diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 43a3f76737..173998d787 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ replace sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test => sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.6.1
 replace sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-vsphere => ../
 
 require (
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.5.0
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 756767f20b..792ee5149d 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2/go.mod h1:Tv1PlzqC
 github.com/google/uuid v1.0.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.5.0 h1:1p67kYwdtXjb0gL0BPiP1Av9wiZPo5A8z2cWkTZ+eyU=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+vpHVxEJEs9eg=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5mhpdKc/us6bOk=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.0.0-20170729233727-0c5108395e2d/go.mod h1:sJBsCZ4ayReDTBIg8b9dl28c5xFWyhBTVRp3pOg5EKY=