diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bd4017528d..9ea88b0b1a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ 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 v0.34.2
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.35.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.17.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 56ee12b391..fcb17bd2c9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -538,8 +538,8 @@ 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 v0.34.2 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/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=