diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7514dfa916..4ff331d6c6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.35.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.1
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.18.0
 	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.14.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 356fbeaa53..9159b67b63 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav v0.9.0 h1:1j1sc9gQnNxbXXM4M/CebPOX4aXYtr7MojAVcN4
 github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav v0.9.0/go.mod h1:bHA7t77X/QFExdeAnDzK6vKM34kEZAcE1OX4MfiwjkE=
 github.com/tg123/go-htpasswd v1.2.2 h1:tmNccDsQ+wYsoRfiONzIhDm5OkVHQzN3w4FOBAlN6BY=
 github.com/tg123/go-htpasswd v1.2.2/go.mod h1:FcIrK0J+6zptgVwK1JDlqyajW/1B4PtuJ/FLWl7nx8A=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.35.0 h1:vN6m2J5ezSJomSTHyKbvpfoEZTn2mGXWg2FFpjRTRp0=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.35.0/go.mod h1:VvIo6siOYFKdF9eU7qrY9+j/F99DV/LtSgsOpxFXJAY=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.1 h1:+E/nlfteQ8JvC0xhuKAfpnMsuIeGeGj7rJwqENUcWm8=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.1/go.mod h1:mtGWtM+YhTADHlCgJBiskSRPOZRsN9MSjPzaZLte/oQ=
 github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 h1:lxklc02Drh6ynqX+DdPyp5pCKLUQpRT8bp8Ydu2Bstc=
 github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:ohY8p+0f07DiV6Em5LKB0s2YpLtXVyJfNt1+BlmyAsU=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 h1:HzHnuAF1plUN2zGlAFHbSQP2qJ0ZAD3XF5XD7OesXRQ=