diff --git a/api/auth/kubernetes/go.mod b/api/auth/kubernetes/go.mod
index b155cab61d2a..e529831e6fba 100644
--- a/api/auth/kubernetes/go.mod
+++ b/api/auth/kubernetes/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module github.com/hashicorp/vault/api/auth/kubernetes
 
 go 1.16
 
-require github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.3.1
+require github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.5.0
diff --git a/api/auth/kubernetes/go.sum b/api/auth/kubernetes/go.sum
index 7bdb466686ca..89bdb5ce7a2a 100644
--- a/api/auth/kubernetes/go.sum
+++ b/api/auth/kubernetes/go.sum
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4 h1:YDjusn29QI/Das2iO9M0BHnIbxPeyuCHsjMW+l
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T20WEQ=
-github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.3.1 h1:pkDkcgTh47PRjY1NEFeofqR4W/HkNUi9qIakESO2aRM=
-github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.3.1/go.mod h1:QeJoWxMFt+MsuWcYhmwRLwKEXrjwAFFywzhptMsTIUw=
-github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk v0.3.0 h1:kR3dpxNkhh/wr6ycaJYqp6AFT/i2xaftbfnwZduTKEY=
-github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk v0.3.0/go.mod h1:aZ3fNuL5VNydQk8GcLJ2TV8YCRVvyaakYkhZRoVuhj0=
+github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.5.0 h1:Bp6yc2bn7CWkOrVIzFT/Qurzx528bdavF3nz590eu28=
+github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.5.0/go.mod h1:LkMdrZnWNrFaQyYYazWVn7KshilfDidgVBq6YiTq/bM=
+github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk v0.4.1 h1:3SaHOJY687jY1fnB61PtL0cOkKItphrbLmux7T92HBo=
+github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk v0.4.1/go.mod h1:aZ3fNuL5VNydQk8GcLJ2TV8YCRVvyaakYkhZRoVuhj0=
 github.com/hashicorp/yamux v0.0.0-20180604194846-3520598351bb h1:b5rjCoWHc7eqmAS4/qyk21ZsHyb6Mxv/jykxvNTkU4M=
 github.com/hashicorp/yamux v0.0.0-20180604194846-3520598351bb/go.mod h1:+NfK9FKeTrX5uv1uIXGdwYDTeHna2qgaIlx54MXqjAM=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
diff --git a/api/auth/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/api/auth/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 99541708f84b..c2fef86a5fd0 100644
--- a/api/auth/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/api/auth/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -68,13 +68,17 @@ func NewKubernetesAuth(roleName string, opts ...LoginOption) (*KubernetesAuth, e
 }
 
 func (a *KubernetesAuth) Login(ctx context.Context, client *api.Client) (*api.Secret, error) {
+	if ctx == nil {
+		ctx = context.Background()
+	}
+
 	loginData := map[string]interface{}{
 		"jwt":  a.serviceAccountToken,
 		"role": a.roleName,
 	}
 
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("auth/%s/login", a.mountPath)
-	resp, err := client.Logical().Write(path, loginData)
+	resp, err := client.Logical().WriteWithContext(ctx, path, loginData)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to log in with Kubernetes auth: %w", err)
 	}