diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/Config.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/Config.java
index 6462c54fdc..bfb225cdca 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/Config.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/Config.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
@@ -236,7 +237,6 @@ public class Config {
 
   private Boolean autoConfigure;
 
-  @Deprecated
   private List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
 
   @JsonIgnore
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ private Config(boolean autoConfigure) {
         null, null, null,
         null, null, null,
         null, null, null, null,
-        null, autoConfigure, true);
+        null, autoConfigure, true, null);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ public Config(String masterUrl, String apiVersion, String namespace, Boolean tru
         httpProxy, httpsProxy, noProxy, userAgent, tlsVersions, websocketPingInterval, proxyUsername, proxyPassword,
         trustStoreFile, trustStorePassphrase, keyStoreFile, keyStorePassphrase, impersonateUsername, impersonateGroups,
         impersonateExtras, oauthTokenProvider, customHeaders, requestRetryBackoffLimit, requestRetryBackoffInterval,
-        uploadRequestTimeout, onlyHttpWatches, currentContext, contexts, false, true);
+        uploadRequestTimeout, onlyHttpWatches, currentContext, contexts, false, true, null);
   }
 
   public Config(String masterUrl, String apiVersion, String namespace, Boolean trustCerts, Boolean disableHostnameVerification,
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ public Config(String masterUrl, String apiVersion, String namespace, Boolean tru
         httpProxy, httpsProxy, noProxy, userAgent, tlsVersions, websocketPingInterval, proxyUsername, proxyPassword,
         trustStoreFile, trustStorePassphrase, keyStoreFile, keyStorePassphrase, impersonateUsername, impersonateGroups,
         impersonateExtras, oauthTokenProvider, customHeaders, requestRetryBackoffLimit, requestRetryBackoffInterval,
-        uploadRequestTimeout, onlyHttpWatches, currentContext, contexts, autoConfigure, true);
+        uploadRequestTimeout, onlyHttpWatches, currentContext, contexts, autoConfigure, true, null);
   }
 
   /*
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ public Config(String masterUrl, String apiVersion, String namespace, Boolean tru
       String impersonateUsername, String[] impersonateGroups, Map<String, List<String>> impersonateExtras,
       OAuthTokenProvider oauthTokenProvider, Map<String, String> customHeaders, Integer requestRetryBackoffLimit,
       Integer requestRetryBackoffInterval, Integer uploadRequestTimeout, Boolean onlyHttpWatches, NamedContext currentContext,
-      List<NamedContext> contexts, Boolean autoConfigure, Boolean shouldSetDefaultValues) {
+      List<NamedContext> contexts, Boolean autoConfigure, Boolean shouldSetDefaultValues, List<File> files) {
     if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(shouldSetDefaultValues)) {
       this.masterUrl = DEFAULT_MASTER_URL;
       this.apiVersion = "v1";
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ public Config(String masterUrl, String apiVersion, String namespace, Boolean tru
     if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(autoOAuthToken)) {
       this.autoOAuthToken = autoOAuthToken;
     }
-    if (contexts != null && !contexts.isEmpty()) {
+    if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(contexts)) {
       this.contexts = contexts;
     }
     if (Utils.isNotNull(currentContext)) {
@@ -601,6 +601,10 @@ public Config(String masterUrl, String apiVersion, String namespace, Boolean tru
     this.oauthTokenProvider = oauthTokenProvider;
     this.customHeaders = customHeaders;
     this.onlyHttpWatches = onlyHttpWatches;
+    if (!Utils.isNullOrEmpty(files)) {
+      this.files = files;
+    }
+
   }
 
   public static void configFromSysPropsOrEnvVars(Config config) {
@@ -723,7 +727,7 @@ public static void configFromSysPropsOrEnvVars(Config config) {
     }
 
     String tlsVersionsVar = Utils.getSystemPropertyOrEnvVar(KUBERNETES_TLS_VERSIONS);
-    if (tlsVersionsVar != null && !tlsVersionsVar.isEmpty()) {
+    if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(tlsVersionsVar)) {
       String[] tlsVersionsSplit = tlsVersionsVar.split(",");
       TlsVersion[] tlsVersions = new TlsVersion[tlsVersionsSplit.length];
       for (int i = 0; i < tlsVersionsSplit.length; i++) {
@@ -839,7 +843,7 @@ public static Config fromKubeconfig(String context, String kubeconfigContents, S
    */
   public Config refresh() {
     final String currentContextName = this.getCurrentContext() != null ? this.getCurrentContext().getName() : null;
-    if (this.oauthToken != null && !this.oauthToken.isEmpty()) {
+    if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(this.oauthToken)) {
       return this;
     }
     if (this.autoConfigure) {
@@ -863,8 +867,7 @@ private static boolean tryKubeConfig(Config config, String context) {
       return false;
     }
     String[] kubeConfigFilenames = getKubeconfigFilenames();
-    if (kubeConfigFilenames == null
-        || kubeConfigFilenames.length == 0) {
+    if (Utils.isNullOrEmpty(kubeConfigFilenames)) {
       return false;
     }
     List<File> allFiles = Arrays.stream(kubeConfigFilenames)
@@ -876,19 +879,18 @@ private static boolean tryKubeConfig(Config config, String context) {
   }
 
   private static io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config mergeKubeConfigs(List<File> files) {
-    if (files == null
-        || files.isEmpty()) {
+    if (Utils.isNullOrEmpty(files)) {
       return null;
     }
     return files.stream()
-      .map(Config::createKubeconfig)
-      .reduce(null, (merged, additionalConfig) -> {
-        if (additionalConfig != null) {
-          return KubeConfigUtils.merge(additionalConfig, merged);
-        } else {
-          return merged;
-        }
-      });
+        .map(Config::createKubeconfig)
+        .reduce(null, (merged, additionalConfig) -> {
+          if (additionalConfig != null) {
+            return KubeConfigUtils.merge(additionalConfig, merged);
+          } else {
+            return merged;
+          }
+        });
   }
 
   private static io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config createKubeconfig(File file) {
@@ -896,8 +898,7 @@ private static io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config createKubeconfig(File file
     LOGGER.debug("Found for Kubernetes config at: [{}].", file.getPath());
     try {
       String content = getKubeconfigContents(file);
-      if (content != null
-          && !content.isEmpty()) {
+      if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(content)) {
         kubeConfig = KubeConfigUtils.parseConfigFromString(content);
       }
     } catch (KubernetesClientException e) {
@@ -915,7 +916,6 @@ public static String getKubeconfigFilename() {
     String fileName = null;
     String[] fileNames = getKubeconfigFilenames();
     // if system property/env var contains multiple files take the first one based on the environment
-    // we are running in (eg. : for Linux, ; for Windows)
     if (fileNames.length >= 1) {
       fileName = fileNames[0];
       if (fileNames.length > 1) {
@@ -929,17 +929,13 @@ public static String getKubeconfigFilename() {
   public static String[] getKubeconfigFilenames() {
     String[] fileNames = null;
     String fileName = Utils.getSystemPropertyOrEnvVar(KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES);
-    if (fileName != null
-        && !fileName.isEmpty()) {
+    if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(fileName)) {
       fileNames = fileName.split(File.pathSeparator);
     }
-    if (fileNames == null
-      || fileNames.length == 0) {
+    if (Utils.isNullOrEmpty(fileNames)) {
       fileNames = new String[] { DEFAULT_KUBECONFIG_FILE.toString() };
     }
-    return Arrays.stream(fileNames)
-      .filter(filename -> isReadableKubeconfFile(new File(filename)))
-      .toArray(String[]::new);
+    return fileNames;
   }
 
   private static boolean isReadableKubeconfFile(File file) {
@@ -971,7 +967,7 @@ private static String getKubeconfigContents(File kubeConfigFile) {
   // It is only used to rewrite relative tls asset paths inside kubeconfig when a file is passed, and in the case that
   // the kubeconfig references some assets via relative paths.
   private static boolean loadFromKubeconfig(Config config, String context, String kubeconfigContents) {
-    if (kubeconfigContents != null && !kubeconfigContents.isEmpty()) {
+    if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(kubeconfigContents)) {
       return loadFromKubeconfig(config, context, KubeConfigUtils.parseConfigFromString(kubeconfigContents));
     } else {
       return false;
@@ -1135,7 +1131,7 @@ protected static List<String> getAuthenticatorCommandFromExecConfig(ExecConfig e
     command = shellQuote(command);
 
     List<String> args = exec.getArgs();
-    if (args != null && !args.isEmpty()) {
+    if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(args)) {
       command += " " + args
           .stream()
           .map(Config::shellQuote)
@@ -1236,7 +1232,7 @@ private static String getSystemEnvVariable(String envVariableName) {
 
   protected static String getHomeDir(Predicate<String> directoryExists, UnaryOperator<String> getEnvVar) {
     String home = getEnvVar.apply("HOME");
-    if (home != null && !home.isEmpty() && directoryExists.test(home)) {
+    if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(home) && directoryExists.test(home)) {
       return home;
     }
     String osName = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
@@ -1250,7 +1246,7 @@ protected static String getHomeDir(Predicate<String> directoryExists, UnaryOpera
         }
       }
       String userProfile = getEnvVar.apply("USERPROFILE");
-      if (userProfile != null && !userProfile.isEmpty() && directoryExists.test(userProfile)) {
+      if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(userProfile) && directoryExists.test(userProfile)) {
         return userProfile;
       }
     }
@@ -1770,8 +1766,7 @@ public void setCurrentContext(NamedContext context) {
    */
   @Deprecated
   public File getFile() {
-    if (files != null
-      && !files.isEmpty()) {
+    if (Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(files)) {
       return files.get(0);
     } else {
       return null;
@@ -1789,30 +1784,34 @@ public List<File> getFiles() {
     return files;
   }
 
-  public KubeConfigFile getFile(String username) {
-    if (username == null
-        || username.isEmpty()) {
+  public KubeConfigFile getFileWithAuthInfo(String name) {
+    if (Utils.isNullOrEmpty(name)
+        || Utils.isNullOrEmpty(getFiles())) {
       return null;
     }
-    return Arrays.stream(getKubeconfigFilenames())
-      .map(File::new)
-      .map(file -> {
-        try {
-          return new KubeConfigFile(file, KubeConfigUtils.parseConfig(file));
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-          return null;
-        }
-      })
-      .filter(entry -> entry != null
-        && entry.getConfig() != null
-        && hasAuthInfo(username, entry.getConfig()))
-      .findFirst()
-      .orElse(null);
+    return getFiles().stream()
+        .filter(Config::isReadableKubeconfFile)
+        .map(file -> {
+          try {
+            return new KubeConfigFile(file, KubeConfigUtils.parseConfig(file));
+          } catch (IOException e) {
+            return null;
+          }
+        })
+        .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+        .filter(entry -> hasAuthInfoNamed(name, entry.getConfig()))
+        .findFirst()
+        .orElse(null);
   }
 
-  private boolean hasAuthInfo(String username, io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config kubeConfig) {
+  private boolean hasAuthInfoNamed(String username, io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config kubeConfig) {
+    if (Utils.isNullOrEmpty(username)
+        || kubeConfig == null
+        || kubeConfig.getUsers() == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
     return kubeConfig.getUsers().stream()
-        .anyMatch(namedAuthInfo -> username.equals(namedAuthInfo.getUser().getUsername()));
+        .anyMatch(namedAuthInfo -> username.equals(namedAuthInfo.getName()));
   }
 
   public static class KubeConfigFile {
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigBuilder.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigBuilder.java
index a829b7ac6e..502b7203f1 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigBuilder.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigBuilder.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package io.fabric8.kubernetes.client;
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.builder.VisitableBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Utils;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
@@ -57,9 +58,8 @@ public Config build() {
         fluent.getOauthTokenProvider(), fluent.getCustomHeaders(), fluent.getRequestRetryBackoffLimit(),
         fluent.getRequestRetryBackoffInterval(), fluent.getUploadRequestTimeout(), fluent.getOnlyHttpWatches(),
         fluent.getCurrentContext(), fluent.getContexts(),
-        Optional.ofNullable(fluent.getAutoConfigure()).orElse(!disableAutoConfig()), true);
+        Optional.ofNullable(fluent.getAutoConfigure()).orElse(!disableAutoConfig()), true, fluent.getFiles());
     buildable.setAuthProvider(fluent.getAuthProvider());
-    buildable.setFile(fluent.getFile());
     return buildable;
   }
 }
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigFluent.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigFluent.java
index b2d8152889..91458b3a68 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigFluent.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigFluent.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public void copyInstance(Config instance) {
       this.withContexts(instance.getContexts());
       this.withAutoConfigure(instance.getAutoConfigure());
       this.withAuthProvider(instance.getAuthProvider());
-      this.withFile(instance.getFile());
+      this.withFiles(instance.getFiles());
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/SundrioConfig.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/SundrioConfig.java
index d6c027f3b3..c4e789b110 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/SundrioConfig.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/SundrioConfig.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.TlsVersion;
 import io.sundr.builder.annotations.Buildable;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ public SundrioConfig(String masterUrl, String apiVersion, String namespace, Bool
       String impersonateUsername, String[] impersonateGroups, Map<String, List<String>> impersonateExtras,
       OAuthTokenProvider oauthTokenProvider, Map<String, String> customHeaders, Integer requestRetryBackoffLimit,
       Integer requestRetryBackoffInterval, Integer uploadRequestTimeout, Boolean onlyHttpWatches, NamedContext currentContext,
-      List<NamedContext> contexts, Boolean autoConfigure) {
+      List<NamedContext> contexts, Boolean autoConfigure, List<File> files) {
     super(masterUrl, apiVersion, namespace, trustCerts, disableHostnameVerification, caCertFile, caCertData,
         clientCertFile, clientCertData, clientKeyFile, clientKeyData, clientKeyAlgo, clientKeyPassphrase, username,
         password, oauthToken, autoOAuthToken, watchReconnectInterval, watchReconnectLimit, connectionTimeout, requestTimeout,
@@ -58,6 +59,6 @@ public SundrioConfig(String masterUrl, String apiVersion, String namespace, Bool
         httpProxy, httpsProxy, noProxy, userAgent, tlsVersions, websocketPingInterval, proxyUsername, proxyPassword,
         trustStoreFile, trustStorePassphrase, keyStoreFile, keyStorePassphrase, impersonateUsername, impersonateGroups,
         impersonateExtras, oauthTokenProvider, customHeaders, requestRetryBackoffLimit, requestRetryBackoffInterval,
-        uploadRequestTimeout, onlyHttpWatches, currentContext, contexts, autoConfigure, true);
+        uploadRequestTimeout, onlyHttpWatches, currentContext, contexts, autoConfigure, true, files);
   }
 }
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/internal/KubeConfigUtils.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/internal/KubeConfigUtils.java
index 8f293d4f8e..81f344df97 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/internal/KubeConfigUtils.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/internal/KubeConfigUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NamedExtension;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PreferencesBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Serialization;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Utils;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -183,17 +184,16 @@ public static Config merge(Config thisConfig, Config thatConfig) {
       builder.addAllToExtensions(thisConfig.getExtensions());
     }
     if (!builder.hasCurrentContext()
-      && thisConfig.getCurrentContext() != null
-      && !thisConfig.getCurrentContext().isEmpty()) {
+        && Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty(thisConfig.getCurrentContext())) {
       builder.withCurrentContext(thisConfig.getCurrentContext());
     }
     Config merged = builder.build();
     mergePreferences(thisConfig, merged);
     return merged;
-
   }
 
-  public static void mergePreferences(io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config source, io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config destination) {
+  public static void mergePreferences(io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config source,
+      io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config destination) {
     if (source.getPreferences() != null) {
       PreferencesBuilder builder = new PreferencesBuilder(destination.getPreferences());
       if (source.getPreferences() != null) {
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 60915905c3..ed9530e5f0 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
@@ -198,10 +198,11 @@ public static OAuthToken persistOAuthToken(Config currentConfig, OAuthToken oAut
   }
 
   private static void persistOAuthTokenToFile(Config currentConfig, String token, Map<String, String> authProviderConfig) {
-    if (currentConfig.getFile() != null && currentConfig.getCurrentContext() != null) {
+    if (currentConfig.getCurrentContext() != null
+        && currentConfig.getCurrentContext().getContext() != null) {
       try {
         final String userName = currentConfig.getCurrentContext().getContext().getUser();
-        Config.KubeConfigFile kubeConfigFile = currentConfig.getFile(userName);
+        Config.KubeConfigFile kubeConfigFile = currentConfig.getFileWithAuthInfo(userName);
         if (kubeConfigFile == null) {
           LOGGER.warn("oidc: failure while persisting new tokens into KUBECONFIG: file for user {} not found", userName);
           return;
@@ -242,6 +243,9 @@ private static NamedAuthInfo getOrCreateNamedAuthInfo(String userName, io.fabric
   }
 
   private static void persistOAuthTokenToFile(AuthProviderConfig config, Map<String, String> authProviderConfig) {
+    if (config == null) {
+      return;
+    }
     Optional.of(config)
         .map(AuthProviderConfig::getConfig)
         .ifPresent(c -> c.putAll(authProviderConfig));
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/Utils.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/Utils.java
index 8c491c1158..8db382b5c6 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/Utils.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.AbstractMap;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -291,8 +292,20 @@ public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(String str) {
     return str == null || str.isEmpty();
   }
 
-  public static boolean isNotNullOrEmpty(Map map) {
-    return !(map == null || map.isEmpty());
+  public static boolean isNotNullOrEmpty(Map<?, ?> map) {
+    return !isNullOrEmpty(map);
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(Map<?, ?> map) {
+    return map == null || map.isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isNotNullOrEmpty(Collection<?> collection) {
+    return !isNullOrEmpty(collection);
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(Collection<?> collection) {
+    return collection == null || collection.isEmpty();
   }
 
   public static boolean isNotNullOrEmpty(String str) {
@@ -300,7 +313,11 @@ public static boolean isNotNullOrEmpty(String str) {
   }
 
   public static boolean isNotNullOrEmpty(String[] array) {
-    return !(array == null || array.length == 0);
+    return !isNullOrEmpty(array);
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(String[] array) {
+    return array == null || array.length == 0;
   }
 
   public static <T> boolean isNotNull(T... refList) {
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigConstructorTest.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigConstructorTest.java
index 9caaafed93..d25d7ff007 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigConstructorTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigConstructorTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void emptyConfiguration() {
         null, null, null,
         null, null, null,
         null, null, null, null,
-        null, null, false);
+        null, null, false, null);
 
     // Then
     assertThat(config)
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void whenAutoConfigureEnabled_thenUseBothDefaultAndAutoConfiguredValues() {
           null, null, null,
           null, null, null,
           null, null, null, null,
-          null, true, true);
+          null, true, true, null);
 
       // Then
       assertThat(config)
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ void whenAutoConfigureEnabled_thenUseBothDefaultAndAutoConfiguredValues() {
           .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("proxyPassword", "autoconfigured-proxyPassword")
           .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("noProxy",
               new String[] { "autoconfigured-no-proxy-url1.io", "autoconfigured-no-proxy-url2.io" })
-          .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("autoOAuthToken", "autoconfigured-token");
+          .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("autoOAuthToken", "autoconfigured-token")
+          .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("files", new File[] { Config.DEFAULT_KUBECONFIG_FILE });
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ void whenAutoConfigureDisabled_thenOnlyUseDefaultValues() {
           null, null, null,
           null, null, null,
           null, null, null, null,
-          null, false, true);
+          null, false, true, null);
 
       assertThat(config)
           .isNotNull()
@@ -299,7 +300,8 @@ void whenAutoConfigureDisabled_thenOnlyUseDefaultValues() {
           .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("proxyUsername", null)
           .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("proxyPassword", null)
           .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("noProxy", null)
-          .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("autoOAuthToken", null);
+          .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("autoOAuthToken", null)
+          .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("files", null);
     }
   }
 
@@ -364,7 +366,7 @@ void configLoadedViaSystemProperties() {
               null, null, null,
               null, null, null,
               null, null, null, null,
-              null, true, true);
+              null, true, true, null);
 
           // Then
           assertThat(config)
@@ -411,7 +413,8 @@ void configLoadedViaSystemProperties() {
               .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("proxyPassword", "autoconfigured-proxyPassword")
               .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("noProxy",
                   new String[] { "autoconfigured-no-proxy-url1.io", "autoconfigured-no-proxy-url2.io" })
-              .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("autoOAuthToken", "autoconfigured-token");
+              .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("autoOAuthToken", "autoconfigured-token")
+              .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("files", null);
         } finally {
           System.clearProperty("kubernetes.master");
           System.clearProperty("kubernetes.namespace");
@@ -472,7 +475,7 @@ void configLoadedViaKubeConfig() {
               null, null, null,
               null, null, null,
               null, null, null, null,
-              null, true, true);
+              null, true, true, null);
 
           // Then
           assertThat(config)
@@ -513,7 +516,7 @@ void configLoadedViaServiceAccount() {
               null, null, null,
               null, null, null,
               null, null, null, null,
-              null, true, true);
+              null, true, true, null);
 
           // Then
           assertThat(config)
@@ -563,7 +566,7 @@ void throwsException() {
                   null, null, null,
                   null, null, null,
                   null, null, null, null,
-                  null, true, false));
+                  null, true, false, null));
         } finally {
           System.clearProperty("kubeconfig");
         }
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigTest.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigTest.java
index 50733cbb2b..7c6e22d061 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigTest.java
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ExecConfig;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ExecConfigBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NamedAuthInfo;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NamedCluster;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NamedContext;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.Config.KubeConfigFile;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.TlsVersion;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.internal.KubeConfigUtils;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.lib.FileSystem;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Utils;
 import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ class ConfigTest {
       .filePath(ConfigTest.class.getResource("/test-kubeconfig-exec-args-with-spaces"));
 
   private static final String TEST_KUBECONFIG_NO_CURRENT_CONTEXT_FILE = Utils
-      .filePath(ConfigTest.class.getResource("/test-kubeconfig-nocurrentctxt.yml"));
+      .filePath(ConfigTest.class.getResource("/test-kubeconfig-nocurrentctxt"));
 
   private static final String TEST_KUBECONFIG_EXEC_FILE_CERT_AUTH = Utils
       .filePath(ConfigTest.class.getResource("/test-kubeconfig-exec-cert-auth"));
@@ -1215,7 +1219,7 @@ void refresh_whenOAuthTokenSourceSetToUser_thenConfigUnchanged() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  void build_givenEmptyKubeConfig_whenConfigCreated_thenShouldNotProduceNPE() throws URISyntaxException {
+  void build_given_emptyKubeConfig_then_shouldNotProduceNPE() throws URISyntaxException {
     try {
       // Given
       System.setProperty("kubeconfig",
@@ -1232,16 +1236,13 @@ void build_givenEmptyKubeConfig_whenConfigCreated_thenShouldNotProduceNPE() thro
   }
 
   @Test
-  void build_givenSeveralKubeConfigs_whenAutoconfigured_and_currentContextInFirstFile_then_shouldUseCurrentContextInFirstFile()
-    throws URISyntaxException {
+  void builder_given_severalKubeConfigsAndCurrentContextInFirstFile_then_shouldUseCurrentContextInFirstFile()
+      throws URISyntaxException {
     try {
       // Given
       System.setProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES,
-        // only has current-context
-        getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig-onlycurrentcontext") + File.pathSeparator +
-          // has all contexts, clusters, users
-          getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig")
-      );
+          getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig-onlycurrentctx") + File.pathSeparator +
+              getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig"));
 
       // When
       Config config = new ConfigBuilder().build();
@@ -1256,15 +1257,13 @@ void build_givenSeveralKubeConfigs_whenAutoconfigured_and_currentContextInFirstF
   }
 
   @Test
-  void build_givenSeveralKubeConfigs_whenAutoconfigured_and_currentContextInSecondFile_then_shouldUseCurrentContextInSecondFile()
-    throws URISyntaxException {
+  void builder_given_severalKubeConfigsAndCurrentContextInSecondFile_then_shouldUseCurrentContextInSecondFile()
+      throws URISyntaxException {
     try {
       // Given
       System.setProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES,
-        // only has current-context
-        getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig-empty") + File.pathSeparator +
-          // has all contexts, clusters, users
-          getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig"));
+          getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig-empty") + File.pathSeparator +
+              getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig"));
 
       // When
       Config config = new ConfigBuilder().build();
@@ -1279,69 +1278,145 @@ void build_givenSeveralKubeConfigs_whenAutoconfigured_and_currentContextInSecond
   }
 
   @Test
-  void getKubeconfigFilenames_given_filenames_defined_in_KUBECONFIG_then_returns_all_filenames() throws URISyntaxException {
+  void builder_given_severalKubeConfigsWithSameCluster_then_shouldUseFirstCluster()
+      throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
     try {
       // Given
-      // only has current-context
-      String file1 = getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig-empty");
-      // has all contexts, clusters, users
-      String file2 = getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig");
-      System.setProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES, file1 + File.pathSeparator + file2);
+      String clusterName = "172-28-128-4:8443";
+
+      String withSecureCluster = getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-ec-kubeconfig-mangled");
+      NamedCluster secureCluster = getCluster(withSecureCluster, clusterName);
+      assertThat(secureCluster).isNotNull();
+      assertThat(secureCluster.getCluster().getServer()).isEqualTo("https://bogus.com");
+
+      String withInsecureCluster = getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-ec-kubeconfig");
+      NamedCluster insecureCluster = getCluster(withInsecureCluster, clusterName);
+      assertThat(insecureCluster).isNotNull();
+      assertThat(insecureCluster.getCluster().getServer()).isEqualTo("https://172.28.128.4:8443");
+
+      System.setProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES,
+          withSecureCluster + File.pathSeparator +
+              withInsecureCluster);
 
       // When
-      String[] filenames = Config.getKubeconfigFilenames();
+      Config config = new ConfigBuilder().build();
 
       // Then
-      assertThat(filenames)
-        .isNotNull()
-        .hasSize(2)
-        .containsExactly(file1, file2);
+      // cluster in 1st file is not overriden by identically named cluster in 2nd file
+      assertThat(config.getMasterUrl()).startsWith("https://bogus.com");
     } finally {
       System.clearProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES);
     }
   }
 
+  private static NamedCluster getCluster(String filePath, String clusterName) throws IOException {
+    io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config config = KubeConfigUtils.parseConfig(new File(filePath));
+    return config.getClusters().stream()
+        .filter(cluster -> clusterName.equals(cluster.getName()))
+        .findFirst()
+        .orElse(null);
+  }
+
   @Test
-  void getKubeconfigFilenames_given_directory_defined_in_KUBECONFIG_then_does_not_return_it() throws URISyntaxException {
+  void builder_given_severalKubeConfigsWithSameUser_then_shouldUseFirstUser()
+      throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
     try {
       // Given
-      // only has current-context
-      String file1 = new File("/dev/null").getAbsolutePath();
-      // has all contexts, clusters, users
-      String file2 = getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig");
-      System.setProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES, file1 + File.pathSeparator + file2);
+      String userName = "user/172-28-128-4:8443";
+
+      String withUserWithToken = getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-ec-kubeconfig-mangled");
+      NamedAuthInfo userWithToken = getUser(withUserWithToken, userName);
+      assertThat(userWithToken).isNotNull();
+      assertThat(userWithToken.getUser().getToken()).isEqualTo("token");
+
+      String withUserWithoutToken = getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-ec-kubeconfig");
+      NamedAuthInfo userWithoutToken = getUser(withUserWithoutToken, userName);
+      assertThat(userWithoutToken).isNotNull();
+      assertThat(userWithoutToken.getUser().getToken()).isNull();
+
+      System.setProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES,
+          withUserWithToken + File.pathSeparator +
+              withUserWithoutToken);
 
       // When
-      String[] filenames = Config.getKubeconfigFilenames();
+      Config config = new ConfigBuilder().build();
 
       // Then
-      assertThat(filenames)
-        .isNotNull()
-        .hasSize(1)
-        .containsExactly(file2);
+      // user in 1st file is not overriden by identically named user in 2nd file
+      assertThat(config.getAutoOAuthToken()).isEqualTo("token");
     } finally {
       System.clearProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES);
     }
   }
 
+  private static NamedAuthInfo getUser(String filePath, String userName) throws IOException {
+    io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Config config = KubeConfigUtils.parseConfig(new File(filePath));
+    return config.getUsers().stream()
+        .filter(user -> userName.equals(user.getName()))
+        .findFirst()
+        .orElse(null);
+  }
+
   @Test
-  void getKubeconfigFilenames_given_KUBECONF_not_set_then_returns_default() {
+  void getKubeconfigFilenames_given_severalFilenamesDefinedInKUBECONFIG_then_returnsAllFilenames() throws URISyntaxException {
+    try {
       // Given
-      // only has current-context
-      System.clearProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES);
+      String file1 = getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig-empty");
+      // has all contexts, clusters, users
+      String file2 = getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig");
+      System.setProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES, file1 + File.pathSeparator + file2);
 
       // When
       String[] filenames = Config.getKubeconfigFilenames();
 
       // Then
       assertThat(filenames)
-        .isNotNull()
-        .hasSize(1)
-        .containsExactly(Config.DEFAULT_KUBECONFIG_FILE.getAbsolutePath());
+          .isNotNull()
+          .hasSize(2)
+          .containsExactly(file1, file2);
+    } finally {
+      System.clearProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES);
+    }
   }
 
   private String getResourceAbsolutePath(String filename) throws URISyntaxException {
     return new File(Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResource(filename)).toURI()).getAbsolutePath();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void getKubeconfigFilenames_given_KUBECONFNotSet_then_returnsDefault() {
+    // Given
+    System.clearProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES);
+
+    // When
+    String[] filenames = Config.getKubeconfigFilenames();
+
+    // Then
+    assertThat(filenames)
+        .isNotNull()
+        .containsExactly(Config.DEFAULT_KUBECONFIG_FILE.getAbsolutePath());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void getFilenames_given_KUBECONFNotSet_then_returnsDefault() throws URISyntaxException {
+    try {
+      // Given
+      String fileWithToken = getResourceAbsolutePath("/test-kubeconfig-oidc");
+      System.setProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES,
+          fileWithToken + File.pathSeparator +
+              Config.DEFAULT_KUBECONFIG_FILE.getAbsolutePath());
+      Config config = new ConfigBuilder().build();
+
+      // When
+      KubeConfigFile found = config.getFileWithAuthInfo("mmosley");
+
+      // Then
+      assertThat(found)
+          .isNotNull()
+          .returns(fileWithToken, kubeConfigFile -> kubeConfigFile.getFile().getAbsolutePath());
+    } finally {
+      System.clearProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_FILES);
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtilsBehaviorTest.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtilsBehaviorTest.java
index 1870b8dd91..5ab97fe52d 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtilsBehaviorTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtilsBehaviorTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NamedAuthInfo;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NamedAuthInfoBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NamedClusterBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NamedContext;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NamedContextBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.Config;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.ConfigBuilder;
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ void setUp() throws Exception {
         .build();
     Files.write(kubeConfigFile, Serialization.asYaml(kubeConfig).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
     originalConfig = new ConfigBuilder(Config.empty())
-        .withFile(tempDir.resolve("kube-config").toFile())
+        .withFiles(tempDir.resolve("kube-config").toFile())
         .build()
         .refresh();
     // Auth provider configuration (minimal)
@@ -493,11 +494,12 @@ void skipsInFileWhenOriginalConfigHasNoCurrentContext() {
     void logsWarningIfReferencedFileIsMissing() {
       originalConfig.setFile(kubeConfig);
       originalConfig = new ConfigBuilder(originalConfig)
-          .withCurrentContext(new NamedContextBuilder().withName("context").build()).build();
+          .withCurrentContext(createNamedContext("context", "default-user"))
+          .build();
       persistOAuthToken(originalConfig, oAuthTokenResponse, "fake.token");
       assertThat(systemErr.toString())
           .contains("oidc: failure while persisting new tokens into KUBECONFIG")
-          .contains("FileNotFoundException");
+          .contains("file for user default-user not found");
     }
 
     @Nested
@@ -505,18 +507,19 @@ void logsWarningIfReferencedFileIsMissing() {
     class WithValidKubeConfig {
       @BeforeEach
       void setUp() throws IOException {
-        Files.write(kubeConfig.toPath(), ("---" +
+        Files.write(kubeConfig.toPath(), ("---\n" +
             "users:\n" +
-            "- name: user\n").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            "- name: user\n" +
+            "contexts:\n" +
+            "- context:\n" +
+            "  name: context\n").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
       }
 
       @Test
       void persistsTokenInFile() throws IOException {
         originalConfig.setFile(kubeConfig);
         originalConfig = new ConfigBuilder(originalConfig)
-            .withCurrentContext(new NamedContextBuilder()
-                .withName("context")
-                .withNewContext().withUser("user").endContext().build())
+            .withCurrentContext(createNamedContext("context", "user"))
             .build();
         persistOAuthToken(originalConfig, oAuthTokenResponse, "fake.token");
         assertThat(KubeConfigUtils.parseConfig(kubeConfig))
@@ -555,4 +558,13 @@ void persistsOAuthTokenInFile() throws IOException {
     }
 
   }
+
+  private static NamedContext createNamedContext(String name, String user) {
+    return new NamedContextBuilder()
+        .withName(name)
+        .withNewContext()
+        .withUser(user)
+        .endContext()
+        .build();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtilsTest.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtilsTest.java
index e5a7886a06..ce61dedfe4 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtilsTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/OpenIDConnectionUtilsTest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.TestStandardHttpClientFactory.Mode.SINGLETON;
 import static io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.OpenIDConnectionUtils.CLIENT_ID_KUBECONFIG;
@@ -77,9 +78,13 @@ void persistOAuthTokenWithUpdatedToken(@TempDir Path tempDir) throws IOException
     oAuthTokenResponse.setIdToken("id-token-updated");
     oAuthTokenResponse.setRefreshToken("refresh-token-updated");
     Path kubeConfig = Files.createTempFile(tempDir, "test", "kubeconfig");
-    Files.copy(OpenIDConnectionUtilsTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/test-kubeconfig-oidc"), kubeConfig,
+    Files.copy(
+        Objects.requireNonNull(OpenIDConnectionUtilsTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/test-kubeconfig-oidc")),
+        kubeConfig,
         StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
-    Config originalConfig = Config.fromKubeconfig(null, new String(Files.readAllBytes(kubeConfig), StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
+    Config originalConfig = Config.fromKubeconfig(
+        null,
+        new String(Files.readAllBytes(kubeConfig), StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
         kubeConfig.toFile().getAbsolutePath());
 
     // When
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-ec-kubeconfig-mangled b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-ec-kubeconfig-mangled
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0b63ee8bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-ec-kubeconfig-mangled
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+clusters:
+- cluster:
+    certificate-authority: testns/ca.pem
+    server: https://bogus.com
+  name: 172-28-128-4:8443
+contexts:
+- context:
+    cluster: 172-28-128-4:8443
+    namespace: default
+    user: user/172-28-128-4:8443
+  name: default/172-28-128-4:8443/user
+current-context: default/172-28-128-4:8443/user
+kind: Config
+preferences: {}
+users:
+- name: user/172-28-128-4:8443
+  user:
+    token: token
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-kubeconfig-nocurrentctxt.yml b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-kubeconfig-nocurrentctxt
similarity index 100%
rename from kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-kubeconfig-nocurrentctxt.yml
rename to kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-kubeconfig-nocurrentctxt
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-kubeconfig-onlycurrentcontext b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-kubeconfig-onlycurrentctx
similarity index 100%
rename from kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-kubeconfig-onlycurrentcontext
rename to kubernetes-client-api/src/test/resources/test-kubeconfig-onlycurrentctx