diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python.json
index 13a309763b58..023697768983 100644
--- a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python.json
+++ b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "comment": "Modify this file in a trivial way to cause this test suite to run.",
-  "modification": 11
+  "modification": 12
 }
 
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/inference/vllm_inference.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/inference/vllm_inference.py
index a69a15516e8d..c1f94259aca6 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/inference/vllm_inference.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/inference/vllm_inference.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 from openai import OpenAI
 
 try:
+  # VLLM logging config breaks beam logging.
+  os.environ["VLLM_CONFIGURE_LOGGING"] = "0"
   import vllm  # pylint: disable=unused-import
   logging.info('vllm module successfully imported.')
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
@@ -127,7 +129,9 @@ def start_server(self, retries=3):
       ]
       for k, v in self._vllm_server_kwargs.items():
         server_cmd.append(f'--{k}')
-        server_cmd.append(v)
+        # Only add values for commands with value part.
+        if v is not None:
+          server_cmd.append(v)
       self._server_process, self._server_port = start_process(server_cmd)
 
     self.check_connectivity(retries)
@@ -138,27 +142,27 @@ def get_server_port(self) -> int:
     return self._server_port
 
   def check_connectivity(self, retries=3):
-    client = getVLLMClient(self._server_port)
-    while self._server_process.poll() is None:
-      try:
-        models = client.models.list().data
-        logging.info('models: %s' % models)
-        if len(models) > 0:
-          self._server_started = True
-          return
-      except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
-        pass
-      # Sleep while bringing up the process
-      time.sleep(5)
-
-    if retries == 0:
-      self._server_started = False
-      raise Exception(
-          "Failed to start vLLM server, polling process exited with code " +
-          "%s.  Next time a request is tried, the server will be restarted" %
-          self._server_process.poll())
-    else:
-      self.start_server(retries - 1)
+    with getVLLMClient(self._server_port) as client:
+      while self._server_process.poll() is None:
+        try:
+          models = client.models.list().data
+          logging.info('models: %s' % models)
+          if len(models) > 0:
+            self._server_started = True
+            return
+        except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
+          pass
+        # Sleep while bringing up the process
+        time.sleep(5)
+
+      if retries == 0:
+        self._server_started = False
+        raise Exception(
+            "Failed to start vLLM server, polling process exited with code " +
+            "%s.  Next time a request is tried, the server will be restarted" %
+            self._server_process.poll())
+      else:
+        self.start_server(retries - 1)
 
 
 class VLLMCompletionsModelHandler(ModelHandler[str,
@@ -200,27 +204,21 @@ async def _async_run_inference(
       model: _VLLMModelServer,
       inference_args: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None
   ) -> Iterable[PredictionResult]:
-    client = getAsyncVLLMClient(model.get_server_port())
     inference_args = inference_args or {}
-    async_predictions = []
-    for prompt in batch:
-      try:
-        completion = client.completions.create(
-            model=self._model_name, prompt=prompt, **inference_args)
-        async_predictions.append(completion)
-      except Exception as e:
-        model.check_connectivity()
-        raise e
 
-    predictions = []
-    for p in async_predictions:
+    async with getAsyncVLLMClient(model.get_server_port()) as client:
       try:
-        predictions.append(await p)
+        async_predictions = [
+            client.completions.create(
+                model=self._model_name, prompt=prompt, **inference_args)
+            for prompt in batch
+        ]
+        responses = await asyncio.gather(*async_predictions)
       except Exception as e:
         model.check_connectivity()
         raise e
 
-    return [PredictionResult(x, y) for x, y in zip(batch, predictions)]
+    return [PredictionResult(x, y) for x, y in zip(batch, responses)]
 
   def run_inference(
       self,
@@ -301,25 +299,19 @@ async def _async_run_inference(
       model: _VLLMModelServer,
       inference_args: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None
   ) -> Iterable[PredictionResult]:
-    client = getAsyncVLLMClient(model.get_server_port())
     inference_args = inference_args or {}
-    async_predictions = []
-    for messages in batch:
-      formatted = []
-      for message in messages:
-        formatted.append({"role": message.role, "content": message.content})
-      try:
-        completion = client.chat.completions.create(
-            model=self._model_name, messages=formatted, **inference_args)
-        async_predictions.append(completion)
-      except Exception as e:
-        model.check_connectivity()
-        raise e
 
-    predictions = []
-    for p in async_predictions:
+    async with getAsyncVLLMClient(model.get_server_port()) as client:
       try:
-        predictions.append(await p)
+        async_predictions = [
+            client.chat.completions.create(
+                model=self._model_name,
+                messages=[{
+                    "role": message.role, "content": message.content
+                } for message in messages],
+                **inference_args) for messages in batch
+        ]
+        predictions = await asyncio.gather(*async_predictions)
       except Exception as e:
         model.check_connectivity()
         raise e