diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3d9d78502..109da9665 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/ubccr/kerby v0.0.0-20170626144437-201a958fc453
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.43.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.44.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.26.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1c037c97a..8a88635a0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.5 h1:3bHCTIheBm1qFTcgh9oPu+nNBtX+XJIupG/vacinC
 github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.5/go.mod h1:yZbwRsSeGjusneWgA781EKej9HF8vme8okylkAeNKLk=
 github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v8 v8.7.5 h1:hUF3zaNsuaBBwzEFoCvfuX3cpesQXZC0Phm/JcHZQ+c=
 github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v8 v8.7.5/go.mod h1:bRCnR7K+mj5WXKsy0NWB6Or+wctYGvVwKn6huwvxKa0=
-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 v0.44.0 h1:0OR8thVIAoeXBtPTqliWTQ7nwCNEjTCWAlDucXzaF3Y=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.44.0/go.mod h1:uoLVU9zlXC4p4GmLVG+ZJmBC0Gn3Q7mytOJvi39OhxA=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb h1:zGWFAtiMcyryUHoUjUJX0/lt1H2+i2Ka2n+D3DImSNo=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 h1:EzJWgHovont7NscjpAxXsDA8S8BMYve8Y5+7cuRE7R0=