diff --git a/proliantutils/redfish/redfish.py b/proliantutils/redfish/redfish.py
index f356eee0..237b6445 100644
--- a/proliantutils/redfish/redfish.py
+++ b/proliantutils/redfish/redfish.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import json
 
 from six.moves.urllib import parse
 import sushy
+from sushy import auth
 from sushy.resources.system import mappings as sushy_map
 from sushy import utils
 
@@ -141,9 +142,10 @@ class RedfishOperations(operations.IloOperations):
         self._username = username
 
         try:
+            basic_auth = auth.BasicAuth(username=username, password=password)
             self._sushy = main.HPESushy(
-                address, username=username, password=password,
-                root_prefix=root_prefix, verify=verify)
+                address, root_prefix=root_prefix, verify=verify,
+                auth=basic_auth)
         except sushy.exceptions.SushyError as e:
             msg = (self._('The Redfish controller at "%(controller)s" has '
                           'thrown error. Error %(error)s') %
diff --git a/proliantutils/tests/redfish/resources/test_update_service.py b/proliantutils/tests/redfish/resources/test_update_service.py
index 9f7284d3..1728c757 100644
--- a/proliantutils/tests/redfish/resources/test_update_service.py
+++ b/proliantutils/tests/redfish/resources/test_update_service.py
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ class HPEUpdateServiceTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
 
         self.rf_client = redfish.RedfishOperations(
             '1.2.3.4', username='foo', password='bar')
-        sushy_mock.assert_called_once_with(
-            'https://1.2.3.4', 'foo', 'bar', '/redfish/v1/', False)
         self.us_inst = update_service.HPEUpdateService(
             self.conn, '/redfish/v1/UpdateService/1',
             redfish_version='1.0.2')
diff --git a/proliantutils/tests/redfish/test_redfish.py b/proliantutils/tests/redfish/test_redfish.py
index d8a97583..50ca77df 100644
--- a/proliantutils/tests/redfish/test_redfish.py
+++ b/proliantutils/tests/redfish/test_redfish.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import mock
 import sushy
 import testtools
 
+from sushy import auth
+from sushy.resources.system import system
+
 from proliantutils import exception
 from proliantutils.ilo import constants as ilo_cons
 from proliantutils.redfish import main
@@ -38,7 +41,6 @@ from proliantutils.redfish.resources.system.storage import array_controller
 from proliantutils.redfish.resources.system.storage \
     import common as common_storage
 from proliantutils.redfish.resources.system import system as pro_sys
-from sushy.resources.system import system
 
 
 @ddt.ddt
@@ -59,8 +61,11 @@ class RedfishOperationsTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
 
         self.rf_client = redfish.RedfishOperations(
             '1.2.3.4', username='foo', password='bar')
-        sushy_mock.assert_called_once_with(
-            'https://1.2.3.4', 'foo', 'bar', '/redfish/v1/', False)
+        args, kwargs = sushy_mock.call_args
+        self.assertEqual(('https://1.2.3.4',), args)
+        self.assertFalse(kwargs.get('verify'))
+        self.assertEqual('/redfish/v1/', kwargs.get('root_prefix'))
+        self.assertIsInstance(kwargs.get('auth'), auth.BasicAuth)
 
     @mock.patch.object(main, 'HPESushy', autospec=True)
     def test_sushy_init_fail(self, sushy_mock):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1ce97522..048ceb1e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
 pysnmp>=4.2.3,<5.0.0  # BSD
 
 # Redfish communication uses the Sushy library
-sushy
+sushy>=1.3.1