diff --git a/.github/workflows/distroless-build-test-push-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/distroless-build-test-push-workflow.yml
index 9dad98ce5..0086c0f0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/distroless-build-test-push-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/distroless-build-test-push-workflow.yml
@@ -107,60 +107,60 @@ jobs:
         env:
           COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           COSIGN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PASSWORD }}
-  vulnerability-scan:
-    permissions:
-      actions: read
-      contents: read
-      security-events: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-operator-image-distroless
-    env:
-      SPLUNK_ENTERPRISE_IMAGE: ${{ secrets.SPLUNK_ENTERPRISE_IMAGE }}
-      SPLUNK_OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME: splunk/splunk-operator
-      ECR_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.ECR_REPOSITORY }}
-      S3_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
-      IMAGE_NAME: ${{ secrets.ECR_REPOSITORY }}/splunk/splunk-operator:${{ github.sha }}-distroless
-    steps:
-      - name: Set up cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Dotenv Action
-        id: dotenv
-        uses: falti/dotenv-action@d4d12eaa0e1dd06d5bdc3d7af3bf4c8c93cb5359
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2.5.0
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
-
-      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
-        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
-      - name: Pull Splunk Operator Image Locally
-        run: |
-          docker pull ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
-      - name: Verify Signed Splunk Operator image
-        run: |
-          cosign verify --key env://COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY  ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
-        env:
-          COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY }}
-      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
-        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
-        with:
-          image-ref: '${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}'
-          format: sarif
-          #exit-code: 1
-          severity: 'CRITICAL'
-          ignore-unfixed: true
-          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
-      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
-        with:
-          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
+#  vulnerability-scan:
+#    permissions:
+#      actions: read
+#      contents: read
+#      security-events: write
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#    needs: build-operator-image-distroless
+#    env:
+#      SPLUNK_ENTERPRISE_IMAGE: ${{ secrets.SPLUNK_ENTERPRISE_IMAGE }}
+#      SPLUNK_OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME: splunk/splunk-operator
+#      ECR_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.ECR_REPOSITORY }}
+#      S3_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+#      IMAGE_NAME: ${{ secrets.ECR_REPOSITORY }}/splunk/splunk-operator:${{ github.sha }}-distroless
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Set up cosign
+#        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
+#      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+#      - name: Dotenv Action
+#        id: dotenv
+#        uses: falti/dotenv-action@d4d12eaa0e1dd06d5bdc3d7af3bf4c8c93cb5359
+#      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+#        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2.5.0
+#      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+#        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+#        with:
+#          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+#          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+#          aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+#
+#      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
+#        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
+#      - name: Pull Splunk Operator Image Locally
+#        run: |
+#          docker pull ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+#      - name: Verify Signed Splunk Operator image
+#        run: |
+#          cosign verify --key env://COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY  ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+#        env:
+#          COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY }}
+#      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
+#        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
+#        with:
+#          image-ref: '${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}'
+#          format: sarif
+#          #exit-code: 1
+#          severity: 'CRITICAL'
+#          ignore-unfixed: true
+#          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
+#      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
+#        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
+#        with:
+#          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
   smoke-tests-arm-ubuntu:
-    needs: vulnerability-scan
+#    needs: vulnerability-scan
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: