diff --git a/packages/react-console/src/components/VncConsole/VncConsole.tsx b/packages/react-console/src/components/VncConsole/VncConsole.tsx
index c8ac73999e2..b15fb90058d 100644
--- a/packages/react-console/src/components/VncConsole/VncConsole.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-console/src/components/VncConsole/VncConsole.tsx
@@ -97,23 +97,23 @@ export const VncConsole: React.FunctionComponent<VncConsoleProps> = ({
 
   const [status, setStatus] = React.useState(CONNECTING);
 
-  const addEventListeners = () => {
+  const addEventListeners = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (rfb.current) {
       rfb.current?.addEventListener('connect', onConnected);
       rfb.current?.addEventListener('disconnect', _onDisconnected);
       rfb.current?.addEventListener('securityfailure', _onSecurityFailure);
     }
-  };
+  }, [rfb]);
 
-  const removeEventListeners = () => {
+  const removeEventListeners = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (rfb.current) {
       rfb.current.removeEventListener('connect', onConnected);
       rfb.current.removeEventListener('disconnect', _onDisconnected);
       rfb.current.removeEventListener('securityfailure', _onSecurityFailure);
     }
-  };
+  }, [rfb]);
 
-  const connect = () => {
+  const connect = React.useCallback(() => {
     const protocol = encrypt ? 'wss' : 'ws';
     const url = `${protocol}://${host}:${port}/${path}`;
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export const VncConsole: React.FunctionComponent<VncConsoleProps> = ({
     rfb.current.viewOnly = viewOnly;
     rfb.current.scaleViewport = scaleViewport;
     rfb.current.resizeSession = resizeSession;
-  };
+  }, [addEventListeners, encrypt, rfb, repeaterID, shared, credentials, novncElem]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     initLogging(vncLogging);