diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f0f36e2df..18b57dfef 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.5 // indirect
 	github.com/vapourismo/knx-go v0.0.0-20201122213738-75fe09ace330
 	github.com/vjeantet/grok v1.0.1
-	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.19.0
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.26.0
 	github.com/wavefronthq/wavefront-sdk-go v0.9.7
 	github.com/wvanbergen/kafka v0.0.0-20171203153745-e2edea948ddf
 	github.com/wvanbergen/kazoo-go v0.0.0-20180202103751-f72d8611297a // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 20b7759fe..26a15a78e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d/go.mod h1:3eOhrU
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20210224194228-fe8f1750fd46 h1:5sXbqlSomvdjlRbWyNqkPsJ3Fg+tQZCbgeX1VGljbQY=
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20210224194228-fe8f1750fd46/go.mod h1:3eOhrUMpNV+6aFIbp5/iudMxNCF27Vw2OZgy4xEx0Fg=
 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 v1.27.0 h1:VC6/Wqqm3Qlp4/utM7Zts3cv4A2HPn8rVFp/XZKTWgE=
 github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-go v1.27.0/go.mod h1:zj8LBEnWBDOVEIJt8LvaRvDG5ARAoa5dBeHaB472NRc=
 github.com/afex/hystrix-go v0.0.0-20180502004556-fa1af6a1f4f5/go.mod h1:SkGFH1ia65gfNATL8TAiHDNxPzPdmEL5uirI2Uyuz6c=
@@ -432,6 +433,7 @@ github.com/dave/jennifer v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fIb+770HOpJ2fmN9EPPKOqm1vMGhB+TwXKMZhr
 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/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.10.0 h1:QykgLZBorFE95+gO3u9esLd0BmbvpWp0/waNNZfHBM8=
 github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.10.0/go.mod h1:xbL0rPBG9cCiLr28tMa8zpbdarY27NDyej4t/EjAShU=
 github.com/denverdino/aliyungo v0.0.0-20190125010748-a747050bb1ba/go.mod h1:dV8lFg6daOBZbT6/BDGIz6Y3WFGn8juu6G+CQ6LHtl0=
@@ -1500,8 +1502,9 @@ github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df h1:OviZH7qLw/7Zo
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df/go.mod h1:JP3t17pCcGlemwknint6hfoeCVQrEMVwxRLRjXpq+BU=
 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 v0.19.0 h1:CR6tEByWCPOnRoRyhLzuHaU+6o2ybF3qufNRWS/MGrY=
-github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.19.0/go.mod h1:URlwyTFZX72RmxtxuaFL2Uj3fD1JTvZdx59bHWk6aFU=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.26.0 h1:JMZR5c7MHH3nCEAVYS3WyRIA35W3+b3tLwAqxVzq1Rw=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.26.0/go.mod h1:daTuJEcQosNMXYJOeku0qdBJP9SOLLWB3Mqz8THtv6o=
+github.com/vmware/vmw-guestinfo v0.0.0-20170707015358-25eff159a728/go.mod h1:x9oS4Wk2s2u4tS29nEaDLdzvuHdB19CvSGJjPgkZJNk=
 github.com/wavefronthq/wavefront-sdk-go v0.9.7 h1:SrtABcXXeKCW5SerQYsnCzHo15GeggjZmL+DjtTy6CI=
 github.com/wavefronthq/wavefront-sdk-go v0.9.7/go.mod h1:JTGsu+KKgxx+GitC65VVdftN2iep1nVpQi/8EGR6v4Y=
 github.com/willf/bitset v1.1.3/go.mod h1:RjeCKbqT1RxIR/KWY6phxZiaY1IyutSBfGjNPySAYV4=
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/vsphere/README.md b/plugins/inputs/vsphere/README.md
index d43f559b1..7d73ea7e3 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/vsphere/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/vsphere/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ The VMware vSphere plugin uses the vSphere API to gather metrics from multiple v
 * Datastores
 
 ## Supported versions of vSphere
-This plugin supports vSphere version 5.5 through 6.7.
+
+This plugin supports vSphere version 6.5, 6.7 and 7.0. It may work with versions 5.1, 5.5 and 6.0, but neither are officially supported.
+
+Compatibility information was found [here](https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/tree/v0.26.0#compatibility)
 
 ## Configuration