diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c94c262b1d..43992209ea 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 v0.37.1
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.2
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d63461557c..b6f2f0c4b9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ 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 v0.37.1 h1:SpI+Ofq+lC1zsLcJ9szLSb7fL4TypReVvUoWIgk2b6U=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.1/go.mod h1:mtGWtM+YhTADHlCgJBiskSRPOZRsN9MSjPzaZLte/oQ=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.2 h1:5ANLoaTxWv600ZnoosJ2zXbM3A+EaxqGheEZbRN8YVE=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.2/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 8941b3bf87..92fb3635e3 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/net-operator-api v0.0.0-20240326163340-1f32d6bf7f9d
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.1
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.2
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.4
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 0f031308a1..12b17fc3c7 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -639,8 +639,8 @@ 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 v0.37.1 h1:SpI+Ofq+lC1zsLcJ9szLSb7fL4TypReVvUoWIgk2b6U=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.1/go.mod h1:mtGWtM+YhTADHlCgJBiskSRPOZRsN9MSjPzaZLte/oQ=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.2 h1:5ANLoaTxWv600ZnoosJ2zXbM3A+EaxqGheEZbRN8YVE=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.2/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=