diff --git a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/ExpirableValue.java b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/ExpirableValue.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74cf13e4cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/ExpirableValue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008-present MongoDB, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.mongodb.internal;
+
+import com.mongodb.annotations.ThreadSafe;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static com.mongodb.assertions.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static com.mongodb.internal.VisibleForTesting.AccessModifier.PRIVATE;
+
+/**
+ * A value associated with a lifetime.
+ *
+ * <p>Instances are shallowly immutable.</p>
+ * <p>This class is not part of the public API and may be removed or changed at any time</p>
+ */
+@ThreadSafe
+public final class ExpirableValue<T> {
+    private final T value;
+    private final long deadline;
+
+    public static <T> ExpirableValue<T> expired() {
+        return new ExpirableValue<>(null, Duration.ofSeconds(-1), System.nanoTime());
+    }
+
+    public static <T> ExpirableValue<T> expirable(final T value, final Duration lifetime) {
+        return expirable(value, lifetime, System.nanoTime());
+    }
+
+    public static <T> ExpirableValue<T> expirable(final T value, final Duration lifetime, final long startNanoTime) {
+        return new ExpirableValue<>(assertNotNull(value), assertNotNull(lifetime), startNanoTime);
+    }
+
+    private ExpirableValue(final T value, final Duration lifetime, final long currentNanoTime) {
+        this.value = value;
+        deadline = currentNanoTime + lifetime.toNanos();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@link Optional#empty()} if the value is expired. Otherwise, returns an {@link Optional} describing the value.
+     */
+    public Optional<T> getValue() {
+        return getValue(System.nanoTime());
+    }
+
+    @VisibleForTesting(otherwise = PRIVATE)
+    Optional<T> getValue(final long currentNanoTime) {
+        if (currentNanoTime - deadline > 0) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        } else {
+            return Optional.of(value);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/authentication/AzureCredentialHelper.java b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/authentication/AzureCredentialHelper.java
index 17522e867b0..fa7e55fe034 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/authentication/AzureCredentialHelper.java
+++ b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/authentication/AzureCredentialHelper.java
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@
 package com.mongodb.internal.authentication;
 
 import com.mongodb.MongoClientException;
+import com.mongodb.internal.ExpirableValue;
 import org.bson.BsonDocument;
+import org.bson.BsonString;
 import org.bson.json.JsonParseException;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static com.mongodb.internal.authentication.HttpHelper.getHttpContents;
 
@@ -31,25 +35,46 @@
  * <p>This class should not be considered a part of the public API.</p>
  */
 public final class AzureCredentialHelper {
-    public static BsonDocument obtainFromEnvironment() {
-        String endpoint = "http://" + "169.254.169.254:80"
-                + "/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https://vault.azure.net";
-
-        Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
-        headers.put("Metadata", "true");
-        headers.put("Accept", "application/json");
-
-        String response = getHttpContents("GET", endpoint, headers);
-        try {
-            BsonDocument responseDocument = BsonDocument.parse(response);
-            if (responseDocument.containsKey("access_token")) {
-                return new BsonDocument("accessToken", responseDocument.get("access_token"));
-            } else {
-                throw new MongoClientException("The access_token is missing from Azure IMDS metadata response.");
+    private static final String ACCESS_TOKEN_FIELD = "access_token";
+    private static final String EXPIRES_IN_FIELD = "expires_in";
+
+    private static ExpirableValue<String> cachedAccessToken = ExpirableValue.expired();
+
+    public static synchronized BsonDocument obtainFromEnvironment() {
+        String accessToken;
+        Optional<String> cachedValue = cachedAccessToken.getValue();
+        if (cachedValue.isPresent()) {
+            accessToken = cachedValue.get();
+        } else {
+            String endpoint = "http://" + "169.254.169.254:80"
+                    + "/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https://vault.azure.net";
+
+            Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
+            headers.put("Metadata", "true");
+            headers.put("Accept", "application/json");
+
+            long startNanoTime = System.nanoTime();
+            BsonDocument responseDocument;
+            try {
+                responseDocument = BsonDocument.parse(getHttpContents("GET", endpoint, headers));
+            } catch (JsonParseException e) {
+                throw new MongoClientException("Exception parsing JSON from Azure IMDS metadata response.", e);
+            }
+
+            if (!responseDocument.isString(ACCESS_TOKEN_FIELD)) {
+                throw new MongoClientException(String.format(
+                        "The %s field from Azure IMDS metadata response is missing or is not a string", ACCESS_TOKEN_FIELD));
+            }
+            if (!responseDocument.isString(EXPIRES_IN_FIELD)) {
+                throw new MongoClientException(String.format(
+                        "The %s field from Azure IMDS metadata response is missing or is not a string", EXPIRES_IN_FIELD));
             }
-        } catch (JsonParseException e) {
-            throw new MongoClientException("Exception parsing JSON from Azure IMDS metadata response.", e);
-        }
+            accessToken = responseDocument.getString(ACCESS_TOKEN_FIELD).getValue();
+            int expiresInSeconds = Integer.parseInt(responseDocument.getString(EXPIRES_IN_FIELD).getValue());
+            cachedAccessToken = ExpirableValue.expirable(accessToken, Duration.ofSeconds(expiresInSeconds).minus(Duration.ofMinutes(1)),
+                    startNanoTime);
+       }
+       return new BsonDocument("accessToken", new BsonString(accessToken));
     }
 
     private AzureCredentialHelper() {
diff --git a/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/internal/ExpirableValueTest.java b/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/internal/ExpirableValueTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bce54567bea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/internal/ExpirableValueTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008-present MongoDB, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.mongodb.internal;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import static com.mongodb.internal.ExpirableValue.expired;
+import static com.mongodb.internal.ExpirableValue.expirable;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertAll;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+class ExpirableValueTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testExpired() {
+        assertFalse(expired().getValue().isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("OptionalGetWithoutIsPresent")
+    @Test
+    void testExpirable() {
+        assertAll(
+                () -> assertThrows(AssertionError.class, () -> expirable(null, Duration.ofNanos(1))),
+                () -> assertThrows(AssertionError.class, () -> expirable(1, null)),
+                () -> assertFalse(expirable(1, Duration.ofNanos(-1)).getValue().isPresent()),
+                () -> assertFalse(expirable(1, Duration.ZERO).getValue().isPresent()),
+                () -> assertEquals(1, expirable(1, Duration.ofSeconds(1)).getValue().get()),
+                () -> {
+                    ExpirableValue<Integer> expirableValue = expirable(1, Duration.ofNanos(1));
+                    Thread.sleep(1);
+                    assertFalse(expirableValue.getValue().isPresent());
+                },
+                () -> {
+                    ExpirableValue<Integer> expirableValue = expirable(1, Duration.ofMinutes(60), Long.MAX_VALUE);
+                    assertEquals(1, expirableValue.getValue(Long.MAX_VALUE + Duration.ofMinutes(30).toNanos()).get());
+                },
+                () -> {
+                    ExpirableValue<Integer> expirableValue = expirable(1, Duration.ofMinutes(60), Long.MAX_VALUE);
+                    assertEquals(1, expirableValue.getValue(Long.MAX_VALUE + Duration.ofMinutes(30).toNanos()).get());
+                    assertFalse(expirableValue.getValue(Long.MAX_VALUE + Duration.ofMinutes(61).toNanos()).isPresent());
+                },
+                () -> {
+                    ExpirableValue<Integer> expirableValue = expirable(1, Duration.ofNanos(10), Long.MAX_VALUE - 20);
+                    assertFalse(expirableValue.getValue(Long.MAX_VALUE - 20 + Duration.ofNanos(30).toNanos()).isPresent());
+                });
+    }
+}