diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 861df13642bf5..ffbb8bbf2dcab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.6
 	github.com/vapourismo/knx-go v0.0.0-20211128234507-8198fa17db36
 	github.com/vjeantet/grok v1.0.1
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.27.3
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.28.0
 	github.com/wavefronthq/wavefront-sdk-go v0.9.11
 	github.com/wvanbergen/kafka v0.0.0-20171203153745-e2edea948ddf
 	github.com/xdg/scram v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ef1cdb45ea777..d84313038ab4e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d/go.mod h1:3eOhrU
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20210224194228-fe8f1750fd46/go.mod h1:3eOhrUMpNV+6aFIbp5/iudMxNCF27Vw2OZgy4xEx0Fg=
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v1.2.1/go.mod h1:rcmrprowKIVzvc+NUiLncP2uuArMWLCbu9SBzvHz7e8=
 github.com/VividCortex/gohistogram v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Pf5mBqqDxYaXu3hDrrU+w6nw50o/4+TcAqDqk/vUH7g=
-github.com/a8m/tree v0.0.0-20210115125333-10a5fd5b637d/go.mod h1:FSdwKX97koS5efgm8WevNf7XS3PqtyFkKDDXrz778cg=
 github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-go/v5 v5.7.0 h1:Olgq011scnhKlGxo4AcGSXI8JRLF0aSEdl1PhjmKTUo=
 github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-go/v5 v5.7.0/go.mod h1:rJ/KpmClE7kiBPfvAPrGw9WuNOiz8v2uKbQaUyYPXtI=
 github.com/afex/hystrix-go v0.0.0-20180502004556-fa1af6a1f4f5/go.mod h1:SkGFH1ia65gfNATL8TAiHDNxPzPdmEL5uirI2Uyuz6c=
@@ -687,7 +686,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v0.0.0-20161028175848-04cdfd42973b/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/davecgh/go-xdr v0.0.0-20161123171359-e6a2ba005892/go.mod h1:CTDl0pzVzE5DEzZhPfvhY/9sPFMQIxaJ9VAMs9AagrE=
 github.com/denis-tingajkin/go-header v0.4.2/go.mod h1:eLRHAVXzE5atsKAnNRDB90WHCFFnBUn4RN0nRcs1LJA=
 github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.12.0 h1:VtrkII767ttSPNRfFekePK3sctr+joXgO58stqQbtUA=
 github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iiK0YP1ZeepvmBQk/QpLEhhTNJgfzrpArPY/aFvc9yU=
@@ -2278,9 +2276,8 @@ github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20200728191858-db3c7e526aae h1:4hwBBUfQCFe3C
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20200728191858-db3c7e526aae/go.mod h1:DD4vA1DwXk04H54A1oHXtwZmA0grkVMdPxx/VGLCah0=
 github.com/vjeantet/grok v1.0.1 h1:2rhIR7J4gThTgcZ1m2JY4TrJZNgjn985U28kT2wQrJ4=
 github.com/vjeantet/grok v1.0.1/go.mod h1:ax1aAchzC6/QMXMcyzHQGZWaW1l195+uMYIkCWPCNIo=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.27.3 h1:gwHHxKbMTNJON/3WPK3EsqZyQznTdHJAyRYPRSLm6R8=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.27.3/go.mod h1:daTuJEcQosNMXYJOeku0qdBJP9SOLLWB3Mqz8THtv6o=
-github.com/vmware/vmw-guestinfo v0.0.0-20170707015358-25eff159a728/go.mod h1:x9oS4Wk2s2u4tS29nEaDLdzvuHdB19CvSGJjPgkZJNk=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.28.0 h1:VgeQ/Rvz79U9G8QIKLdgpsN9AndHJL+5iMJLgYIrBGI=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.28.0/go.mod h1:F7adsVewLNHsW/IIm7ziFURaXDaHEwcc+ym4r3INMdY=
 github.com/wadey/gocovmerge v0.0.0-20160331181800-b5bfa59ec0ad/go.mod h1:Hy8o65+MXnS6EwGElrSRjUzQDLXreJlzYLlWiHtt8hM=
 github.com/wavefronthq/wavefront-sdk-go v0.9.11 h1:3qv/yyNNyLKPQftQWFrfHGUv50e/gMxKlUQnILlvHKw=
 github.com/wavefronthq/wavefront-sdk-go v0.9.11/go.mod h1:AcW8zJJcYodB7B9KYzoxVH6K0fmYd6MgpmXE1LMo+OU=