diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ccf9d877eb..8aced58fe2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	// The version of vm-operator should be kept in sync with the manifests at: config/deployments/integration-tests
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.50.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.51.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b2c73757b6..965ec3cbbd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6 h1:NIndORjcnSmIlQsCMIewpIwg/ocRVD
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6/go.mod h1:HHA2SNI9B5Yqtyp5t+Gt9WTWBi/fIkM6+MukDDSf11A=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505 h1:y4wXx1FUFqqSgJ/xUOEM1DLS2Uu0KaeLADWpzpioGTU=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505/go.mod h1:5rqRJ9zGR+KnKbkGx373WgN8xJpvAj99kHnfoDYRO5I=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.50.0 h1:vFOnUCBCX3m3MgTKfBp68Pz5gsHvKkO07Y2wCGYYQOM=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.50.0/go.mod h1:Z5uo7z0kRhVV00E4gfbUGwUaXIKTgqngsT+t/mIDpcI=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.51.0 h1:n3RLS9aw/irTOKbiIyJzAb6rOat4YOVv/uDoRsNTSQI=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.51.0/go.mod h1:3ywivawGRfMP2SDCeyKqxTl2xNIHTXF0ilvp72dot5A=
 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/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
diff --git a/packaging/go.sum b/packaging/go.sum
index b83046517d..fdf9fea573 100644
--- a/packaging/go.sum
+++ b/packaging/go.sum
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6 h1:NIndORjcnSmIlQsCMIewpIwg/ocRVD
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6/go.mod h1:HHA2SNI9B5Yqtyp5t+Gt9WTWBi/fIkM6+MukDDSf11A=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505 h1:y4wXx1FUFqqSgJ/xUOEM1DLS2Uu0KaeLADWpzpioGTU=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505/go.mod h1:5rqRJ9zGR+KnKbkGx373WgN8xJpvAj99kHnfoDYRO5I=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.50.0 h1:vFOnUCBCX3m3MgTKfBp68Pz5gsHvKkO07Y2wCGYYQOM=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.50.0/go.mod h1:Z5uo7z0kRhVV00E4gfbUGwUaXIKTgqngsT+t/mIDpcI=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.51.0 h1:n3RLS9aw/irTOKbiIyJzAb6rOat4YOVv/uDoRsNTSQI=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.51.0/go.mod h1:3ywivawGRfMP2SDCeyKqxTl2xNIHTXF0ilvp72dot5A=
 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/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 h1:HzHnuAF1plUN2zGlAFHbSQP2qJ0ZAD3XF5XD7OesXRQ=
diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 612dafe362..e5cac933dc 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/net-operator-api v0.0.0-20240326163340-1f32d6bf7f9d
 	// The version of vm-operator should be kept in sync with the manifests at: config/deployments/integration-tests
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.50.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.51.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 6760132ecd..d93260b54c 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6 h1:NIndORjcnSmIlQsCMIewpIwg/ocRVD
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6/go.mod h1:HHA2SNI9B5Yqtyp5t+Gt9WTWBi/fIkM6+MukDDSf11A=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505 h1:y4wXx1FUFqqSgJ/xUOEM1DLS2Uu0KaeLADWpzpioGTU=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/external/ncp v0.0.0-20240404200847-de75746a9505/go.mod h1:5rqRJ9zGR+KnKbkGx373WgN8xJpvAj99kHnfoDYRO5I=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.50.0 h1:vFOnUCBCX3m3MgTKfBp68Pz5gsHvKkO07Y2wCGYYQOM=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.50.0/go.mod h1:Z5uo7z0kRhVV00E4gfbUGwUaXIKTgqngsT+t/mIDpcI=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.51.0 h1:n3RLS9aw/irTOKbiIyJzAb6rOat4YOVv/uDoRsNTSQI=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.51.0/go.mod h1:3ywivawGRfMP2SDCeyKqxTl2xNIHTXF0ilvp72dot5A=
 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/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20221125231312-a49e3df8f510 h1:S2dVYn90KE98chqDkyE9Z4N61UnQd+KOfgp5Iu53llk=