diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.mod
index e25ec5d77d4b..bc1df12f3a2a 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 v0.119.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatatest v0.119.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.48.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.48.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.119.1-0.20250210123122-44b3eeda354c
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest v0.119.1-0.20250210123122-44b3eeda354c
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v1.25.1-0.20250210123122-44b3eeda354c
diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum
index 50c46676cb06..d1d37530b5d8 100644
--- a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/go.sum
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 h1:0QaGUFOdQaIVdPgfITYzaTegZvdCjmYO52cSFA
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12/go.mod h1:Ho14jnntGE1fpdOqQEEaiKRpvIavV0hSfmBq8nJbHYI=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 h1:ng9scYS7az0Bk4OZLvrNXNSAO2Pxr1XXRAPyjhIx+Fk=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1/go.mod h1:1XfjsgE2zo8GVw7POkMbHENHzVg3GzmoZ9fESEdAacY=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.48.0 h1:CP5bCvkDNGkmn29UlcJKTWMLwDg3iusP8anrZnedWrg=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.48.0/go.mod h1:bYwUHpGpisE4AOlDl5eph90T+cjJMIcKx/kaa5v5rQM=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.48.1 h1:aAjmoFzSShYA9ED66JaOJzSBvukvrQLYZljZL+pgfKQ=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.48.1/go.mod h1:UFM2aCkggPToQf8TqY3xfd9bOX58vbVa+UAK1JdDTNM=
 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=