diff --git a/pkg/agent/run.go b/pkg/agent/run.go
index 30673384..b9bffb19 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/run.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/run.go
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ var Prometheus bool
 // raw resource data of unstructuredList
 const schemaVersion string = "v2.0.0"
 
-const inClusterNamespacePath = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/namespace"
+const (
+	inClusterNamespacePath = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/namespace"
+)
 
 // Run starts the agent process
 func Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
diff --git a/pkg/client/client_venconn.go b/pkg/client/client_venconn.go
index ae9593bb..781a1a59 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client_venconn.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client_venconn.go
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"log"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
@@ -122,7 +119,9 @@ func (c *VenConnClient) PostDataReadings(orgID, clusterID string, readings []*ap
 		return err
 	}
 
-	res, err := c.Post(filepath.Join("/api/v1/org", orgID, "datareadings", clusterID), bytes.NewBuffer(data))
+	// The path parameter "no" is a dummy parameter that fills in the required
+	// ":uploaderID" required but not actually used by the Venafi Cloud backend.
+	res, err := c.Post("/v1/tlspk/upload/clusterdata/no", bytes.NewBuffer(data))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ func (c *VenConnClient) PostDataReadings(orgID, clusterID string, readings []*ap
 
 	if code := res.StatusCode; code < 200 || code >= 300 {
 		errorContent := ""
-		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 		if err == nil {
 			errorContent = string(body)
 		}
@@ -143,11 +142,9 @@ func (c *VenConnClient) PostDataReadings(orgID, clusterID string, readings []*ap
 
 // Post performs an HTTP POST request.
 func (c *VenConnClient) Post(path string, body io.Reader) (*http.Response, error) {
-	// The VenafiConnection must be in the same namespace as the agent. It can't
-	log.Printf("Getting Venafi connection details from %s/%s", c.venConnNS, c.venConnName)
 	_, token, err := c.connHandler.Get(context.Background(), c.installNS, auth.Scope{}, types.NamespacedName{Name: c.venConnName, Namespace: c.venConnNS})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("while loading the VenafiConnection %s/%s: %w", c.venConnNS, c.venConnName, err)
 	}
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, fullURL(c.baseURL, path), body)