diff --git a/cmd/patch/patch.go b/cmd/patch/patch.go
index 7a43f5a6..a1d58c12 100644
--- a/cmd/patch/patch.go
+++ b/cmd/patch/patch.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func GetPatchCmd(ks meta.IKubescape) *cobra.Command {
 
 	patchCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&scanInfo.FailThresholdSeverity, "severity-threshold", "s", "", "Severity threshold is the severity of a vulnerability at which the command fails and returns exit code 1")
 	patchCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&useDefaultMatchers, "use-default-matchers", "", true, "Use default matchers (true) or CPE matchers (false) for image scanning")
+	patchCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&scanInfo.ListingURL, "grype-db-url", "", "Grype vulnerability database URL")
 
 	return patchCmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/scan/scan.go b/cmd/scan/scan.go
index 0dc41ff9..0f07a800 100644
--- a/cmd/scan/scan.go
+++ b/cmd/scan/scan.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func GetScanCommand(ks meta.IKubescape) *cobra.Command {
 	scanCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&scanInfo.ScanImages, "scan-images", "", false, "Scan resources images")
 	scanCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&scanInfo.UseDefaultMatchers, "use-default-matchers", "", true, "Use default matchers (true) or CPE matchers (false) for image scanning")
 	scanCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&scanInfo.LabelsToCopy, "labels-to-copy", nil, "Labels to copy from workloads to scan reports for easy identification. e.g: --labels-to-copy=app,team,environment")
+	scanCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&scanInfo.ListingURL, "grype-db-url", "", "Grype vulnerability database URL")
 
 	scanCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkDeprecated("fail-threshold", "use '--compliance-threshold' flag instead. Flag will be removed at 1.Dec.2023")
 	scanCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkDeprecated("create-account", "Create account is no longer supported. In case of a missing Account ID and a configured backend server, a new account id will be generated automatically by Kubescape. Feel free to contact the Kubescape maintainers for more information.")
diff --git a/core/cautils/scaninfo.go b/core/cautils/scaninfo.go
index 810aac9a..d557051a 100644
--- a/core/cautils/scaninfo.go
+++ b/core/cautils/scaninfo.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ type ScanInfo struct {
 	LabelsToCopy          []string // Labels to copy from workloads to scan reports
 	scanningContext       *ScanningContext
 	cleanups              []func()
+	ListingURL            string //Grype vulnerability database URL
 }
 
 type Getters struct {
diff --git a/core/core/image_scan.go b/core/core/image_scan.go
index 371e4716..046cc9cd 100644
--- a/core/core/image_scan.go
+++ b/core/core/image_scan.go
@@ -165,7 +165,11 @@ func getUniqueVulnerabilitiesAndSeverities(policies []VulnerabilitiesIgnorePolic
 func (ks *Kubescape) ScanImage(imgScanInfo *ksmetav1.ImageScanInfo, scanInfo *cautils.ScanInfo) (bool, error) {
 	logger.L().Start(fmt.Sprintf("Scanning image %s...", imgScanInfo.Image))
 
-	distCfg, installCfg, _ := imagescan.NewDefaultDBConfig()
+	distCfg, installCfg, _, err := imagescan.NewDefaultDBConfig(scanInfo.ListingURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.L().StopError(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Grype database URL '%s': %v", scanInfo.ListingURL, err))
+		return false, err
+	}
 	svc, err := imagescan.NewScanServiceWithMatchers(distCfg, installCfg, imgScanInfo.UseDefaultMatchers)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.L().StopError(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to initialize image scanner: %s", err))
diff --git a/core/core/patch.go b/core/core/patch.go
index 9b7d1409..d5d3e85f 100644
--- a/core/core/patch.go
+++ b/core/core/patch.go
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ func (ks *Kubescape) Patch(patchInfo *ksmetav1.PatchInfo, scanInfo *cautils.Scan
 	logger.L().Start(fmt.Sprintf("Scanning image: %s", patchInfo.Image))
 
 	// Setup the scan service
-	distCfg, installCfg, _ := imagescan.NewDefaultDBConfig()
+	distCfg, installCfg, _, err := imagescan.NewDefaultDBConfig(scanInfo.ListingURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.L().StopError(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Grype database URL '%s': %v", scanInfo.ListingURL, err))
+		return false, err
+	}
 	svc, err := imagescan.NewScanServiceWithMatchers(distCfg, installCfg, scanInfo.UseDefaultMatchers)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.L().StopError(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to initialize image scanner: %s", err))
diff --git a/core/core/scan.go b/core/core/scan.go
index 572a3de6..fd3213fb 100644
--- a/core/core/scan.go
+++ b/core/core/scan.go
@@ -249,7 +249,11 @@ func scanImages(scanType cautils.ScanTypes, scanData *cautils.OPASessionObj, ctx
 		}
 	}
 
-	distCfg, installCfg, _ := imagescan.NewDefaultDBConfig()
+	distCfg, installCfg, _, err := imagescan.NewDefaultDBConfig(scanInfo.ListingURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.L().StopError(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Grype database URL '%s': %v", scanInfo.ListingURL, err))
+		return
+	}
 	svc, err := imagescan.NewScanServiceWithMatchers(distCfg, installCfg, scanInfo.UseDefaultMatchers)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.L().StopError(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to initialize image scanner: %s", err))
diff --git a/pkg/imagescan/imagescan.go b/pkg/imagescan/imagescan.go
index 38171b94..71cc90fd 100644
--- a/pkg/imagescan/imagescan.go
+++ b/pkg/imagescan/imagescan.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -42,16 +43,29 @@ func (c RegistryCredentials) IsEmpty() bool {
 	return c.Username == "" || c.Password == ""
 }
 
-func NewDefaultDBConfig() (distribution.Config, installation.Config, bool) {
+func NewDefaultDBConfig(grypeURL string) (distribution.Config, installation.Config, bool, error) {
 	dir := filepath.Join(xdg.CacheHome, defaultDBDirName)
-	url := defaultGrypeListingURL
+	finalURL := defaultGrypeListingURL
+	if grypeURL != "" {
+		parsed, err := url.ParseRequestURI(grypeURL)
+		if err != nil || parsed.Host == "" {
+			return distribution.Config{}, installation.Config{}, false, err
+		}
+
+		if parsed.Scheme != "https" && parsed.Scheme != "http" {
+			return distribution.Config{}, installation.Config{}, false, fmt.Errorf("invalid scheme: %s", parsed.Scheme)
+		}
+
+		finalURL = grypeURL
+	}
+
 	shouldUpdate := true
 
 	return distribution.Config{
-			LatestURL: url,
+			LatestURL: finalURL,
 		}, installation.Config{
 			DBRootDir: dir,
-		}, shouldUpdate
+		}, shouldUpdate, nil
 }
 
 func getMatchers(useDefaultMatchers bool) []match.Matcher {
diff --git a/pkg/imagescan/imagescan_test.go b/pkg/imagescan/imagescan_test.go
index ff7d54e0..abd5a311 100644
--- a/pkg/imagescan/imagescan_test.go
+++ b/pkg/imagescan/imagescan_test.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func TestNewScanServiceWithMatchers(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNewScanServiceWithMatchersIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test the actual NewScanServiceWithMatchers function
-	distCfg, installCfg, _ := NewDefaultDBConfig()
+	distCfg, installCfg, _, _ := NewDefaultDBConfig("")
 
 	// Test with default matchers enabled
 	svcWithDefault, err := NewScanServiceWithMatchers(distCfg, installCfg, true)