diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c76e30a57cd4e433e8f9c81dc2a13cf54c66e43..72154efaf9b9decb455066cb693e775158929699 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ It is bound to the `test` stage, and uses the following variables:
 | `TBC_SBOM_MODE`                          | Controls when SBOM reports are generated (`onrelease`: only on `$INTEG_REF`, `$PROD_REF` and `$RELEASE_REF` pipelines; `always`: any pipeline).<br/>:warning: `sbom-disabled` / `PYTHON_SBOM_DISABLED` takes precedence | `onrelease` |
 | `sbom-syft-url` / `PYTHON_SBOM_SYFT_URL` | Url to the `tar.gz` package for `linux_amd64` of Syft to use (ex: `https://github.com/anchore/syft/releases/download/v0.62.3/syft_0.62.3_linux_amd64.tar.gz`)<br/>_When unset, the latest version will be used_ | _none_ |
 | `sbom-name` / `PYTHON_SBOM_NAME` | Component name of the emitted SBOM | `$CI_PROJECT_PATH/$PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR` |
-| `sbom-opts` / `PYTHON_SBOM_OPTS` | Options for syft used for SBOM analysis | `--override-default-catalogers python-package-cataloger` |
+| `sbom-opts` / `PYTHON_SBOM_OPTS` | Options for syft used for SBOM analysis | `--override-default-catalogers python-package-cataloger --select-catalogers -file` |
 
 In addition to logs in the console, this job produces the following reports, kept for one week:
 
diff --git a/kicker.json b/kicker.json
index 45652d472cf608a94a0b4a5f92ea400d870b0a15..cbbce64b1fd9d2e01099912ae3252a7360b2657d 100644
--- a/kicker.json
+++ b/kicker.json
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
         {
           "name": "PYTHON_SBOM_OPTS",
           "description": "Options for syft used for SBOM analysis",
-          "default": "--override-default-catalogers python-package-cataloger",
+          "default": "--override-default-catalogers python-package-cataloger --select-catalogers -file",
           "advanced": true
         }
       ]
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 73bec36ac60c2303a8024d36c28a0d6ad4db8b2d..3e859620146b0c9c4f825cdd2228cbc70b2a0cd6 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ spec:
       default: $CI_PROJECT_PATH/$PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR
     sbom-opts:
       description: Options for syft used for SBOM analysis
-      default: --override-default-catalogers python-package-cataloger
+      default: --override-default-catalogers python-package-cataloger --select-catalogers -file
     release-enabled:
       description: Enable Release
       type: boolean