diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7c1c085e7c..41a03e093b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/crc-org/crc/v2 v2.45.0
 	github.com/crc-org/vfkit v0.6.0
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.4.1
-	github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu v0.0.0-20230711162256-2e3d0186973e
+	github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu v0.0.0-20250212194115-ee9b0668d242
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/docker v27.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d4035d4d8a..252814cc66 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt v0.0.0-20220804181439-8648fbde413e h1:SCnqm8SjSa0QqRxXbo5YY//S+OryeJioe17nK+iDZpg=
 github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt v0.0.0-20220804181439-8648fbde413e/go.mod h1:o129ljs6alsIQTc8d6eweihqpmmrbxZ2g1jhgjhPykI=
-github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu v0.0.0-20230711162256-2e3d0186973e h1:x5PInTuXLddHWHlePCNAcM8QtUfOGx44f3UmYPMtDcI=
-github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu v0.0.0-20230711162256-2e3d0186973e/go.mod h1:K4+o74YGNjOb9N6yyG+LPj1NjHtk+Qz0IYQPvirbaLs=
+github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu v0.0.0-20250212194115-ee9b0668d242 h1:rh6rt8pF5U4iyQ86h6lRDenJoX4ht2wFnZXB9ogIrIM=
+github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu v0.0.0-20250212194115-ee9b0668d242/go.mod h1:LGHUtlhsY4vRGM6AHejEQKVI5e3eHbSylMHwTSpQtVw=
 github.com/disiqueira/gotree/v3 v3.0.2 h1:ik5iuLQQoufZBNPY518dXhiO5056hyNBIK9lWhkNRq8=
 github.com/disiqueira/gotree/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:ZuyjE4+mUQZlbpkI24AmruZKhg3VHEgPLDY8Qk+uUu8=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 h1:0IXCQ5g4/QMHHkarYzh5l+u8T3t73zM5QvfrDyIgxBk=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 355d10a669..7ae2bbc2d6 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt/internal/event
 github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt/internal/go-xdr/xdr2
 github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt/socket
 github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt/socket/dialers
-# github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu v0.0.0-20230711162256-2e3d0186973e
+# github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu v0.0.0-20250212194115-ee9b0668d242
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu/qmp
 # github.com/disiqueira/gotree/v3 v3.0.2