diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 54c52e3..69ffb1e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.19
 require (
 	github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.4.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.30.7
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.32.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.25.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.25.0
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7162276..a0fc3ef 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1 h1:K6RDEckDVWvDI9JAJY
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1 h1:KjJaJ9iWZ3jOFZIf1Lqf4laDRCasjl0BCmnEGxkdLb4=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1/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/gax-go/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:Q3nei7sK6ybPYH7twZdmQpAd1MKb7pfu6SK+H1/DsU0=
@@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/net-operator-api v0.0.0-20210401185409-b0dc6c297707 h1:2onys8tWlQh7DFiOz6+68AwJdW9EBOEv6RTKzwh1x7A=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v0.0.0-20221204041501-ec03d8bb733c h1:7UAqqa9GTxMTtCmgkGWk0JdWZoZssgdbSywpIurgjC0=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20211209213435-0f4ab286f64f h1:RUuS5lh25citvQoXmDSfxJ1BB72LXOjD5cXvJETJ7Cc=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/tanzu-topology v0.0.0-20211209213435-0f4ab286f64f h1:wwYUf16/g8bLywQMQJB5VHbDtuf6aOFH24Ar2/yA7+I=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.30.7 h1:YO8CcDpLJzmq6PK5/CBQbXyV21iCMh8SbdXt+xNkXp8=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.30.7/go.mod h1:epgoslm97rLECMV4D+08ORzUBEU7boFSepKjt7AYVGg=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.32.0 h1:Rsdi/HAX5Ebf9Byp/FvBir4sfM7yP5DBUeRlbC6vLBo=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.32.0/go.mod h1:JA63Pg0SgQcSjk+LuPzjh3rJdcWBo/ZNCIwbb1qf2/0=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415/go.mod h1:GwrjFmJcFw6At/Gs6z4yjiIwzuJ1/+UwLxMQDVQXShQ=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:anYRn/JVcOK2ZgGU+IjEV4nwlhoK5sQluxsYJ78Id3Y=