diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fdfb21cda..86b16e4e3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/providers/prometheus v1.0.1
-	github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.7.0
+	github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.8.0
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.10
 	github.com/mdlayher/vsock v1.2.1
 	github.com/moby/locker v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 29b55b007..bbe6147d5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -921,8 +921,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ
 github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.2.0/go.mod h1:iwCmte+B7n89clKwxIoIXy/HfoL7AsD47ZCWhYzw7ho=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20200824232613-28f6c0f3b639/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
-github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.7.0 h1:x6RclP6LiJc24t9mf47BRbjf06B8oVisZMBv31x3rKc=
-github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.7.0/go.mod h1:T3ZZnuHSNouwELB5wvOoUJaB7l/4Rm23rJy/wuWJlr0=
+github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.8.0 h1:N3shVbS3kA1Hk2AmcbHv8805Hjbv+zqsCIZCGktxx50=
+github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.8.0/go.mod h1:T3ZZnuHSNouwELB5wvOoUJaB7l/4Rm23rJy/wuWJlr0=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5DoeVV0s6jJacbCEi61lwdGj/aVlrQvzHFFd8Hwg//Y=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/intel/goresctrl/pkg/utils/sysfs.go b/vendor/github.com/intel/goresctrl/pkg/utils/sysfs.go
index 0dfb70c34..6e72338e3 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/intel/goresctrl/pkg/utils/sysfs.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/intel/goresctrl/pkg/utils/sysfs.go
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ func setCPUFreqValue(cpu ID, setting string, value int) error {
 	return writeFileInt(cpuFreqPath(cpu, setting), value)
 }
 
+func SetCPUScalingGovernor(cpu ID, governor string) error {
+	return writeFileStr(cpuFreqPath(cpu, "scaling_governor"), governor)
+}
+
 // GetCPUFreqValue returns information of the currently used CPU frequency
 func GetCPUFreqValue(cpu ID, setting string) (int, error) {
 	raw, err := os.ReadFile(cpuFreqPath(cpu, setting))
@@ -63,6 +67,17 @@ func SetCPUScalingMaxFreq(cpu ID, freq int) error {
 	return setCPUFreqValue(cpu, "scaling_max_freq", freq)
 }
 
+// SetScalingGovernorForCPUs sets the scaling_governor of a given set of CPUs
+func SetScalingGovernorForCPUs(cpus []ID, governor string) error {
+	for _, cpu := range cpus {
+		if err := SetCPUScalingGovernor(cpu, governor); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SetCPUsScalingMinFreq sets the scaling_min_freq value of a given set of CPUs
 func SetCPUsScalingMinFreq(cpus []ID, freq int) error {
 	for _, cpu := range cpus {
@@ -129,6 +144,10 @@ func writeFileInt(path string, value int) error {
 	return os.WriteFile(path, []byte(strconv.Itoa(value)), 0644)
 }
 
+func writeFileStr(path string, value string) error {
+	return os.WriteFile(path, []byte(value), 0644)
+}
+
 func readFileInt(path string) (int, error) {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 529d8e814..e8126e044 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/runtime
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/utilities
 # github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0
 ## explicit
-# github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.7.0
+# github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.8.0
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/intel/goresctrl/pkg/blockio
 github.com/intel/goresctrl/pkg/kubernetes