diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2db3f9a01f..f0082a59b3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/juju/version v0.0.0-20180108022336-b64dbd566305 // indirect
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.0
-	github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go v3.9.0+incompatible
+	github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go v7.4.0+incompatible
 	github.com/machine-drivers/docker-machine-driver-vmware v0.1.5
 	github.com/mattbaird/jsonpatch v0.0.0-20200820163806-098863c1fc24
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a2ed68250b..26f2c93981 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -750,8 +750,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/libopenstorage/openstorage v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Sp1sIObHjat1BeXhfMqLZ14wnOzEhNx2YQedreMcUyc=
-github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go v3.9.0+incompatible h1:tcJOV5bCR8lWsifKnPCEnYSroD5rjuUkCBp/kv1kH/w=
-github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go v3.9.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:34zsnB4iGeOv7Byj6qotuW8Ya4v4Tr43ttjz/F0wjLE=
+github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go v7.4.0+incompatible h1:crnSLkwPqCdXtg6jib/FxBG/hweAc/3Wxth1AehCXL4=
+github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go v7.4.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:34zsnB4iGeOv7Byj6qotuW8Ya4v4Tr43ttjz/F0wjLE=
 github.com/liggitt/tabwriter v0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43de/go.mod h1:zAbeS9B/r2mtpb6U+EI2rYA5OAXxsYw6wTamcNW+zcE=
 github.com/lithammer/dedent v1.1.0/go.mod h1:jrXYCQtgg0nJiN+StA2KgR7w6CiQNv9Fd/Z9BP0jIOc=
 github.com/lpabon/godbc v0.1.1/go.mod h1:Jo9QV0cf3U6jZABgiJ2skINAXb9j8m51r07g4KI92ZA=