diff --git a/airflow/cli/commands/variable_command.py b/airflow/cli/commands/variable_command.py
index 088dfec89819b0..1e2be6c853abc6 100644
--- a/airflow/cli/commands/variable_command.py
+++ b/airflow/cli/commands/variable_command.py
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ def variables_get(args):
     """Displays variable by a given name"""
     try:
         if args.default is None:
-            Variable.get(
+            var = Variable.get(
                 args.key,
                 deserialize_json=args.json
             )
+            print(var)
         else:
             var = Variable.get(
                 args.key,
diff --git a/airflow/providers/hashicorp/secrets/vault.py b/airflow/providers/hashicorp/secrets/vault.py
index fc1bbf06ebcee5..27058e9c46ac68 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/hashicorp/secrets/vault.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/hashicorp/secrets/vault.py
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
 from cached_property import cached_property
 from hvac.exceptions import InvalidPath, VaultError
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.secrets import BaseSecretsBackend
 from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import LoggingMixin
 
 
+# pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
 class VaultBackend(BaseSecretsBackend, LoggingMixin):
     """
     Retrieves Connections and Variables from Hashicorp Vault
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class VaultBackend(BaseSecretsBackend, LoggingMixin):
     :param url: Base URL for the Vault instance being addressed.
     :type url: str
     :param auth_type: Authentication Type for Vault (one of 'token', 'ldap', 'userpass', 'approle',
-        'github', 'gcp). Default is ``token``.
+        'github', 'gcp', 'kubernetes'). Default is ``token``.
     :type auth_type: str
     :param mount_point: The "path" the secret engine was mounted on. (Default: ``secret``)
     :type mount_point: str
@@ -73,6 +74,11 @@ class VaultBackend(BaseSecretsBackend, LoggingMixin):
     :type password: str
     :param role_id: Role ID for Authentication (for ``approle`` auth_type)
     :type role_id: str
+    :param kubernetes_role: Role for Authentication (for ``kubernetes`` auth_type)
+    :type kubernetes_role: str
+    :param kubernetes_jwt_path: Path for kubernetes jwt token (for ``kubernetes`` auth_type, deafult:
+        ``/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token``)
+    :type kubernetes_jwt_path: str
     :param secret_id: Secret ID for Authentication (for ``approle`` auth_type)
     :type secret_id: str
     :param gcp_key_path: Path to GCP Credential JSON file (for ``gcp`` auth_type)
@@ -92,6 +98,8 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         username: Optional[str] = None,
         password: Optional[str] = None,
         role_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        kubernetes_role: Optional[str] = None,
+        kubernetes_jwt_path: str = '/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token',
         secret_id: Optional[str] = None,
         gcp_key_path: Optional[str] = None,
         gcp_scopes: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -107,6 +115,8 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self.username = username
         self.password = password
         self.role_id = role_id
+        self.kubernetes_role = kubernetes_role
+        self.kubernetes_jwt_path = kubernetes_jwt_path
         self.secret_id = secret_id
         self.mount_point = mount_point
         self.kv_engine_version = kv_engine_version
@@ -131,6 +141,12 @@ def client(self) -> hvac.Client:
             _client.auth_userpass(username=self.username, password=self.password)
         elif self.auth_type == "approle":
             _client.auth_approle(role_id=self.role_id, secret_id=self.secret_id)
+        elif self.auth_type == "kubernetes":
+            if not self.kubernetes_role:
+                raise VaultError("kubernetes_role cannot be None for auth_type='kubernetes'")
+            with open(self.kubernetes_jwt_path) as f:
+                jwt = f.read()
+                _client.auth_kubernetes(role=self.kubernetes_role, jwt=jwt)
         elif self.auth_type == "github":
             _client.auth.github.login(token=self.token)
         elif self.auth_type == "gcp":
diff --git a/tests/providers/hashicorp/secrets/test_vault.py b/tests/providers/hashicorp/secrets/test_vault.py
index d3da69d90442b1..eb576a68cfab0b 100644
--- a/tests/providers/hashicorp/secrets/test_vault.py
+++ b/tests/providers/hashicorp/secrets/test_vault.py
@@ -232,3 +232,24 @@ def test_empty_token_raises_error(self, mock_hvac):
 
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(VaultError, "token cannot be None for auth_type='token'"):
             VaultBackend(**kwargs).get_connections(conn_id='test')
+
+    def test_auth_type_kubernetes_without_role_raises_error(self):
+        kwargs = {
+            "auth_type": "kubernetes",
+            "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8200",
+        }
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(VaultError, "kubernetes_role cannot be None for auth_type='kubernetes'"):
+            VaultBackend(**kwargs).get_connections(conn_id='test')
+
+    def test_auth_type_kubernetes_with_unreadable_jwt_raises_error(self):
+        path = "/var/tmp/this_does_not_exist/334e918ef11987d3ef2f9553458ea09f"
+        kwargs = {
+            "auth_type": "kubernetes",
+            "kubernetes_role": "default",
+            "kubernetes_jwt_path": path,
+            "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8200",
+        }
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(FileNotFoundError, path):
+            VaultBackend(**kwargs).get_connections(conn_id='test')