diff --git a/src/go/go.mod b/src/go/go.mod
index 7007fd9503..cb9c03f0f2 100644
--- a/src/go/go.mod
+++ b/src/go/go.mod
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0
 	github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.6.4
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.43.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.44.1
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.17.1
 	golang.org/x/net v0.30.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0
diff --git a/src/go/go.sum b/src/go/go.sum
index a1d62234a6..144fda6e5b 100644
--- a/src/go/go.sum
+++ b/src/go/go.sum
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 h1:RWIZEg2iJ8/g6fDDYzMpobmaoGh5OLl4AXtGUGPcqCs=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
 github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.6.4 h1:uAUNq9Z6ymTgGhcm0UynUAB6tlbakBrz6CQFax3BXVQ=
 github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.6.4/go.mod h1:CLCAqky6SMuOcxStkYQvblddUtoRxhYMGLrsQns1aXY=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.43.0 h1:7Kg3Bkdly+TrE67BYXzRq7ZrDnn7xqpKX95uEh2f9Go=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.43.0/go.mod h1:IOv5nTXCPqH9qVJAlRuAGffogaLsNs8aF+e7vLgsHJU=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.44.1 h1:Hbt0nvVY8fnp3DGRJHngLflTos/uRrW54lhmJ/zKZFc=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.44.1/go.mod h1:uoLVU9zlXC4p4GmLVG+ZJmBC0Gn3Q7mytOJvi39OhxA=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
 github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0 h1:Su7DPu48wXMwC3bs7MCNG+z4FhcyEuz5dlvchbq0B0c=