diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.mod
index 324e6cabf430..317b3359690a 100644
--- a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/golden v0.114.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatatest v0.114.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.46.1
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.46.2
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.114.1-0.20241202231142-b9ff1bc54c99
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest v0.114.1-0.20241202231142-b9ff1bc54c99
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v1.20.1-0.20241202231142-b9ff1bc54c99
diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum
index aa19f7ce7f60..716ad6f6244a 100644
--- a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 h1:0QaGUFOdQaIVdPgfITYzaTegZvdCjmYO52cSFA
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12/go.mod h1:Ho14jnntGE1fpdOqQEEaiKRpvIavV0hSfmBq8nJbHYI=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 h1:ng9scYS7az0Bk4OZLvrNXNSAO2Pxr1XXRAPyjhIx+Fk=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1/go.mod h1:1XfjsgE2zo8GVw7POkMbHENHzVg3GzmoZ9fESEdAacY=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.46.1 h1:RBoIR/vlGBYn+t7I1LFLLbDQSoBn+xN6gPYYMbFZ+80=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.46.1/go.mod h1:uoLVU9zlXC4p4GmLVG+ZJmBC0Gn3Q7mytOJvi39OhxA=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.46.2 h1:gZTIcKSr4sVcDB803FUv0r4lhOgE5Y5WQCNW75dPlls=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.46.2/go.mod h1:uoLVU9zlXC4p4GmLVG+ZJmBC0Gn3Q7mytOJvi39OhxA=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 h1:zFUKzehAFReQwLys1b/iSMl+JQGSCSjtVqQn9bBrPo0=