diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index c84a9f61..1c002297 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/opiproject/gospdk/spdk"
+	"github.com/spdk/spdk/go/rpc/client"
 
 	"github.com/opiproject/opi-spdk-bridge/pkg/backend"
 	"github.com/opiproject/opi-spdk-bridge/pkg/frontend"
@@ -137,7 +137,14 @@ func runGrpcServer(grpcPort int, useKvm bool, store gokv.Store, spdkAddress, qmp
 	)
 	s := grpc.NewServer(serverOptions...)
 
-	jsonRPC := spdk.NewClient(spdkAddress)
+	//create client
+	jsonRPC, err := client.CreateClientWithJsonCodec(client.TCP, spdkAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error on client creation, err: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	defer rpcClient.Close()
+
+	// create servers
 	backendServer := backend.NewServer(jsonRPC, store)
 	middleendServer := middleend.NewServer(jsonRPC, store)
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 11297018..f3863c64 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/opiproject/opi-spdk-bridge
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.21
+
+toolchain go1.21.3
 
 require (
 	github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu v0.0.0-20230711162256-2e3d0186973e
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sivchari/tenv v1.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/sonatard/noctx v0.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/sourcegraph/go-diff v0.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spdk/spdk/go/rpc v0.0.0-20231024143024-470e851852bb // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cf8b8942..a90d612b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@ github.com/sonatard/noctx v0.0.2 h1:L7Dz4De2zDQhW8S0t+KUjY0MAQJd6SgVwhzNIc4ok00=
 github.com/sonatard/noctx v0.0.2/go.mod h1:kzFz+CzWSjQ2OzIm46uJZoXuBpa2+0y3T36U18dWqIo=
 github.com/sourcegraph/go-diff v0.7.0 h1:9uLlrd5T46OXs5qpp8L/MTltk0zikUGi0sNNyCpA8G0=
 github.com/sourcegraph/go-diff v0.7.0/go.mod h1:iBszgVvyxdc8SFZ7gm69go2KDdt3ag071iBaWPF6cjs=
+github.com/spdk/spdk/go/rpc v0.0.0-20231024143024-470e851852bb h1:LhIOrS8GltzJubkEFkPwjVOgZb9ldUih91vZ2BuGPTo=
+github.com/spdk/spdk/go/rpc v0.0.0-20231024143024-470e851852bb/go.mod h1:rpOwUxkcLJ5j1SB80YgfM6277k9RDRxvBMQomeho0EE=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3 h1:41FoI0fD7OR7mGcKE/aOiLkGreyf8ifIOQmJANWogMk=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3/go.mod h1:iUV7ddyEEZPO5gA3zD4fJt6iStLlL+Lg4m2cihcDf8Y=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0 h1:rj3WzYc11XZaIZMPKmwP96zkFEnnAmV8s6XbB2aY32w=
diff --git a/pkg/backend/backend.go b/pkg/backend/backend.go
index 723e7d87..6ad5e56b 100644
--- a/pkg/backend/backend.go
+++ b/pkg/backend/backend.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/philippgille/gokv"
+	"github.com/spdk/spdk/go/rpc/client"
 
-	"github.com/opiproject/gospdk/spdk"
 	pb "github.com/opiproject/opi-api/storage/v1alpha1/gen/go"
 	"github.com/opiproject/opi-spdk-bridge/pkg/utils"
 )
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	pb.UnimplementedNullVolumeServiceServer
 	pb.UnimplementedAioVolumeServiceServer
 
-	rpc                spdk.JSONRPC
+	rpc                client.Client
 	store              gokv.Store
 	Volumes            VolumeParameters
 	Pagination         map[string]int
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type Server struct {
 
 // NewServer creates initialized instance of BackEnd server communicating
 // with provided jsonRPC
-func NewServer(jsonRPC spdk.JSONRPC, store gokv.Store) *Server {
+func NewServer(jsonRPC client.Client, store gokv.Store) *Server {
 	if jsonRPC == nil {
 		log.Panic("nil for JSONRPC is not allowed")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/frontend/frontend.go b/pkg/frontend/frontend.go
index 421964c8..45ff8d8b 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/frontend.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/frontend.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/philippgille/gokv"
+	"github.com/spdk/spdk/go/rpc/client"
 
 	"github.com/opiproject/gospdk/spdk"
 	pb "github.com/opiproject/opi-api/storage/v1alpha1/gen/go"
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	pb.UnimplementedFrontendVirtioBlkServiceServer
 	pb.UnimplementedFrontendVirtioScsiServiceServer
 
-	rpc        spdk.JSONRPC
+	rpc        client.Client
 	store      gokv.Store
 	Nvme       NvmeParameters
 	Virt       VirtioParameters
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ type Server struct {
 
 // NewServer creates initialized instance of FrontEnd server communicating
 // with provided jsonRPC
-func NewServer(jsonRPC spdk.JSONRPC, store gokv.Store) *Server {
+func NewServer(jsonRPC client.Client, store gokv.Store) *Server {
 	if jsonRPC == nil {
 		log.Panic("nil for JSONRPC is not allowed")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/middleend/middleend.go b/pkg/middleend/middleend.go
index 0434ae73..add0dc41 100644
--- a/pkg/middleend/middleend.go
+++ b/pkg/middleend/middleend.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/philippgille/gokv"
+	"github.com/spdk/spdk/go/rpc/client"
 
-	"github.com/opiproject/gospdk/spdk"
 	pb "github.com/opiproject/opi-api/storage/v1alpha1/gen/go"
 )
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	pb.UnimplementedMiddleendEncryptionServiceServer
 	pb.UnimplementedMiddleendQosVolumeServiceServer
 
-	rpc        spdk.JSONRPC
+	rpc        client.Client
 	store      gokv.Store
 	volumes    VolumeParameters
 	Pagination map[string]int
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type Server struct {
 
 // NewServer creates initialized instance of MiddleEnd server communicating
 // with provided jsonRPC
-func NewServer(jsonRPC spdk.JSONRPC, store gokv.Store) *Server {
+func NewServer(jsonRPC client.Client, store gokv.Store) *Server {
 	if jsonRPC == nil {
 		log.Panic("nil for JSONRPC is not allowed")
 	}