diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 81e0069..0000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-- package-ecosystem: bundler
-  directory: "/"
-  schedule:
-    interval: weekly
-  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 866f9a7..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on: workflow_dispatch
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'puppetlabs/beaker-vmpooler'
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Get Version
-        id: gv
-        run: |
-          version=$(grep VERSION lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb |rev |cut -d "'" -f2 |rev)
-          echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "Found version $version from lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb"
-      - name: Tag Release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ steps.gv.outputs.version }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-          generateReleaseNotes: true
-      - name: Install Ruby 2.7
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        with:
-          ruby-version: '2.7'
-      - name: Build gem
-        run: gem build *.gemspec
-      - name: Publish gem
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p $HOME/.gem
-          touch $HOME/.gem/credentials
-          chmod 0600 $HOME/.gem/credentials
-          printf -- "---\n:rubygems_api_key: ${GEM_HOST_API_KEY}\n" > $HOME/.gem/credentials
-          gem push *.gem
-        env:
-          GEM_HOST_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security.yml b/.github/workflows/security.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 666c602..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/security.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: Security
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  scan:
-    name: Mend Scanning
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: checkout repo content
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 1
-    - name: setup ruby
-      uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-      with:
-        ruby-version: 2.7
-    # setup a package lock if one doesn't exist, otherwise do nothing
-    - name: check lock
-      run: '[ -f "Gemfile.lock" ] && echo "package lock file exists, skipping" || bundle lock'
-    # install java
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        distribution: 'temurin' # See 'Supported distributions' for available options
-        java-version: '17'
-    # download mend
-    - name: download_mend
-      run: curl -o wss-unified-agent.jar https://unified-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/wss-unified-agent.jar
-    - name: run mend
-      run: java -jar wss-unified-agent.jar
-      env:
-        WS_APIKEY: ${{ secrets.MEND_API_KEY }}
-        WS_WSS_URL: https://saas-eu.whitesourcesoftware.com/agent
-        WS_USERKEY: ${{ secrets.MEND_TOKEN }}
-        WS_PRODUCTNAME: RE
-        WS_PROJECTNAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ba73c0c..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-name: Testing
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  spec_tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        ruby-version:
-          - '2.7'
-          - '3.0'
-          - '3.1'
-          - '3.2'
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Ruby
-      uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-      with:
-        ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby-version }}
-        bundler-cache: true # runs 'bundle install' and caches installed gems automatically
-    - name: Run spec tests
-      run: bundle exec rake test
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 9767b61..0000000
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-* @puppetlabs/release-engineering
-
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ebabf9b..9604bb0 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 source ENV['GEM_SOURCE'] || "https://rubygems.org"
 
-gemspec :development_group => :acceptance_testing
+gemspec
+
+
 
 def location_for(place, fake_version = nil)
   if place =~ /^(git:[^#]*)#(.*)/
@@ -12,13 +14,14 @@ def location_for(place, fake_version = nil)
   end
 end
 
+
 # We don't put beaker in as a test dependency because we
 # don't want to create a transitive dependency
 group :acceptance_testing do
-  gem "beaker", *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_VERSION'] || '>= 5.0', '< 7')
-  gem "beaker-abs"
+  gem "beaker", *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_VERSION'] || '~> 3.0')
 end
 
-if File.exist? "#{__FILE__}.local"
+
+if File.exists? "#{__FILE__}.local"
   eval(File.read("#{__FILE__}.local"), binding)
 end
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d38659..4659b40 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,27 +3,8 @@
 Beaker library to use vmpooler hypervisor
 
 # How to use this wizardry
-
-This is a gem that allows you to use hosts with [vmpooler](vmpooler.md) hypervisor with [beaker](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker).
-
-Beaker will automatically load the appropriate hypervisors for any given hosts file, so as long as your project dependencies are satisfied there's nothing else to do. No need to `require` this library in your tests.
-
-## With Beaker 3.x
-
-This library is included as a dependency of Beaker 3.x versions, so there's nothing to do.
-
-## With Beaker 4.x
-
-As of Beaker 4.0, all hypervisor and DSL extension libraries have been removed and are no longer dependencies. In order to use a specific hypervisor or DSL extension library in your project, you will need to include them alongside Beaker in your Gemfile or project.gemspec. E.g.
-
-~~~ruby
-# Gemfile
-gem 'beaker', '~>4.0'
-gem 'beaker-vmpooler'
-# project.gemspec
-s.add_runtime_dependency 'beaker', '~>4.0'
-s.add_runtime_dependency 'beaker-vmpooler'
-~~~
+ 
+This is a gem that allows you to use hosts with [vmpooler](vmpooler.md) hypervisor with [beaker](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker). This gem is already included as [beaker dependency](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker/blob/master/beaker.gemspec#L59) for you, so you don't need to do anything special to use this gem's functionality with beaker.
 
 # Spec tests
 
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 32b6495..d334139 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ Runs the base beaker acceptance test using the hypervisor library
     beaker_gem_spec = Gem::Specification.find_by_name('beaker')
     beaker_gem_dir = beaker_gem_spec.gem_dir
     beaker_test_base_dir = File.join(beaker_gem_dir, 'acceptance/tests/base')
-    beaker_hosts = ENV['BEAKER_HOSTS'] || 'redhat7-64af-64default.mdcal'
     load_path_option = File.join(beaker_gem_dir, 'acceptance/lib')
     sh("beaker",
        "--tests", beaker_test_base_dir,
        "--log-level", "verbose",
-       "--hosts", beaker_hosts,
+       "--hosts", "redhat7-64af-redhat7-64default.mdcal",
        "--load-path", load_path_option,
        "--keyfile", ENV['KEY'] || "#{ENV['HOME']}/.ssh/id_rsa-acceptance")
   end
diff --git a/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec b/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
index 43c6e88..1b195d5 100644
--- a/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
+++ b/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   # Testing dependencies
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 2.4'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 0.6'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 10.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov'
   s.add_development_dependency 'pry', '~> 0.10'
 
diff --git a/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb b/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
index 018ce0b..db6af25 100644
--- a/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module BeakerVmpooler
-  VERSION = '1.4.0'
+  VERSION = '1.1.0'
 end
diff --git a/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb b/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
index 82a6d3e..9381a67 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
@@ -27,21 +27,33 @@ module Beaker
 
     def load_credentials(dot_fog = '.fog')
       creds = {}
-      begin
-        fog = get_fog_credentials(dot_fog)
-        if fog[:vmpooler_token]
-          creds[:vmpooler_token] = fog[:vmpooler_token]
+
+      if fog = read_fog_file(dot_fog)
+        if fog[:default] && fog[:default][:vmpooler_token]
+          creds[:vmpooler_token] = fog[:default][:vmpooler_token]
         else
-          @logger.warn "vmpooler_token not found in credentials file (#{dot_fog})\nProceeding without authentication"
+          @logger.warn "Credentials file (#{dot_fog}) is missing a :default section with a :vmpooler_token value; proceeding without authentication"
         end
-      rescue ArgumentError => e
-        @logger.warn "Invalid credentials file:\n(#{e.class}) #{e.message}\nProceeding without authentication"
+      else
+        @logger.warn "Credentials file (#{dot_fog}) is empty; proceeding without authentication"
       end
+
+      creds
+
+    rescue TypeError, Psych::SyntaxError => e
+      @logger.warn "#{e.class}: Credentials file (#{dot_fog}) has invalid syntax; proceeding without authentication"
+      creds
+    rescue Errno::ENOENT
+      @logger.warn "Credentials file (#{dot_fog}) not found; proceeding without authentication"
       creds
     end
 
+    def read_fog_file(dot_fog = '.fog')
+      YAML.load_file(dot_fog)
+    end
+
     def connection_preference(host)
-      [:vmhostname, :ip, :hostname]
+      ['vmhostname', 'ip', 'hostname']
     end
 
     def check_url url
@@ -114,7 +126,6 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(@options['pooling_api'] + '/vm/')
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
 
         if @credentials[:vmpooler_token]
@@ -170,7 +181,7 @@ module Beaker
           @logger.debug("Retrying provision for vmpooler host after waiting #{wait} second(s)")
           sleep wait
           waited += wait
-          last_wait, wait = wait, [last_wait + wait, 15].min + rand(5)
+          last_wait, wait = wait, last_wait + wait
           retry
         end
         report_and_raise(@logger, e, 'Vmpooler.provision')
@@ -186,7 +197,6 @@ module Beaker
           uri = URI.parse(@options[:pooling_api] + '/vm/' + h['vmhostname'].split('.')[0])
 
           http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-          http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
           request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri.request_uri)
 
           # merge pre-defined tags with host tags
@@ -252,7 +262,6 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(get_template_url(@options['pooling_api'], name))
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new( uri.host, uri.port )
-        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri.request_uri)
 
         if @credentials[:vmpooler_token]
@@ -280,7 +289,6 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(@options[:pooling_api] + '/api/v1/vm/' + hostname + '/disk/' + disk_size.to_s)
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
         request['X-AUTH-TOKEN'] = @credentials[:vmpooler_token]
 
@@ -313,7 +321,6 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(@options[:pooling_api] + '/vm/' + hostname)
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
 
         response = http.request(request)
diff --git a/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb b/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb
index 11b9d0f..067fc12 100644
--- a/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ module Beaker
   describe Vmpooler do
 
     before :each do
+      vms = make_hosts()
+      MockVsphereHelper.set_config( fog_file_contents )
+      MockVsphereHelper.set_vms( vms )
+      stub_const( "VsphereHelper", MockVsphereHelper )
       stub_const( "Net", MockNet )
-      allow_any_instance_of(MockNet::HTTP).to receive(:use_ssl=)
       allow( JSON ).to receive( :parse ) do |arg|
         arg
       end
@@ -144,15 +147,20 @@ module Beaker
     describe "#cleanup" do
 
       it "cleans up hosts in the pool" do
-        mock_http = MockNet::HTTP.new( "host", "port" )
-        vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
-        vmpooler.provision
-        vm_count = vmpooler.instance_variable_get( :@hosts ).count
+        MockVsphereHelper.powerOn
 
-        expect( Net::HTTP ).to receive( :new ).exactly( vm_count ).times.and_return( mock_http )
-        expect( mock_http ).to receive( :request ).exactly( vm_count ).times
-        expect( Net::HTTP::Delete ).to receive( :new ).exactly( vm_count ).times
-        expect{ vmpooler.cleanup }.to_not raise_error
+        vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
+        allow( vmpooler ).to receive( :require ).and_return( true )
+        allow( vmpooler ).to receive( :sleep ).and_return( true )
+        vmpooler.provision
+        vmpooler.cleanup
+
+        hosts = vmpooler.instance_variable_get( :@hosts )
+        hosts.each do | host |
+          name = host.name
+          vm = MockVsphereHelper.find_vm( name )
+          expect( vm.runtime.powerState ).to be === "poweredOn" #handed back to the pool, stays on
+        end
       end
     end
   end
@@ -160,6 +168,10 @@ module Beaker
   describe Vmpooler do
 
     before :each do
+      vms = make_hosts()
+      MockVsphereHelper.set_config( fog_file_contents )
+      MockVsphereHelper.set_vms( vms )
+      stub_const( "VsphereHelper", MockVsphereHelper )
       stub_const( "Net", MockNet )
       allow( JSON ).to receive( :parse ) do |arg|
         arg
@@ -169,38 +181,95 @@ module Beaker
 
     describe "#load_credentials" do
 
-      it 'loads credentials from a fog file' do
-        credentials = { :vmpooler_token => "example_token" }
-        make_opts = { :dot_fog => '.fog' }
-
-        expect_any_instance_of( Beaker::Vmpooler ).to receive( :get_fog_credentials ).and_return(credentials)
+      it 'continues without credentials when fog file is missing' do
+        allow_any_instance_of( Beaker::Vmpooler ).to \
+          receive(:read_fog_file).and_raise(Errno::ENOENT.new)
 
         vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
-        expect( vmpooler.credentials ).to be == credentials
-      end
-
-      it 'continues without credentials when there are problems loading the fog file' do
-        logger = double( 'logger' )
-        make_opts = { :logger => logger, :dot_fog => '.fog' }
-
-        expect_any_instance_of( Beaker::Vmpooler ).to receive( :get_fog_credentials ).and_raise( ArgumentError, 'something went wrong' )
-        expect( logger ).to receive( :warn ).with( /Invalid credentials file.*something went wrong.*Proceeding without authentication/m )
-
-        vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
-
         expect( vmpooler.credentials ).to be == {}
       end
 
-      it 'continues without credentials when fog file has no vmpooler_token' do
-        logger = double( 'logger' )
-        make_opts = { :logger => logger, :dot_fog => '.fog' }
+      it 'continues without credentials when fog file is empty' do
+        allow_any_instance_of( Beaker::Vmpooler ).to \
+          receive(:read_fog_file).and_return(false)
 
-        expect_any_instance_of( Beaker::Vmpooler ).to receive( :get_fog_credentials ).and_return( {} )
-        expect( logger ).to receive( :warn ).with( /vmpooler_token not found in credentials file.*Proceeding without authentication/m )
+        vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
+        expect( vmpooler.credentials ).to be == {}
+      end
+
+      it 'continues without credentials when fog file contains no :default section' do
+        data = { :some => { :other => :data } }
+
+        allow_any_instance_of( Beaker::Vmpooler ).to \
+          receive(:read_fog_file).and_return(data)
+
+        vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
+        expect( vmpooler.credentials ).to be == { }
+      end
+
+      it 'continues without credentials when fog file :default section has no :vmpooler_token' do
+        data = { :default => { :something_else => "TOKEN" } }
+
+        allow_any_instance_of( Beaker::Vmpooler ).to \
+          receive(:read_fog_file).and_return(data)
+
+        vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
+        expect( vmpooler.credentials ).to be == { }
+      end
+
+      it 'continues without credentials when there are formatting errors in the fog file' do
+        data = { "'default'" => { :vmpooler_token => "b2wl8prqe6ddoii70md" } }
+
+        allow_any_instance_of( Beaker::Vmpooler ).to \
+          receive(:read_fog_file).and_return(data)
+
+        logger = double('logger')
+
+        expect(logger).to receive(:warn).with(/is missing a :default section with a :vmpooler_token value/)
+        make_opts = {:logger => logger}
+
+        vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
+        expect( vmpooler.credentials ).to be == { }
+      end
+
+      it 'throws a TypeError and continues without credentials when there are syntax errors in the fog file' do
+        data = "'default'\n  :vmpooler_token: z2wl8prqe0ddoii70ad"
+
+        allow( File ).to receive( :open ).and_yield( StringIO.new(data)  )
+        logger = double('logger')
+
+        expect(logger).to receive(:warn).with(/TypeError: .* has invalid syntax/)
+        make_opts = {:logger => logger}
 
         vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
 
-        expect( vmpooler.credentials ).to be == {}
+        expect( vmpooler.credentials ).to be == { }
+      end
+
+      it 'throws a Psych::SyntaxError and continues without credentials when there are syntax errors in the fog file' do
+
+        data = ";default;\n  :vmpooler_token: z2wl8prqe0ddoii707d"
+
+        allow( File ).to receive( :open ).and_yield( StringIO.new(data)  )
+
+        logger = double('logger')
+
+        expect(logger).to receive(:warn).with(/Psych::SyntaxError: .* invalid syntax/)
+        make_opts = {:logger => logger}
+
+        vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
+
+        expect( vmpooler.credentials ).to be == { }
+      end
+
+      it 'stores vmpooler token when found in fog file' do
+        data = { :default => { :vmpooler_token => "TOKEN" } }
+
+        allow_any_instance_of( Beaker::Vmpooler ).to \
+          receive(:read_fog_file).and_return(data)
+
+        vmpooler = Beaker::Vmpooler.new( make_hosts, make_opts )
+        expect( vmpooler.credentials ).to be == { :vmpooler_token => "TOKEN" }
       end
     end
   end