diff --git a/dvc/config_schema.py b/dvc/config_schema.py
--- a/dvc/config_schema.py
+++ b/dvc/config_schema.py
@@ -179,10 +179,12 @@ class RelPath(str):
                 },
                 "hdfs": {"user": str, "kerb_ticket": str, **REMOTE_COMMON},
                 "webhdfs": {
-                    "hdfscli_config": str,
-                    "webhdfs_token": str,
-                    "user": str,
-                    "webhdfs_alias": str,
+                    "kerberos": Bool,
+                    "kerberos_principal": str,
+                    "proxy_to": str,
+                    "ssl_verify": Any(Bool, str),
+                    "token": str,
+                    "use_https": Bool,
                     **REMOTE_COMMON,
                 },
                 "azure": {
diff --git a/dvc/fs/webhdfs.py b/dvc/fs/webhdfs.py
--- a/dvc/fs/webhdfs.py
+++ b/dvc/fs/webhdfs.py
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ def _get_kwargs_from_urls(urlpath):
         )
 
     def _prepare_credentials(self, **config):
-        if "webhdfs_token" in config:
-            config["token"] = config.pop("webhdfs_token")
-
+        self._ssl_verify = config.pop("ssl_verify", True)
+        principal = config.pop("kerberos_principal", None)
+        if principal:
+            config["kerb_kwargs"] = {"principal": principal}
         return config
 
     @wrap_prop(threading.Lock())
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ def _prepare_credentials(self, **config):
     def fs(self):
         from fsspec.implementations.webhdfs import WebHDFS
 
-        return WebHDFS(**self.fs_args)
+        fs = WebHDFS(**self.fs_args)
+        fs.session.verify = self._ssl_verify
+        return fs
 
     def checksum(self, path_info):
         path = self._with_bucket(path_info)

diff --git a/tests/unit/remote/test_webhdfs.py b/tests/unit/remote/test_webhdfs.py
--- a/tests/unit/remote/test_webhdfs.py
+++ b/tests/unit/remote/test_webhdfs.py
@@ -1,21 +1,54 @@
+from unittest.mock import Mock, create_autospec
+
+import pytest
+import requests
+
 from dvc.fs.webhdfs import WebHDFSFileSystem
 
+host = "host"
+kerberos = False
+kerberos_principal = "principal"
+port = 12345
+proxy_to = "proxy"
+ssl_verify = False
+token = "token"
+use_https = True
 user = "test"
-webhdfs_token = "token"
-webhdfs_alias = "alias-name"
-hdfscli_config = "path/to/cli/config"
-
-
-def test_init(dvc):
-    url = "webhdfs://test@127.0.0.1:50070"
-    config = {
-        "host": url,
-        "webhdfs_token": webhdfs_token,
-        "webhdfs_alias": webhdfs_alias,
-        "hdfscli_config": hdfscli_config,
-        "user": user,
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def webhdfs_config():
+    url = f"webhdfs://{user}@{host}:{port}"
+    url_config = WebHDFSFileSystem._get_kwargs_from_urls(url)
+    return {
+        "kerberos": kerberos,
+        "kerberos_principal": kerberos_principal,
+        "proxy_to": proxy_to,
+        "ssl_verify": ssl_verify,
+        "token": token,
+        "use_https": use_https,
+        **url_config,
     }
 
-    fs = WebHDFSFileSystem(**config)
-    assert fs.fs_args["token"] == webhdfs_token
+
+def test_init(dvc, webhdfs_config):
+    fs = WebHDFSFileSystem(**webhdfs_config)
+    assert fs.fs_args["host"] == host
+    assert fs.fs_args["token"] == token
     assert fs.fs_args["user"] == user
+    assert fs.fs_args["port"] == port
+    assert fs.fs_args["kerberos"] == kerberos
+    assert fs.fs_args["kerb_kwargs"] == {"principal": kerberos_principal}
+    assert fs.fs_args["proxy_to"] == proxy_to
+    assert fs.fs_args["use_https"] == use_https
+
+
+def test_verify_ssl(dvc, webhdfs_config, monkeypatch):
+    mock_session = create_autospec(requests.Session)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(requests, "Session", Mock(return_value=mock_session))
+    # can't have token at the same time as user or proxy_to
+    del webhdfs_config["token"]
+    fs = WebHDFSFileSystem(**webhdfs_config)
+    # ssl verify can't be set until after the file system is instantiated
+    fs.fs  # pylint: disable=pointless-statement
+    assert mock_session.verify == ssl_verify

Allow passing fsspec options to WebHDFS to enable Kerberos and https
After #6662 it is no longer possible to use custom hdfscli clients with WebHDFS, as a result we are no longer able to connect using Kerberos or HTTPS.

fsspec allows passing in options to enable kerberos and https, we simply need to pass them through and expose them in the DVC config file:
https://filesystem-spec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/fsspec/implementations/webhdfs.html

This would also be an opportunity to remove the no longer used hdfscli options.

tests/unit/remote/test_webhdfs.py::test_init tests/unit/remote/test_webhdfs.py::test_verify_ssl