diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index d1dd8ecaf1acef6bff754ff6dbd884531f5e70cc..a1a52bb7a3cfdf6d73a89504cf507de2370bf41a 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -1174,8 +1174,8 @@ py-trivy:
       if [[ -z "$PYTHON_TRIVY_DIST_URL" ]]
       then
         log_info "Trivy version unset: retrieve latest version..."
-        trivy_version=$(python3 -c 'import urllib.request;url="https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/latest";opener=urllib.request.build_opener(type("NoRedirection", (urllib.request.HTTPErrorProcessor,), {"http_response": lambda self, req, resp: resp, "https_response": lambda self, req, resp: resp})());req=urllib.request.Request(url, method="HEAD");print(opener.open(req).headers.get("Location").split("/tag/v")[1])')
-        PYTHON_TRIVY_DIST_URL="https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/download/v${trivy_version}/trivy_${trivy_version}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz"
+        trivy_version=$(github_get_latest_version aquasecurity/trivy)
+        PYTHON_TRIVY_DIST_URL="https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/download/${trivy_version}/trivy_${trivy_version:1}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz"
         log_info "... use latest Trivy version: \\e[32m$PYTHON_TRIVY_DIST_URL\\e[0m"
       fi
       python_trivy="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/trivy-$(echo "$PYTHON_TRIVY_DIST_URL" | md5sum | cut -d" " -f1)"