diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtils.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtils.java
index 72fe25c886a..6613cbd4105 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtils.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtils.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.KeyManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -44,9 +46,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
-import javax.net.ssl.KeyManager;
-import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
-
 /**
  * Utility class for OpenID token refresh.
  */
@@ -102,8 +101,10 @@ public static CompletableFuture<String> resolveOIDCTokenFromAuthConfig(Config cu
               return accessToken;
             }
 
-            // Persist new config and if successful, update the in memory config.
             try {
+              //update in memory config
+              updateInMemoryConfigWithUpdatedToken(currentConfig, map);
+              //persist kubeConfig
               persistKubeConfigWithUpdatedToken(currentConfig, map);
             } catch (IOException e) {
               LOGGER.warn("oidc: failure while persisting new tokens into KUBECONFIG", e);
@@ -115,6 +116,21 @@ public static CompletableFuture<String> resolveOIDCTokenFromAuthConfig(Config cu
     return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(accessToken);
   }
 
+  /**
+   *  update Updated Access and Refresh token in memory config.
+   * @param currentConfig config
+   * @param map updated access and refresh token
+   */
+  private static void updateInMemoryConfigWithUpdatedToken(Config currentConfig, Map<String, Object> map) {
+    Map<String, String> authProviderConfig = currentConfig.getAuthProvider().getConfig();
+    if (map.containsKey(ID_TOKEN_KUBECONFIG)) {
+      authProviderConfig.put(ID_TOKEN_KUBECONFIG, String.valueOf(map.get(ID_TOKEN_PARAM)));
+    }
+    if (map.containsKey(REFRESH_TOKEN_KUBECONFIG)) {
+      authProviderConfig.put(REFRESH_TOKEN_KUBECONFIG, String.valueOf(map.get(REFRESH_TOKEN_PARAM)));
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Whether we should try to do token refresh or not, checks whether refresh-token key is set in
    * HashMap or not