diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6fc3606f7..991751a79 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest => github.com/Azure/go-autorest v13.3.0+incompatible
+
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday => github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2
 	k8s.io/client => github.com/kubernetes-client/go v0.0.0-20190928040339-c757968c4c36
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e38fdebc1..62a131574 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -43,23 +43,16 @@ github.com/Azure/go-amqp v0.12.6/go.mod h1:qApuH6OFTSKZFmCOxccvAv5rLizBQf4v8pRmG
 github.com/Azure/go-amqp v0.12.7/go.mod h1:qApuH6OFTSKZFmCOxccvAv5rLizBQf4v8pRmG138DPo=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78 h1:w+iIsaOQNcT7OZ575w+acHgRric5iCyQh+xv+KJ4HB8=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78/go.mod h1:LmzpDX56iTiv29bbRTIsUNlaFfuhWRQBWjQdVyAevI8=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest v10.8.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:r+4oMnoxhatjLLJ6zxSWATqVooLgysK6ZNox3g/xq24=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest v11.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:r+4oMnoxhatjLLJ6zxSWATqVooLgysK6ZNox3g/xq24=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest v11.1.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:r+4oMnoxhatjLLJ6zxSWATqVooLgysK6ZNox3g/xq24=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest v11.1.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:r+4oMnoxhatjLLJ6zxSWATqVooLgysK6ZNox3g/xq24=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest v12.0.0+incompatible h1:N+VqClcomLGD/sHb3smbSYYtNMgKpVV3Cd5r5i8z6bQ=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest v12.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:r+4oMnoxhatjLLJ6zxSWATqVooLgysK6ZNox3g/xq24=
+github.com/Azure/go-autorest v13.3.0+incompatible h1:8Ix0VdeOllBx9jEcZ2Wb1uqWUpE1awmJiaHztwaJCPk=
+github.com/Azure/go-autorest v13.3.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:r+4oMnoxhatjLLJ6zxSWATqVooLgysK6ZNox3g/xq24=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xyHB1BMZT0cuDHU7I0+g046+BFDTQ8rEZB0s4Yfa6bI=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.9.2 h1:6AWuh3uWrsZJcNoCHrCF/+g4aKPCU39kaMO6/qrnK/4=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.9.2/go.mod h1:xyHB1BMZT0cuDHU7I0+g046+BFDTQ8rEZB0s4Yfa6bI=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.9.3/go.mod h1:GsRuLYvwzLjjjRoWEIyMUaYq8GNUx2nRB378IPt/1p0=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.10.0 h1:mvdtztBqcL8se7MdrUweNieTNi4kfNG6GOJuurQJpuY=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.10.0/go.mod h1:/FALq9T/kS7b5J5qsQ+RSTUdAmGFqi0vUdVNNx8q630=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.10.2/go.mod h1:/FALq9T/kS7b5J5qsQ+RSTUdAmGFqi0vUdVNNx8q630=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.5.0/go.mod h1:8Z9fGy2MpX0PvDjB1pEgQTmVqjGhiHBW7RJJEciWzS0=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.6.0 h1:UCTq22yE3RPgbU/8u4scfnnzuCW6pwQ9n+uBtV78ouo=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Z6vX6WXXuyieHAXwMj0S6HY6e6wcHn37qQMBQlvY3lc=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.8.0 h1:CxTzQrySOxDnKpLjFJeZAS5Qrv/qFPkgLjx5bOAi//I=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Z6vX6WXXuyieHAXwMj0S6HY6e6wcHn37qQMBQlvY3lc=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.8.1/go.mod h1:ZjhuQClTqx435SRJ2iMlOxPYt3d2C/T/7TiQCVZSn3Q=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.8.2/go.mod h1:ZjhuQClTqx435SRJ2iMlOxPYt3d2C/T/7TiQCVZSn3Q=
diff --git a/pkg/kubernetes/client.go b/pkg/kubernetes/client.go
index e7a1200ec..b2a071d7e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubernetes/client.go
+++ b/pkg/kubernetes/client.go
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ import (
 	scheme "github.com/dapr/dapr/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 	k8s "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 
+	//  azure auth
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/azure"
+
 	//  gcp auth
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"