diff --git a/deploy/helm/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/values.yaml
index ada4eeda6..f35622a1e 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/values.yaml
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ trivy:
   # repository of the Trivy image
   repository: ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy
   # tag version of the Trivy image
-  tag: 0.38.1
+  tag: 0.38.2
   # imagePullSecret is the secret name to be used when pulling trivy image from private registries example : reg-secret
   # It is the user responsibility to create the secret for the private registry in `trivy-operator` namespace
   # imagePullSecret:
diff --git a/deploy/static/trivy-operator.yaml b/deploy/static/trivy-operator.yaml
index 8b1c4fcf6..e4b32cfd3 100644
--- a/deploy/static/trivy-operator.yaml
+++ b/deploy/static/trivy-operator.yaml
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kubectl
 data:
   trivy.repository: "ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy"
-  trivy.tag: "0.38.1"
+  trivy.tag: "0.38.2"
   trivy.additionalVulnerabilityReportFields: ""
   trivy.severity: "UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL"
   trivy.slow: "true"
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/trivy/plugin.go b/pkg/plugins/trivy/plugin.go
index 471b41c53..50e949e79 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/trivy/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/trivy/plugin.go
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ func (p *plugin) Init(ctx trivyoperator.PluginContext) error {
 	return ctx.EnsureConfig(trivyoperator.PluginConfig{
 		Data: map[string]string{
 			keyTrivyImageRepository:           DefaultImageRepository,
-			keyTrivyImageTag:                  "0.38.1",
+			keyTrivyImageTag:                  "0.38.2",
 			KeyTrivySeverity:                  DefaultSeverity,
 			keyTrivySlow:                      "true",
 			keyTrivyMode:                      string(Standalone),
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/trivy/plugin_test.go b/pkg/plugins/trivy/plugin_test.go
index ee29643f5..469b686e7 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/trivy/plugin_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/trivy/plugin_test.go
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ func TestPlugin_Init(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"trivy.repository":                trivy.DefaultImageRepository,
-				"trivy.tag":                       "0.38.1",
+				"trivy.tag":                       "0.38.2",
 				"trivy.severity":                  trivy.DefaultSeverity,
 				"trivy.slow":                      "true",
 				"trivy.mode":                      string(trivy.Standalone),