diff --git a/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/go.mod b/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/go.mod
index 2889acddb52dcb..96a36ff96873e9 100644
--- a/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/go.mod
+++ b/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/tomasen/fcgi_client v0.0.0-20180423082037-2bb3d819fd19
 	github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.6.4
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.1
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.14.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.22.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0
diff --git a/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/go.sum b/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/go.sum
index fa38c604752731..f6489b75591fa1 100644
--- a/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/go.sum
+++ b/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/go.sum
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ github.com/tomasen/fcgi_client v0.0.0-20180423082037-2bb3d819fd19 h1:ZCmSnT6CLGh
 github.com/tomasen/fcgi_client v0.0.0-20180423082037-2bb3d819fd19/go.mod h1:SXTY+QvI+KTTKXQdg0zZ7nx0u94QWh8ZAwBQYsW9cqk=
 github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.6.4 h1:uAUNq9Z6ymTgGhcm0UynUAB6tlbakBrz6CQFax3BXVQ=
 github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.6.4/go.mod h1:CLCAqky6SMuOcxStkYQvblddUtoRxhYMGLrsQns1aXY=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.0 h1:h8+PfYnsIihvUpzD2Mb9kFnSWEz1u2dRWxrBLi79N9I=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.0/go.mod h1:mtGWtM+YhTADHlCgJBiskSRPOZRsN9MSjPzaZLte/oQ=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.1 h1:+E/nlfteQ8JvC0xhuKAfpnMsuIeGeGj7rJwqENUcWm8=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.1/go.mod h1:mtGWtM+YhTADHlCgJBiskSRPOZRsN9MSjPzaZLte/oQ=
 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=