diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7e7c028..6bd4a9b 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 v1.4.1
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.34.2
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.35.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	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 v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // 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 b4a7a04..ae63a70 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 v1.4.0 h1:MtMxsa51/r9yyhkyLsVeVt0B+BGQZzpQiTQ4eHZ8bc4=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.4.0/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/gax-go/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:Q3nei7sK6ybPYH7twZdmQpAd1MKb7pfu6SK+H1/DsU0=
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ github.com/vmware-tanzu/net-operator-api v0.0.0-20210401185409-b0dc6c297707 h1:2
 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 v0.34.2 h1:o6ydkTVITOkpQU6HAf6tP5GvHFCNJlNUNlMsvFK77X4=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.34.2/go.mod h1:qWWT6n9mdCr/T9vySsoUqcI04sSEj4CqHXxtk/Y+Los=
+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/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=