diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
index 6bcc0959..4a85c40c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ################################################################################
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+# Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+# Copyright (c) 2024 T-Systems International GmbH
 
 # See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 # information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ on:
      - main
   schedule:
     # Once a day
-    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+    - cron: "0 0 * * 0"
     
   workflow_dispatch:
   # Trigger manually
@@ -41,16 +42,18 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
-        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.12.0
+        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.18.0
         with:
-          # Path to Docker image
-          image-ref: "tractusx/managed-simple-data-exchanger-frontend:latest"
+          image-ref: "tractusx/managed-simple-data-exchanger-backend:latest" # Pull image from Docker Hub and run Trivy vulnerability scanner
           format: "sarif"
           output: "trivy-results.sarif"
-          vuln-type: "os,library"
+          exit-code: "1" # Trivy exits with code 1 if vulnerabilities are found, causing the workflow step to fail.
+          severity: "CRITICAL,HIGH" # While vulnerabilities of all severities are reported in the SARIF output, the exit code and workflow failure are triggered only by these specified severities (CRITICAL or HIGH).
+          hide-progress: false
 
       - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
+        if: always()
         with:
           sarif_file: "trivy-results.sarif"