diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 65bb9ce8..12165a5f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ultradns/ultradns-go-sdk v1.6.1-20231103022937-8589b6a
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.2
 	github.com/vinyldns/go-vinyldns v0.9.16
-	github.com/vultr/govultr/v2 v2.17.2
+	github.com/vultr/govultr/v3 v3.9.0
 	github.com/yandex-cloud/go-genproto v0.0.0-20240318083951-4fe6125f286e
 	github.com/yandex-cloud/go-sdk v0.0.0-20240318084659-dfa50323a0b4
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e1ce69f4..f73cd36a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -669,8 +669,8 @@ github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyC
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KHLXt3tVN2HBp8eijSv/kGJopbvo7S+qRAEEKiv+SiQ=
 github.com/vinyldns/go-vinyldns v0.9.16 h1:GZJStDkcCk1F1AcRc64LuuMh+ENL8pHA0CVd4ulRMcQ=
 github.com/vinyldns/go-vinyldns v0.9.16/go.mod h1:5qIJOdmzAnatKjurI+Tl4uTus7GJKJxb+zitufjHs3Q=
-github.com/vultr/govultr/v2 v2.17.2 h1:gej/rwr91Puc/tgh+j33p/BLR16UrIPnSr+AIwYWZQs=
-github.com/vultr/govultr/v2 v2.17.2/go.mod h1:ZFOKGWmgjytfyjeyAdhQlSWwTjh2ig+X49cAp50dzXI=
+github.com/vultr/govultr/v3 v3.9.0 h1:63V/22mpfquRA5DenJ9EF0VozHg0k+X4dhUWcDXHPyc=
+github.com/vultr/govultr/v3 v3.9.0/go.mod h1:Rd8ebpXm7jxH3MDmhnEs+zrlYW212ouhx+HeUMfHm2o=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415/go.mod h1:GwrjFmJcFw6At/Gs6z4yjiIwzuJ1/+UwLxMQDVQXShQ=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:anYRn/JVcOK2ZgGU+IjEV4nwlhoK5sQluxsYJ78Id3Y=
diff --git a/providers/dns/vultr/vultr.go b/providers/dns/vultr/vultr.go
index f63abc5f..c6e98709 100644
--- a/providers/dns/vultr/vultr.go
+++ b/providers/dns/vultr/vultr.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/challenge/dns01"
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/platform/config/env"
-	"github.com/vultr/govultr/v2"
+	"github.com/vultr/govultr/v3"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 )
 
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ func (d *DNSProvider) Present(domain, token, keyAuth string) error {
 		TTL:      d.config.TTL,
 		Priority: func(v int) *int { return &v }(0),
 	}
-	_, err = d.client.DomainRecord.Create(ctx, zoneDomain, &req)
+
+	_, resp, err := d.client.DomainRecord.Create(ctx, zoneDomain, &req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("vultr: API call failed: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("vultr: %w", extendError(resp, err))
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -157,9 +158,9 @@ func (d *DNSProvider) getHostedZone(ctx context.Context, domain string) (string,
 	var hostedDomain govultr.Domain
 
 	for {
-		domains, meta, err := d.client.Domain.List(ctx, listOptions)
+		domains, meta, resp, err := d.client.Domain.List(ctx, listOptions)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("API call failed: %w", err)
+			return "", extendError(resp, err)
 		}
 
 		for _, dom := range domains {
@@ -201,9 +202,9 @@ func (d *DNSProvider) findTxtRecords(ctx context.Context, domain, fqdn string) (
 
 	var records []govultr.DomainRecord
 	for {
-		result, meta, err := d.client.DomainRecord.List(ctx, zoneDomain, listOptions)
+		result, meta, resp, err := d.client.DomainRecord.List(ctx, zoneDomain, listOptions)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", records, fmt.Errorf("API call has failed: %w", err)
+			return "", records, extendError(resp, err)
 		}
 
 		for _, record := range result {
@@ -234,3 +235,12 @@ func OAuthStaticAccessToken(client *http.Client, accessToken string) *http.Clien
 
 	return client
 }
+
+func extendError(resp *http.Response, err error) error {
+	msg := "API call failed"
+	if resp != nil {
+		msg += fmt.Sprintf(" (%d)", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", msg, err)
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/vultr/vultr_test.go b/providers/dns/vultr/vultr_test.go
index 964c0960..71d8ad41 100644
--- a/providers/dns/vultr/vultr_test.go
+++ b/providers/dns/vultr/vultr_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/platform/tester"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"github.com/vultr/govultr/v2"
+	"github.com/vultr/govultr/v3"
 )
 
 const envDomain = envNamespace + "TEST_DOMAIN"