diff --git a/wrapanapi/systems/container/podman.py b/wrapanapi/systems/container/podman.py
index bd14048e..f3800c95 100644
--- a/wrapanapi/systems/container/podman.py
+++ b/wrapanapi/systems/container/podman.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta
 from datetime import datetime
+from functools import cached_property
 
 from podman import PodmanClient
-from proto.utils import cached_property
 
 from wrapanapi.entities.base import Entity
 from wrapanapi.systems.base import System
diff --git a/wrapanapi/systems/msazure.py b/wrapanapi/systems/msazure.py
index 9d4dd9de..50a5ab0c 100644
--- a/wrapanapi/systems/msazure.py
+++ b/wrapanapi/systems/msazure.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import os
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from functools import cached_property
 
 import pytz
 from azure.core.exceptions import HttpResponseError
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@
 from azure.mgmt.resource.subscriptions.models import SubscriptionState
 from azure.mgmt.storage import StorageManagementClient
 from azure.storage.blob import BlobServiceClient
-from cached_property import cached_property
 from dateutil import parser
 from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
 from wait_for import wait_for
diff --git a/wrapanapi/systems/scvmm.py b/wrapanapi/systems/scvmm.py
index 3e288411..ec9cfc7b 100644
--- a/wrapanapi/systems/scvmm.py
+++ b/wrapanapi/systems/scvmm.py
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 import re
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
+from functools import cached_property
 from textwrap import dedent
 
 import pytz
 import tzlocal
 import winrm
-from cached_property import cached_property
 from wait_for import wait_for
 
 from wrapanapi.entities import Template, TemplateMixin, Vm, VmMixin, VmState
diff --git a/wrapanapi/systems/virtualcenter.py b/wrapanapi/systems/virtualcenter.py
index 27c915b3..0b122a56 100644
--- a/wrapanapi/systems/virtualcenter.py
+++ b/wrapanapi/systems/virtualcenter.py
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
-from functools import partial
+from functools import cached_property, partial
 
 import pytz
-from cached_property import threaded_cached_property
 from pyVim.connect import Disconnect, SmartConnect
 from pyVmomi import vim, vmodl
 from wait_for import TimedOutError, wait_for
@@ -995,13 +994,13 @@ def _create_service_instance(self):
         self._start_keepalive()
         return si
 
-    @threaded_cached_property
+    @cached_property
     def service_instance(self):
         """An instance of the service"""
         self.logger.debug("Attempting to initiate vCenter service instance")
         return self._create_service_instance()
 
-    @threaded_cached_property
+    @cached_property
     def content(self):
         self.logger.debug("calling RetrieveContent()... this might take awhile")
         return self.service_instance.RetrieveContent()