diff --git a/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/Client.java b/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/Client.java
index 3792bfdd..19bcf165 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/Client.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/Client.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -216,10 +215,9 @@ static void run(SwarmClient swarmClient, Options options, String... args) throws
 
                 /*
                  * Note that any instances of InterruptedException or RuntimeException thrown
-                 * internally by the next two lines get wrapped in RetryException.
+                 * internally by the next line get wrapped in RetryException.
                  */
-                List<String> jnlpArgs = swarmClient.getJnlpArgs(url);
-                swarmClient.connect(jnlpArgs, url);
+                swarmClient.connect(url);
                 if (options.noRetryAfterConnected) {
                     logger.warning("Connection closed, exiting...");
                     swarmClient.exitWithStatus(0);
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/SwarmClient.java b/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/SwarmClient.java
index e7a9ef3c..dd4743ff 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/SwarmClient.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/SwarmClient.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class SwarmClient {
 
     private final Options options;
     private final String hash;
+    private String secret;
     private String name;
     private HttpServer prometheusServer = null;
 
@@ -125,8 +126,10 @@ public URL getUrl() {
     /**
      * @param url The URL
      * @return The JNLP arguments, as returned from {@link Launcher#parseJnlpArguments()}.
+     * @deprecated removed without replacement
      */
-    List<String> getJnlpArgs(URL url) throws IOException, RetryException {
+    @Deprecated
+    private List<String> getJnlpArgs(URL url) throws IOException, RetryException {
         logger.fine("connect() invoked");
 
         Launcher launcher = new Launcher();
@@ -157,14 +160,22 @@ List<String> getJnlpArgs(URL url) throws IOException, RetryException {
      *
      * <p>Interrupt the thread to abort it and try connecting again.
      */
-    void connect(List<String> jnlpArgs, URL url) throws IOException, RetryException {
+    void connect(URL url) throws IOException, RetryException {
         List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
 
         args.add("-url");
         args.add(url.toString());
 
-        args.add("-secret");
-        args.add(jnlpArgs.get(0));
+        if (secret == null) {
+            List<String> jnlpArgs = getJnlpArgs(url);
+            if (!jnlpArgs.isEmpty()) {
+                secret = jnlpArgs.get(0);
+            }
+        }
+        if (secret != null) {
+            args.add("-secret");
+            args.add(secret);
+        }
 
         args.add("-name");
         args.add(name);
@@ -368,6 +379,11 @@ void createSwarmAgent(URL url) throws IOException, InterruptedException, RetryEx
             props.load(stream);
         }
 
+        String secret = props.getProperty("secret");
+        if (secret != null) {
+            this.secret = secret.trim();
+        }
+
         String name = props.getProperty("name");
         if (name == null) {
             this.name = options.name;
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/PluginImpl.java b/plugin/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/PluginImpl.java
index 9f89b898..a436c726 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/PluginImpl.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/swarm/PluginImpl.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
+import jenkins.slaves.JnlpAgentReceiver;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.QueryParameter;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ public void doCreateSlave(
         Jenkins jenkins = Jenkins.get();
 
         jenkins.checkPermission(Computer.CREATE);
+        jenkins.checkPermission(Computer.CONNECT);
 
         List<NodeProperty<Node>> nodeProperties = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ public void doCreateSlave(
             try (OutputStream outputStream = rsp.getCompressedOutputStream(req)) {
                 Properties props = new Properties();
                 props.put("name", name);
+                props.put("secret", JnlpAgentReceiver.SLAVE_SECRET.mac(name));
                 props.store(outputStream, "");
             }
         } catch (FormException e) {