diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6b6e3661e4..c5f826211a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.5
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585eebfd
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585eebfd
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.35.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.16.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.19.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ca035d86f4..e26c9da7f7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585ee
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585eebfd/go.mod h1:5rqRJ9zGR+KnKbkGx373WgN8xJpvAj99kHnfoDYRO5I=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585eebfd h1:BleW2NxLCPbLvFoTzhoX/DsjCJuKyEdcmvYiY04k18U=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585eebfd/go.mod h1:dfYrWS8DMRN+XZfhu8M4LVHmeGvYB29Ipd7j4uIq+mU=
-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 v0.36.0 h1:h8+PfYnsIihvUpzD2Mb9kFnSWEz1u2dRWxrBLi79N9I=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.0/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=
diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 4e4ac0a89a..3f7119fa42 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.5
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585eebfd
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.35.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.2
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 3d82c876c6..bfeef10832 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585ee
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585eebfd/go.mod h1:5rqRJ9zGR+KnKbkGx373WgN8xJpvAj99kHnfoDYRO5I=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585eebfd h1:BleW2NxLCPbLvFoTzhoX/DsjCJuKyEdcmvYiY04k18U=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-20231214185006-5477585eebfd/go.mod h1:dfYrWS8DMRN+XZfhu8M4LVHmeGvYB29Ipd7j4uIq+mU=
-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 v0.36.0 h1:h8+PfYnsIihvUpzD2Mb9kFnSWEz1u2dRWxrBLi79N9I=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.0/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/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=