diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b6a783e30a..947832aaa6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.1
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.20.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eb06dcd167..20d4b9147a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -561,8 +561,8 @@ github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-2024040420084
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505/go.mod h1:dfYrWS8DMRN+XZfhu8M4LVHmeGvYB29Ipd7j4uIq+mU=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/pkg/constants/testlabels v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505 h1:LRMZ+zzb944d6r+uYsE+CuJ3zVBE6Hc8vjH7IJX2QY4=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/pkg/constants/testlabels v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505/go.mod h1:M+6bZCS8vSjCN9OOppnAyYxeBxY1U0wG6+j3CvIrOHY=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.0 h1:xX5AnIrVn4yfH0fYSjyjMg/Kq6q7cNxA+vyfV5YcF70=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.0/go.mod h1:mtGWtM+YhTADHlCgJBiskSRPOZRsN9MSjPzaZLte/oQ=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.1 h1:SpI+Ofq+lC1zsLcJ9szLSb7fL4TypReVvUoWIgk2b6U=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.1/go.mod h1:mtGWtM+YhTADHlCgJBiskSRPOZRsN9MSjPzaZLte/oQ=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2 h1:eY9dn8+vbi4tKz5Qo6v2eYzo7kUS51QINcR5jNpbZS8=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 h1:HzHnuAF1plUN2zGlAFHbSQP2qJ0ZAD3XF5XD7OesXRQ=