diff --git a/luigi/contrib/azureblob.py b/luigi/contrib/azureblob.py
index 20de24224a..e9f6ddf8f1 100644
--- a/luigi/contrib/azureblob.py
+++ b/luigi/contrib/azureblob.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def __init__(self, account_name=None, account_key=None, sas_token=None, **kwargs
             * `token_credential` - A token credential used to authenticate HTTPS requests. The token value should be updated before its expiration.
         """
         self.options = {"account_name": account_name, "account_key": account_key, "sas_token": sas_token}
+        kwargs["protocol"] = kwargs.get("protocol", "https")  # Default protocol to https if it's not set
         self.kwargs = kwargs
 
     @property
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ def connection(self):
                                                  connection_string=self.kwargs.get("connection_string"),
                                                  endpoint_suffix=self.kwargs.get("endpoint_suffix"),
                                                  custom_domain=self.kwargs.get("custom_domain"),
-                                                 is_emulated=self.kwargs.get("is_emulated") or False)
+                                                 is_emulated=self.kwargs.get("is_emulated", False),
+                                                 token_credential=self.kwargs.get("token_credential"))
 
     def upload(self, tmp_path, container, blob, **kwargs):
         logging.debug("Uploading file '{tmp_path}' to container '{container}' and blob '{blob}'".format(
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 362838dfd4..729a104a27 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ deps =
     pymongo==3.4.0
     toml<2.0.0
     responses<1.0.0
-    azure-storage<=0.36
+    azure-storage-common==2.1.0
+    azure-storage-blob==2.1.0
     datadog==0.22.0
     prometheus-client==0.5.0
     dropbox: dropbox>=9.3.0<10.0
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ deps =
     Sphinx>=1.4.4,<1.5
     sphinx_rtd_theme
     enum34>1.1.0
-    azure-storage<=0.36
+    azure-storage-common==2.1.0
+    azure-storage-blob==2.1.0
     prometheus-client==0.5.0
 commands =
 # build API docs