diff --git a/src/go/go.mod b/src/go/go.mod
index 0ed63471674c61..26f1c163002561 100644
--- a/src/go/go.mod
+++ b/src/go/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.1
 	github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.6.4
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.38.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.39.0
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.16.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.27.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0
diff --git a/src/go/go.sum b/src/go/go.sum
index 385ff52c5aae67..284ee493246476 100644
--- a/src/go/go.sum
+++ b/src/go/go.sum
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ 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 v0.38.0 h1:UvQpLAOjDpO0JUxoPCXnEzOlEa/9kejO6K58qOFr6cM=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.38.0/go.mod h1:mtGWtM+YhTADHlCgJBiskSRPOZRsN9MSjPzaZLte/oQ=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.39.0 h1:soLZ08Q2zvjRSinNup8xVlw0KDDCJPPA1rIDmBhi7As=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.39.0/go.mod h1:oHzAQ1r6152zYDGcUqeK+EO8LhKo5wjtvWZBGHws2Hc=
 github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0 h1:Su7DPu48wXMwC3bs7MCNG+z4FhcyEuz5dlvchbq0B0c=
 github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jrpuAogTd400dnrH08LKmI/xc1MbPOebTwRqcT5RDeI=
 github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.2 h1:FHX5I5B4i4hKRVRBCFRxq1iQRej7WO3hhBuJf+UUySY=