diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 94d6c97d4..9dac4ee12 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v1.6.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.7.0
-	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
 	github.com/kopia/kopia v0.16.0
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshot-metadata v1.0.0
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v8 v8.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a563480e3..7a04b3057 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -270,8 +270,6 @@ github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 h1:BEgLn5cpjn8UN1mAw4NjwDrS35OdebyEtFe+9Y
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1 h1:shLQSRRSCCPj3f2gpwzGwWFoC7ycTf1rcQZHOlsJ6N8=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:L3OGu8Wl2/fWfCI6z80xFu9LTZmf1ZRjMHUOPmWr69U=
-github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 h1:Zjp+RcGpHhGlrMbJzXTrZZPrWj+1vfm90La1wgB6Bhc=
-github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqxOKXbg=
 github.com/joshdk/go-junit v1.0.0 h1:S86cUKIdwBHWwA6xCmFlf3RTLfVXYQfvanM5Uh+K6GE=
 github.com/joshdk/go-junit v1.0.0/go.mod h1:TiiV0PqkaNfFXjEiyjWM3XXrhVyCa1K4Zfga6W52ung=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/debug/debug.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/debug/debug.go
index 400eddde1..1d511979d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/debug/debug.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/debug/debug.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func runCrashd(o *option) error {
 	if o.verbose {
 		logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 	}
-	return exec.Execute("velero-debug-collector", bytes.NewReader(scriptBytes), o.asCrashdArgMap())
+	return exec.Execute("velero-debug-collector", bytes.NewReader(scriptBytes), o.asCrashdArgMap(), false)
 }
 
 func kubeconfigAndContext(fs *pflag.FlagSet) (string, string) {
diff --git a/pkg/util/azure/util.go b/pkg/util/azure/util.go
index e708d6ce3..e00fdc9a9 100644
--- a/pkg/util/azure/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/azure/util.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/cloud"
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/policy"
-	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/dotenv"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func LoadCredentials(config map[string]string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// put the credential file content into a map
-	creds, err := godotenv.Read(credFile)
+	creds, err := dotenv.Read(credFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to read credentials from file %s", credFile)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/dotenv/dotenv.go b/pkg/util/dotenv/dotenv.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23c0cda01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/dotenv/dotenv.go
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/*
+Copyright the Velero contributors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package dotenv
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Read parses dotenv-style files and returns merged key/value pairs.
+func Read(filenames ...string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	filenames = filenamesOrDefault(filenames)
+	envMap := make(map[string]string)
+
+	for _, filename := range filenames {
+		fileMap, err := readFile(filename)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		for key, value := range fileMap {
+			envMap[key] = value
+		}
+	}
+
+	return envMap, nil
+}
+
+// Overload loads dotenv-style files into process env vars, overriding existing values.
+func Overload(filenames ...string) error {
+	filenames = filenamesOrDefault(filenames)
+
+	for _, filename := range filenames {
+		envMap, err := readFile(filename)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for key, value := range envMap {
+			if err := os.Setenv(key, value); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func filenamesOrDefault(filenames []string) []string {
+	if len(filenames) == 0 {
+		return []string{".env"}
+	}
+	return filenames
+}
+
+func readFile(filename string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	envMap := make(map[string]string)
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		line = stripInlineComment(line)
+		key, value, err := parseLine(line)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		envMap[key] = value
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return envMap, nil
+}
+
+func stripInlineComment(line string) string {
+	inSingle := false
+	inDouble := false
+	for i, r := range line {
+		switch r {
+		case '\'':
+			if !inDouble {
+				inSingle = !inSingle
+			}
+		case '"':
+			if !inSingle {
+				inDouble = !inDouble
+			}
+		case '#':
+			if !inSingle && !inDouble {
+				return strings.TrimSpace(line[:i])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return line
+}
+
+func parseLine(line string) (string, string, error) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(line, "export ") {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "export "))
+	}
+
+	sep := strings.Index(line, "=")
+	colon := strings.Index(line, ":")
+	if sep == -1 || (colon != -1 && colon < sep) {
+		sep = colon
+	}
+	if sep == -1 {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid dotenv line: %q", line)
+	}
+
+	key := strings.TrimSpace(line[:sep])
+	rawValue := strings.TrimSpace(line[sep+1:])
+	if key == "" {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid dotenv line: %q", line)
+	}
+
+	value := parseValue(rawValue)
+	return key, value, nil
+}
+
+func parseValue(value string) string {
+	if len(value) >= 2 {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(value, `"`) && strings.HasSuffix(value, `"`) {
+			unquoted := strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(value, `"`), `"`)
+			unquoted = strings.ReplaceAll(unquoted, `\n`, "\n")
+			unquoted = strings.ReplaceAll(unquoted, `\r`, "\r")
+			unquoted = strings.ReplaceAll(unquoted, `\\`, `\`)
+			unquoted = strings.ReplaceAll(unquoted, `\"`, `"`)
+			return unquoted
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(value, "'") && strings.HasSuffix(value, "'") {
+			return strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(value, "'"), "'")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return value
+}
diff --git a/test/util/providers/azure_utils.go b/test/util/providers/azure_utils.go
index 468dbfe40..7bd7e0bba 100644
--- a/test/util/providers/azure_utils.go
+++ b/test/util/providers/azure_utils.go
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob"
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob/bloberror"
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob/container"
-	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/cmd/util/flag"
+	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/dotenv"
 	. "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/test"
 )
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func loadCredentialsIntoEnv(credentialsFile string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if err := godotenv.Overload(credentialsFile); err != nil {
+	if err := dotenv.Overload(credentialsFile); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error loading environment from credentials file (%s)", credentialsFile)
 	}
 	return nil