diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e2b0110599..08ff8afde8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.15
 	github.com/vmware/govcloudair v0.0.2
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.30.4
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.42.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.28.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5c18caafcb..41d677042a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ github.com/urfave/cli v1.11.1-0.20151120215642-0302d3914d2a h1:i6gus1o4iDkjlzGJC
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.11.1-0.20151120215642-0302d3914d2a/go.mod h1:70zkFmudgCuE/ngEzBv17Jvp/497gISqfk5gWijbERA=
 github.com/vmware/govcloudair v0.0.2 h1:ki01OjlgpEWyEc7iZTTaWW9tISSWafiqj/PHLPB4Iwc=
 github.com/vmware/govcloudair v0.0.2/go.mod h1:Vxktpba+eP4dX5YzYP869DRPSm5ChQ2A/GUrmKSLvlo=
-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 v0.42.0 h1:MbvAlVfjNBE1mHMaQ7yOSop1KLB0/93x6VAGuCtjqtI=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.42.0/go.mod h1:1H5LWwsBif8HKZqbFp0FdoKTHyJE4FzL6ACequMKYQg=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=