chore(deps): bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.52.0 to 0.53.0

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Bumps github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.52.0 to 0.53.0.

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v0.53.0

Release v0.53.0

Release Date: 2026-02-18

🐞 Fix

• [4dddb932] cluster configuration enablement and draft APIs (#3944) (#3944)
• [5ef2d642] change controllerKey and unitNumber to *int32 (#3880) (#3880)
• [7b6d4590] unit tests for sync volume (#3881) (#3881)
• [5e3df8a2] EAM 2.0 bindings typo (#3879 (#3879)
• [e481fdd7] guard against nil role in permissions.ls (#3840) (#3840)

💫 API Changes

• [65ee37d7] add TransitGateway mo type
• [5c626272] Fix volumeEncrypted in CNS
• [e6688c70] Fix OVF userConfigurable in ToConfigSpec
• [75fed5ce] CnsVolumeBackingType (#3918) (#3918)
• [31d4775c] Update ofvEnvelop.ToConfigSpec and configInfo.ToConfigSpec to handle nil ovfProperty userConfigurable
• [c80b625d] Handle OVF defaultVal/val correctly
• [35b20e62] Fix OVF defVal & ConfigSpec vAppConfig
• [21d7947c] Update VmPlacementPolicy interfaces to use vim.TagId
• [01373c95] Support OVF->ConfigSpec VirtSysColl index (#3865) (#3865)
• [c5801225] remove podVMOverheadInfo host capability (#3869) (#3869)
• [68080d37] Updated API bindings
• [9e1f60ad] Updated API bindings
• [434104ba] Support vmx-22
• [79587cc6] Make ClusterInitialPlacementAction iface
• [b0607e6a] Helpers for GuestID->Family/CIMOSType

💫 govc (CLI)

• [a7a23f87] Fix vm.clone full path example root from ClusterName to DatacenterName (#3959) (#3959)
• [2a3fd101] add device.sata.add (#3936) (#3936)
• [08dfb41f] type alias support for ls -t (#3901) (#3901)

💫 vcsim (Simulator)

• [a9a1a9ea] Consider default devs from VM spec
• [770f3fea] Support tags in VM reconfig
• [b1ee1fbc] Support encrypt-on-copy virtual disk
• [3bf69d12] fix snapshot state handling
• [5b5c932f] Deep copy the vm config to snapshot

🧹 Chore

• [029d112e] Update version.go for v0.53.0

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Commits

• 029d112 chore: Update version.go for v0.53.0
• 7dc17a2 Merge pull request #3958 from vmware/dependabot/bundler/gen/nokogiri-1.19.1
• e83e57b Merge pull request #3961 from dougm/go-release-version
• df5dee3 Bump release go-version
• 0397fec Merge pull request #3960 from dougm/transit-gateway
• 65ee37d api: add TransitGateway mo type
• a7a23f8 govc: Fix vm.clone full path example root from ClusterName to `Datacenter...
• 2ee963a chore(deps): bump test-unit from 3.7.3 to 3.7.7 in /gen (#3941)
• a9f124e chore(deps): bump actions/stale from 10.1.1 to 10.2.0 (#3957)
• 0b3ecc8 chore(deps): bump nokogiri from 1.18.10 to 1.19.1 in /gen
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Dependency Name	Ignore Conditions
github.com/vmware/govmomi	[< 0.35, > 0.34.0]
github.com/vmware/govmomi	[< 0.37, > 0.36.2]
github.com/vmware/govmomi	[>= 0.43.a, < 0.44]

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On hold until the issue with hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk is addressed.

Ref: hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk#315

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