diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index 30dd4ff569..1a189a0f38 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.19
 require (
 	github.com/joelanford/go-apidiff v0.6.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.11.0
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.30.4
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.30.5
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.26.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/hack/tools v0.0.0-20211104153216-fb1f86267fed
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20211110210527-619e6b92dab9
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 2c95698e1d..3b0288687c 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -715,8 +715,8 @@ github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.4/go.mod h1:uQMGLiO92mf5W77hV/PUCpI3pbzQx3CRekS0kk+RGr
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v0.0.0-20181204163529-d75b2dcb6bc8/go.mod h1:VFNgLljTbGfSG7qAOspJ7OScBnGdDN/yBr0sguwnwf0=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0/go.mod h1:70zkFmudgCuE/ngEzBv17Jvp/497gISqfk5gWijbERA=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.1/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtXRu0=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.30.4 h1:BCKLoTmiBYRuplv3GxKEMBLtBaJm8PA56vo9bddIpYQ=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.30.4/go.mod h1:F7adsVewLNHsW/IIm7ziFURaXDaHEwcc+ym4r3INMdY=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.30.5 h1:p4sFypY4AJlFRiS2OFEGh9DCzufBrexbtPL5DB9Pxw0=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.30.5/go.mod h1:F7adsVewLNHsW/IIm7ziFURaXDaHEwcc+ym4r3INMdY=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.2.1/go.mod h1:mLlQY/MoOhWBj+gOGMQkOeiEvkx+8pJSI+0Bx9h2kr4=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.0 h1:wUMzuKtKilRgBAD1sUb8gOwwRr2FGoBVumcjoOACClI=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.0/go.mod h1:3s9xbODqPuuhK9JV1R321M/FlMZSBvE5aY6eAcqrDh0=