diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6468531e65ca83f4be1f05eadfcf13e8c29db8e9..f97ad93d509524cf885ca00c3c522ccfd737040b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ It is bound to the `package-test` stage, and uses the following variables:
 | `DOCKER_TRIVY_ADDR`    | The Trivy server address               | _(none: disabled by default)_  |
 | `DOCKER_TRIVY_SECURITY_LEVEL_THRESHOLD`| Severities of vulnerabilities to be displayed (comma separated values: `UNKNOWN`, `LOW`, `MEDIUM`, `HIGH`, `CRITICAL`) | `UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL`  |
 | `DOCKER_TRIVY_DISABLED`| Set to `true` to disable Trivy analysis          | _(none)_ |
-| `DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS`    | Additional [`trivy client` arguments](https://aquasecurity.github.io/trivy/dev/getting-started/cli/client/)  | `--ignore-unfixed` |
+| `DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS`    | Additional [`trivy client` arguments](https://aquasecurity.github.io/trivy/v0.27.1/docs/references/cli/client/)  | `--ignore-unfixed --vuln-type os` |
 
 ### `docker-publish` job
 
diff --git a/kicker.json b/kicker.json
index 5c16d5af2ba533031af1221475f80a879ac396da..66b0e6a424935944f966527258f9f23885dfb71c 100644
--- a/kicker.json
+++ b/kicker.json
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
         {
           "name": "DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS",
           "description": "Additional `trivy client` arguments",
-          "default": "--ignore-unfixed",
+          "default": "--ignore-unfixed --vuln-type os",
           "advanced": true
         }
       ]
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
index ec79eac027868ffb289fc75dece55663d5a8bdce..5c4d65dc3d71ecc1146a10a038341499cabe8d9e 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ variables:
 
   DOCKER_TRIVY_SECURITY_LEVEL_THRESHOLD: "UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL"
   DOCKER_TRIVY_IMAGE: "aquasec/trivy:latest"
-  DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS: "--ignore-unfixed"
+  DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS: "--ignore-unfixed --vuln-type os"
 
   # by default: DevOps pipeline
   PUBLISH_ON_PROD: "true"
@@ -611,9 +611,9 @@ docker-trivy:
     export FILENAME=$(echo "${DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE}" | sed 's|[/:]|_|g')
     mkdir -p ./trivy
     # the first execution of Trivy should never fail, otherwise the other executions won't be run (so --exit-code=0)
-    trivy client --remote ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ADDR} --format template --template @/contrib/junit.tpl --severity "${DOCKER_TRIVY_SECURITY_LEVEL_THRESHOLD}" --output ./trivy/${FILENAME}.xml --vuln-type os --exit-code 0  ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS} $DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE
-    trivy client --remote ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ADDR} --format json --severity "${DOCKER_TRIVY_SECURITY_LEVEL_THRESHOLD}" --output ./trivy/${FILENAME}.json --vuln-type os --exit-code 0 ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS} $DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE
-    trivy client --remote ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ADDR} --format table --severity "${DOCKER_TRIVY_SECURITY_LEVEL_THRESHOLD}" --vuln-type os --exit-code 1 ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS} $DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE
+    trivy client --remote ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ADDR} --format template --template @/contrib/junit.tpl --severity "${DOCKER_TRIVY_SECURITY_LEVEL_THRESHOLD}" --output ./trivy/${FILENAME}.xml --exit-code 0  ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS} $DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE
+    trivy client --remote ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ADDR} --format json --severity "${DOCKER_TRIVY_SECURITY_LEVEL_THRESHOLD}" --output ./trivy/${FILENAME}.json --exit-code 0 ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS} $DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE
+    trivy client --remote ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ADDR} --format table --severity "${DOCKER_TRIVY_SECURITY_LEVEL_THRESHOLD}" --exit-code 1 ${DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS} $DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE
   artifacts:
     when: always
     paths: