diff --git a/.github/workflows/README.md b/.github/workflows/README.md
index 1ea2f0a..21eb6ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/README.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/README.md
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ Comprehensive CI pipeline that runs on:
    - Builds for `linux/amd64` and `linux/arm64`
    - Pushes to Harbor registry
    - Tags with version and `latest`
-   - Runs Trivy security scan on image
-   - Uploads Trivy results to GitHub Security
+   - Triggers the informational Grype vulnerability scan on the pushed image (SARIF-only, does not gate the pipeline)
 
 6. **CI Success** - Overall status check
    - Aggregates results from all jobs
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ Comprehensive CI pipeline that runs on:
 
 - **Dependency Caching**: Go modules and build cache are cached automatically
 - **Code Coverage**: Generated and uploaded to Codecov
-- **Security Scanning**: gosec (code) and Trivy (container images)
+- **Security Scanning**: gosec (code) and Grype (container images, informational)
 - **Multi-platform Builds**: Docker images for amd64 and arm64
 - **Build Metadata**: Version, commit SHA, and build time injected into binaries
 
@@ -102,8 +101,8 @@ git push origin v1.0.0
 This triggers:
 - Full CI pipeline
 - Docker multi-platform build
-- Push to Harbor registry
-- Trivy security scan
+- Push to Docker Hub registry
+- Informational Grype security scan (non-blocking)
 
 ## Local Testing
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 72cd277..82189c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       security-events: write
       contents: read
+    outputs:
+      tag: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.TAG }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -265,17 +267,41 @@ jobs:
           cache-from: type=gha
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
 
-      - name: Run Trivy security scan on image
-        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@v0.35.0
+  # Grype vulnerability scan - INFORMATIONAL (SARIF/report only, no build gate).
+  # Replaces the former Trivy scan. Uses anchore/scan-action (grype engine) IN-LINE
+  # rather than the org reusable grype-scan.yml for two reasons:
+  #   1. ci.yml is pull_request-triggered, and a private-repo reusable `uses:` fails to
+  #      resolve at workflow-LOAD time on pull_request events, which fails the ENTIRE run
+  #      at startup (0 jobs). A job-level `if:` does not help (resolution precedes `if`).
+  #   2. node-doctor publishes images to Docker Hub (docker.io/supporttools), not Harbor,
+  #      so the reusable workflow's keyless Harbor pull is the wrong mechanism anyway.
+  # anchore/scan-action uses the public grype vuln DB (not the org's self-hosted air-gapped
+  # mirror) — acceptable here since the scanned image is public on Docker Hub.
+  # Runs only on tag builds, matching the `docker` job that produces the image.
+  grype-scan:
+    name: Grype Scan (informational)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [docker]
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Grype scan (anchore/scan-action)
+        id: grype
+        uses: anchore/scan-action@v6
         with:
-          image-ref: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/node-doctor:${{ steps.tag.outputs.TAG }}
-          format: 'sarif'
-          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
-
-      - name: Upload Trivy results to GitHub Security
+          image: docker.io/supporttools/node-doctor:${{ needs.docker.outputs.tag }}
+          fail-build: false
+          severity-cutoff: high
+          output-format: sarif
+      - name: Upload SARIF to GitHub Security
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
         uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v4
         with:
-          sarif_file: trivy-results.sarif
+          sarif_file: ${{ steps.grype.outputs.sarif }}
+          category: grype
 
   # Summary job - provides overall status
   ci-success:
diff --git a/.grype.yaml b/.grype.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d339d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.grype.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# .grype.yaml — Grype config + vulnerability suppressions for node-doctor.
+#
+# Read by the org-wide reusable Grype scan workflow
+# (SupportTools/ci-runners/.github/workflows/grype-scan.yml), wired here as an
+# INFORMATIONAL scan (blocking: false) that replaces the former Trivy scan.
+#
+# FORMAT — each suppression MUST document why it is acceptable + an expected fix:
+#   ignore:
+#     - vulnerability: CVE-2024-99999   # false positive in musl; fixed alpine 3.21; resolve 2025-04-01
+#
+# REVIEW POLICY: review monthly; suppressions are temporary; remove once the base
+# image carries the upstream fix. Permanent suppressions need explicit approval.
+#
+# Currently no vulnerabilities are suppressed.
+ignore: []