diff --git a/manageiq-providers-vmware.gemspec b/manageiq-providers-vmware.gemspec
index 0eff1607b..ebf086a0b 100644
--- a/manageiq-providers-vmware.gemspec
+++ b/manageiq-providers-vmware.gemspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency "ffi-vix_disk_lib",       "~>1.3", ">= 1.3.1"
   spec.add_dependency "fog-vcloud-director",    "~> 0.3.0"
-  spec.add_dependency "rbvmomi2",               "~>3.7"
+  spec.add_dependency "rbvmomi2",               "~>3.8"
   spec.add_dependency "vmware_web_service",     "~>3.3"
   spec.add_dependency "vsphere-automation-sdk", "~>0.4.7"