diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c37d1232..722f7ea1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1!10.6.1
+1!10.6.2
diff --git a/pycloudlib.toml.template b/pycloudlib.toml.template
index 9f38d8a6..494e635f 100644
--- a/pycloudlib.toml.template
+++ b/pycloudlib.toml.template
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ availability_domain = ""  # Likely in ~/.oci/oci_cli_rc
 compartment_id = ""  # Likely in ~/.oci/oci_cli_rc
 # region = "us-phoenix-1"  # will use region from oci config file if not specified
 # profile = "DEFAULT" # will use default profile from oci config file if not specified
+# vcn_name = "" # Exact name of the VCN to use. If not provided, the newest VCN in the given compartment will be used.
 # public_key_path = "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
 # private_key_path = ""  # Defaults to 'public_key_path' without the '.pub'
 # key_name = ""  # Defaults to your username if not set
diff --git a/pycloudlib/oci/cloud.py b/pycloudlib/oci/cloud.py
index a3bb60e6..f1ca0b6a 100644
--- a/pycloudlib/oci/cloud.py
+++ b/pycloudlib/oci/cloud.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def __init__(
             tag,
             timestamp_suffix,
             config_file,
-            required_values=[availability_domain, compartment_id],
+            required_values=[availability_domain, compartment_id, vcn_name],
         )
 
         self.availability_domain = availability_domain or self.config["availability_domain"]
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.oci_config["region"] = region or self.config.get("region") or self.oci_config["region"]
         self.region = self.oci_config["region"]
 
-        self.vcn_name = vcn_name
+        self.vcn_name = vcn_name or self.config.get("vcn_name")
         self.fault_domain = fault_domain
         self._log.debug("Logging into OCI")
         self.compute_client = oci.core.ComputeClient(self.oci_config)  # noqa: E501
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/oci/test_cloud.py b/tests/unit_tests/oci/test_cloud.py
index e23a4d13..f8c477dd 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/oci/test_cloud.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/oci/test_cloud.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Tests for pycloudlib's OCI Cloud class."""
 
+from textwrap import dedent
 from typing import List
 from unittest import mock
 
@@ -15,16 +16,8 @@
 from pycloudlib.oci.cloud import OCI
 from pycloudlib.oci.instance import OciInstance
 
-
 @pytest.fixture
-def oci_cloud(tmp_path):
-    """
-    Fixture for OCI Cloud class.
-
-    This fixture mocks the oci.config.validate_config function to not raise an error. It also
-    mocks the oci.core.ComputeClient and oci.core.VirtualNetworkClient classes to return mock
-    instances of the clients.
-    """
+def oci_mock():
     oci_config = {
         "user": "ocid1.user.oc1..example",
         "fingerprint": "mock-fingerprint",
@@ -32,8 +25,6 @@ def oci_cloud(tmp_path):
         "tenancy": "ocid1.tenancy.oc1..example",
         "region": "us-phoenix-1",
     }
-    pycloudlib_config = tmp_path / "pyproject.toml"
-    pycloudlib_config.write_text("[oci]\n")
 
     with mock.patch(
         "pycloudlib.oci.cloud.oci.config.validate_config",
@@ -49,24 +40,40 @@ def oci_cloud(tmp_path):
         mock_compute_client_class.return_value = mock_compute_client
         mock_network_client_class.return_value = mock_network_client
 
-        # Create instance
-        oci_cloud = OCI(
-            "test-instance",
-            timestamp_suffix=True,
-            config_file=pycloudlib_config,
-            availability_domain="PHX-AD-1",
-            compartment_id="test-compartment-id",
-            region="us-phoenix-1",
-            config_dict=oci_config,
-        )
+        yield mock_compute_client, mock_network_client, oci_config
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def oci_cloud(oci_mock, tmp_path):
+    """
+    Fixture for OCI Cloud class.
+
+    This fixture mocks the oci.config.validate_config function to not raise an error. It also
+    mocks the oci.core.ComputeClient and oci.core.VirtualNetworkClient classes to return mock
+    instances of the clients.
+    """
+    pycloudlib_config = tmp_path / "pyproject.toml"
+    pycloudlib_config.write_text("[oci]\n")
+
+    mock_compute_client, mock_network_client, oci_config = oci_mock
+
+    # Create instance
+    oci_cloud = OCI(
+        "test-instance",
+        timestamp_suffix=True,
+        config_file=pycloudlib_config,
+        availability_domain="PHX-AD-1",
+        compartment_id="test-compartment-id",
+        region="us-phoenix-1",
+        config_dict=oci_config,
+    )
 
-        oci_cloud._log = mock.MagicMock()
+    oci_cloud._log = mock.MagicMock()
 
-        # Assign the mocked clients to the instance
-        oci_cloud.compute_client = mock_compute_client
-        oci_cloud.network_client = mock_network_client
+    # Assign the mocked clients to the instance
+    oci_cloud.compute_client = mock_compute_client
+    oci_cloud.network_client = mock_network_client
 
-        yield oci_cloud
+    yield oci_cloud
 
 
 OCI_PYCLOUDLIB_CONFIG = """\
@@ -99,6 +106,42 @@ def test_init_invalid_config(self, tmp_path):
                     config_dict={"invalid": "config"},
                 )
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ["vcn_name"],
+        [
+            pytest.param(
+                "test-vcn",
+                id="VCN entry provided",
+            ),
+            pytest.param(
+                None,
+                id="No VCN entry provided",
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_config_toml(self, tmp_path, vcn_name):
+        config_toml = dedent("""\
+            [oci]
+            availability_domain = "PYCL-AD-1"
+            compartment_id = "pycloudlib-compartment-id"
+            region = "pycl-pheonix-1"
+        """)
+
+        if vcn_name:
+            config_toml += 'vcn_name = "test-vcn"\n'
+
+        pycloudlib_config = tmp_path / "pyproject.toml"
+        pycloudlib_config.write_text(config_toml)
+        
+        test_inst = OCI(
+            tag="test-instance",
+            config_file=pycloudlib_config,
+        )
+        
+        assert test_inst.availability_domain == "PYCL-AD-1"
+        assert test_inst.compartment_id == "pycloudlib-compartment-id"
+        assert test_inst.region == "pycl-pheonix-1"
+        assert test_inst.vcn_name == vcn_name
 
 @pytest.mark.mock_ssh_keys
 class TestOciImages: