(ctx context.Context) (*vim25.Clie
 		connection.RoundTripperCount = RoundTripperDefaultCount
 	}
 	client.RoundTripper = vim25.Retry(client.RoundTripper, vim25.TemporaryNetworkError(int(connection.RoundTripperCount)))
-	vcdeprecated, err := isvCenterDeprecated(client.ServiceContent.About.Version, client.ServiceContent.About.ApiVersion)
+	vcNotSupported, err := isvCenterNotSupported(client.ServiceContent.About.Version, client.ServiceContent.About.ApiVersion)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("failed to check if vCenter version:%v and api version: %s is deprecated. Error: %v", client.ServiceContent.About.Version, client.ServiceContent.About.ApiVersion, err)
+		klog.Errorf("failed to check if vCenter version:%v and api version: %s is supported. Error: %v", client.ServiceContent.About.Version, client.ServiceContent.About.ApiVersion, err)
 	}
-	if vcdeprecated {
-		// After this deprecation, vSphere 6.5 support period is extended to October 15, 2022 as
-		// https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2021/03/announcing-limited-extension-of-vmware-vsphere-6-5-general-support-period.html
-		// In addition, the external vSphere cloud provider does not support vSphere 6.5.
-		// Please keep vSphere 6.5 support til the period.
-		klog.Warningf("vCenter is deprecated. version: %s, api verson: %s Please consider upgrading vCenter and ESXi servers to 6.7u3 or higher", client.ServiceContent.About.Version, client.ServiceContent.About.ApiVersion)
+	if vcNotSupported {
+		klog.Warningf("vCenter version is not supported. version: %s, api verson: %s Please consider upgrading vCenter and ESXi servers to 7.0u2 or higher", client.ServiceContent.About.Version, client.ServiceContent.About.ApiVersion)
 	}
 	return client, nil
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/utils.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/utils.go
index 3662248d596..cab9caa6d32 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/utils.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/utils.go
@@ -201,8 +201,9 @@ func VerifyVolumePathsForVMDevices(vmDevices object.VirtualDeviceList, volPaths
 
 }
 
-// isvCenterDeprecated takes vCenter version and vCenter API version as input and return true if vCenter is deprecated
-func isvCenterDeprecated(vCenterVersion string, vCenterAPIVersion string) (bool, error) {
+// isvCenterNotSupported takes vCenter version and vCenter API version as input and return true if vCenter is no longer
+// supported by VMware for in-tree vSphere volume plugin
+func isvCenterNotSupported(vCenterVersion string, vCenterAPIVersion string) (bool, error) {
 	var vcversion, vcapiversion, minvcversion vcVersion
 	var err error
 	err = vcversion.parse(vCenterVersion)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/utils_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/utils_test.go
index 6328834b136..6e8f213cf03 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/utils_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/utils_test.go
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ func TestUtils(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestIsvCenterDeprecated(t *testing.T) {
+func TestIsvCenterNotSupported(t *testing.T) {
 	type testsData struct {
-		vcVersion    string
-		vcAPIVersion string
-		isDeprecated bool
+		vcVersion      string
+		vcAPIVersion   string
+		isNotSupported bool
 	}
 	testdataArray := []testsData{
 		{"8.0.0", "8.0.0.0", false},
@@ -90,16 +90,16 @@ func TestIsvCenterDeprecated(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testdataArray {
-		deprecated, err := isvCenterDeprecated(test.vcVersion, test.vcAPIVersion)
+		notsupported, err := isvCenterNotSupported(test.vcVersion, test.vcAPIVersion)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		if deprecated != test.isDeprecated {
-			t.Fatalf("deprecation test failed for vc version: %q and vc API version: %q",
+		if notsupported != test.isNotSupported {
+			t.Fatalf("test failed for vc version: %q and vc API version: %q",
 				test.vcVersion, test.vcAPIVersion)
 		} else {
-			t.Logf("deprecation test for vc version: %q and vc API version: %q passed. Is Deprecated : %v",
-				test.vcAPIVersion, test.vcAPIVersion, deprecated)
+			t.Logf("test for vc version: %q and vc API version: %q passed. Is Not Supported : %v",
+				test.vcAPIVersion, test.vcAPIVersion, notsupported)
 		}
 	}
 }