diff --git a/.github/workflows/insights-scanner-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/insights-scanner-image.yaml
index 12b3ff9b..7734973f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/insights-scanner-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/insights-scanner-image.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 name: Publish insights-scanner image
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "1 0 * * *"
   push:
     branches:
       - 'main'
diff --git a/insights-scanner/Dockerfile b/insights-scanner/Dockerfile
index e01593f5..9c77fd51 100644
--- a/insights-scanner/Dockerfile
+++ b/insights-scanner/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ ARG UPSTREAM_REPO
 ARG UPSTREAM_TAG
 ARG GO_VER
 FROM ${UPSTREAM_REPO:-uselagoon}/commons:${UPSTREAM_TAG:-latest} AS commons
-FROM aquasec/trivy:0.68.2 AS trivy
+FROM anchore/syft:v1.42.1 AS syft
+
 
 FROM docker:28.5.2
 
@@ -38,15 +39,7 @@ RUN architecture=$(case $(uname -m) in x86_64 | amd64) echo "amd64" ;; aarch64 |
     && curl -Lo /usr/bin/kubectl https://dl.k8s.io/release/$KUBECTL_VERSION/bin/linux/${architecture}/kubectl \
     && chmod +x /usr/bin/kubectl
 
-COPY --from=trivy /usr/local/bin/trivy /usr/local/bin/trivy
-
-# Here we want to pull the trivy java DB
-# This needs to be rebuilt daily, since we would like to be able to avoid pulling the javaDB on every scan
-# This will increase the overall size of the 
-ENV TRIVY_CACHE_DIR=/
-
-RUN  trivy image --cache-dir ${TRIVY_CACHE_DIR} --download-db-only && \
-     trivy image --cache-dir ${TRIVY_CACHE_DIR} --download-java-db-only
+COPY --from=syft /syft /usr/local/bin/syft
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/insights-scanner/insights-scan.sh b/insights-scanner/insights-scan.sh
index 164d1651..b91bdac5 100644
--- a/insights-scanner/insights-scan.sh
+++ b/insights-scanner/insights-scan.sh
@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@ processImageInspect() {
 
 processImageInspect
 
-echo "Running sbom scan using trivy"
+echo "Running sbom scan using syft"
 echo "Image being scanned: ${IMAGE_FULL}"
 
-# Setting JAVAOPT to skip the java db update, as the upstream image comes with a pre-populated database
-JAVAOPT="--skip-java-db-update"
-trivy image ${JAVAOPT} ${IMAGE_FULL} --format ${SBOM_OUTPUT} --skip-version-check | gzip > ${SBOM_OUTPUT_FILE}
+syft -o cyclonedx-json ${IMAGE_FULL} | gzip > ${SBOM_OUTPUT_FILE}
 
 FILESIZE=$(stat -c%s "$SBOM_OUTPUT_FILE")
 echo "Size of ${SBOM_OUTPUT_FILE} = $FILESIZE bytes."
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index a33cc9a6..661367a0 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         "patch"
       ],
       "matchPackageNames": [
-        "aquasec/trivy",
+        "anchore/syft",
         "docker"
       ]
     }