diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ccc019683..0c21f619b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2 v2.33.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 25302fba1..dcb57cbab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1 h1:cQriyiUvjTwOHg8QZaPihLWeRAAVoCpE00IU
 github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1/go.mod h1:GaZTsDaehaPpQVyxrf5mtQlH+pc21PIudVV/E3rRQok=
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 h1:y09buUbR+b5aycVFQs/g70pqKVZNBmxwAhO7/IwNM9g=
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:Wri+At7QHww0WTrCBeu4J6bNtoV6mEfg5OIWRZA9qds=
-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/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 h1:+/15pJfg/RsTxqYcX6fHqOXZwwMP+2VyYWJeWM2qQFM=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3/go.mod h1:6dzNDKs0J9rVPHPhaGCukekBHKqfl+L3KghI1Bc68Uw=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=