diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.mod
index a07f8e9a3792..462e8518e746 100644
--- a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/golden v0.98.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatatest v0.98.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.3
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.98.1-0.20240412014414-62f589864e3d
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v1.5.1-0.20240412014414-62f589864e3d
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v0.98.1-0.20240412014414-62f589864e3d
diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum
index 051c0ed5901a..4423e6ff2960 100644
--- a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 h1:ng9scYS7az0Bk4OZLvrNXNSAO2Pxr1XXRAPyjhIx+F
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1/go.mod h1:1XfjsgE2zo8GVw7POkMbHENHzVg3GzmoZ9fESEdAacY=
 github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.3 h1:1Ng3CBNQVbFjCQbKtfsewy5o3dFa+EoTjqeThVISUBc=
 github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.36.3/go.mod h1:mtGWtM+YhTADHlCgJBiskSRPOZRsN9MSjPzaZLte/oQ=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.0 h1:xX5AnIrVn4yfH0fYSjyjMg/Kq6q7cNxA+vyfV5YcF70=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.37.0/go.mod h1:mtGWtM+YhTADHlCgJBiskSRPOZRsN9MSjPzaZLte/oQ=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 h1:zFUKzehAFReQwLys1b/iSMl+JQGSCSjtVqQn9bBrPo0=