diff --git a/datadog_checks_base/changelog.d/16542.added b/datadog_checks_base/changelog.d/16542.added
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f74ba5ae42295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datadog_checks_base/changelog.d/16542.added
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update pyvmomi to 8.0.2.0.1
diff --git a/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/base/data/agent_requirements.in b/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/base/data/agent_requirements.in
index cfeca180a4448..2bb61ae1fce8c 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/base/data/agent_requirements.in
+++ b/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/base/data/agent_requirements.in
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ python-binary-memcached==0.26.1; sys_platform != 'win32' and python_version < '3
 python-binary-memcached==0.31.2; sys_platform != 'win32' and python_version > '3.0'
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python3-gearman==0.1.0; sys_platform != 'win32' and python_version > '3.0'
-pyvmomi==7.0.3
+pyvmomi==8.0.2.0.1
 pywin32==228; sys_platform == 'win32' and python_version < '3.0'
 pywin32==306; sys_platform == 'win32' and python_version > '3.0'
 pyyaml==5.4.1; python_version < '3.0'
diff --git a/vsphere/changelog.d/16542.added b/vsphere/changelog.d/16542.added
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f74ba5ae42295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vsphere/changelog.d/16542.added
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update pyvmomi to 8.0.2.0.1
diff --git a/vsphere/datadog_checks/vsphere/api.py b/vsphere/datadog_checks/vsphere/api.py
index 77c3575761be3..75402a6d5527d 100644
--- a/vsphere/datadog_checks/vsphere/api.py
+++ b/vsphere/datadog_checks/vsphere/api.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable, List, TypeVar, cast  # noqa: F401
 
 from pyVim import connect
-from pyVmomi import SoapAdapter, vim, vmodl
+from pyVmomi import vim, vmodl
 from six import itervalues
 
 from datadog_checks.base.log import CheckLoggingAdapter  # noqa: F401
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ def get_new_events(self, start_time):
         query_filter.type = ALLOWED_EVENTS
         try:
             events = event_manager.QueryEvents(query_filter)
-        except SoapAdapter.ParserError as e:
+        except KeyError as e:
             self.log.debug("Error parsing bulk events: %s", e)
 
             if self.config.use_collect_events_fallback:
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ def _get_new_events_one_by_one(self, query_filter):
         while True:
             try:
                 collected_events = event_collector.ReadNextEvents(1)  # Read with page_size=1
-            except SoapAdapter.ParserError as e:
+            except KeyError as e:
                 self.log.debug("Cannot parse event, skipped: %s", e)
                 continue
             if len(collected_events) == 0:
diff --git a/vsphere/pyproject.toml b/vsphere/pyproject.toml
index b06e1e216f741..fd11cdf5644c7 100644
--- a/vsphere/pyproject.toml
+++ b/vsphere/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 deps = [
     "futures==3.4.0; python_version < '3.0'",
-    "pyvmomi==7.0.3",
+    "pyvmomi==8.0.2.0.1",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/vsphere/tests/test_api.py b/vsphere/tests/test_api.py
index 2b55b5498f39f..af8d44c54ebd7 100644
--- a/vsphere/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/vsphere/tests/test_api.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from mock import ANY, MagicMock, patch
-from pyVmomi import SoapAdapter, vim, vmodl
+from pyVmomi import vim, vmodl
 
 from datadog_checks.vsphere.api import APIConnectionError, VSphereAPI
 from datadog_checks.vsphere.config import VSphereConfig
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ def test_get_new_events_failure_without_fallback(realtime_instance):
         config = VSphereConfig(realtime_instance, {}, MagicMock())
         api = VSphereAPI(config, MagicMock())
 
-        api._conn.content.eventManager.QueryEvents.side_effect = SoapAdapter.ParserError("some parse error")
+        api._conn.content.eventManager.QueryEvents.side_effect = KeyError("some parse error")
 
-        with pytest.raises(SoapAdapter.ParserError):
+        with pytest.raises(KeyError):
             api.get_new_events(start_time=dt.datetime.now())
 
 
@@ -200,16 +200,16 @@ def test_get_new_events_with_fallback(realtime_instance):
         event3 = vim.event.Event(key=3)
         event_collector = MagicMock()
         api._conn.content.eventManager.QueryEvents.side_effect = [
-            SoapAdapter.ParserError("some parse error"),
+            KeyError("some parse error"),
             [event1],
-            SoapAdapter.ParserError("event parse error"),
+            KeyError("event parse error"),
             [event3],
         ]
         api._conn.content.eventManager.CreateCollectorForEvents.return_value = event_collector
 
         event_collector.ReadNextEvents.side_effect = [
             [event1],
-            SoapAdapter.ParserError("event parse error"),
+            KeyError("event parse error"),
             [event3],
             [],
         ]