diff --git a/docs/docs/references/cli/fs.md b/docs/docs/references/cli/fs.md
index 93a4dfc746..cebcfbb5c5 100644
--- a/docs/docs/references/cli/fs.md
+++ b/docs/docs/references/cli/fs.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ OPTIONS:
    --exit-code value                              Exit code when vulnerabilities were found (default: 0) [$TRIVY_EXIT_CODE]
    --skip-db-update, --skip-update                skip updating vulnerability database (default: false) [$TRIVY_SKIP_UPDATE, $TRIVY_SKIP_DB_UPDATE]
    --skip-policy-update                           skip updating built-in policies (default: false) [$TRIVY_SKIP_POLICY_UPDATE]
+   --insecure                                     allow insecure server connections when using SSL (default: false) [$TRIVY_INSECURE]
    --clear-cache, -c                              clear image caches without scanning (default: false) [$TRIVY_CLEAR_CACHE]
    --ignore-unfixed                               display only fixed vulnerabilities (default: false) [$TRIVY_IGNORE_UNFIXED]
    --vuln-type value                              comma-separated list of vulnerability types (os,library) (default: "os,library") [$TRIVY_VULN_TYPE]
diff --git a/docs/docs/references/cli/rootfs.md b/docs/docs/references/cli/rootfs.md
index 5bb941080d..643548f75c 100644
--- a/docs/docs/references/cli/rootfs.md
+++ b/docs/docs/references/cli/rootfs.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ OPTIONS:
    --output value, -o value                       output file name [$TRIVY_OUTPUT]
    --exit-code value                              Exit code when vulnerabilities were found (default: 0) [$TRIVY_EXIT_CODE]
    --skip-db-update, --skip-update                skip updating vulnerability database (default: false) [$TRIVY_SKIP_UPDATE, $TRIVY_SKIP_DB_UPDATE]
+   --insecure                                     allow insecure server connections when using SSL (default: false) [$TRIVY_INSECURE]
    --skip-policy-update                           skip updating built-in policies (default: false) [$TRIVY_SKIP_POLICY_UPDATE]
    --clear-cache, -c                              clear image caches without scanning (default: false) [$TRIVY_CLEAR_CACHE]
    --ignore-unfixed                               display only fixed vulnerabilities (default: false) [$TRIVY_IGNORE_UNFIXED]
diff --git a/docs/docs/references/cli/sbom.md b/docs/docs/references/cli/sbom.md
index 5e5c9be4d9..6c2fc99eae 100644
--- a/docs/docs/references/cli/sbom.md
+++ b/docs/docs/references/cli/sbom.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ OPTIONS:
    --severity value, -s value           severities of vulnerabilities to be displayed (comma separated) (default: "UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL") [$TRIVY_SEVERITY]
    --offline-scan                       do not issue API requests to identify dependencies (default: false) [$TRIVY_OFFLINE_SCAN]
    --db-repository value                OCI repository to retrieve trivy-db from (default: "ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy-db") [$TRIVY_DB_REPOSITORY]
+   --insecure                           allow insecure server connections when using SSL (default: false) [$TRIVY_INSECURE]
    --skip-files value                   specify the file paths to skip traversal                (accepts multiple inputs) [$TRIVY_SKIP_FILES]
    --skip-dirs value                    specify the directories where the traversal is skipped  (accepts multiple inputs) [$TRIVY_SKIP_DIRS]
    --artifact-type value, --type value  input artifact type (image, fs, repo, archive) (default: "image") [$TRIVY_ARTIFACT_TYPE]
diff --git a/docs/docs/references/cli/server.md b/docs/docs/references/cli/server.md
index 200bb9d0d8..c6ad8cac62 100644
--- a/docs/docs/references/cli/server.md
+++ b/docs/docs/references/cli/server.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ USAGE:
 OPTIONS:
    --skip-db-update, --skip-update  skip updating vulnerability database (default: false) [$TRIVY_SKIP_UPDATE, $TRIVY_SKIP_DB_UPDATE]
    --download-db-only               download/update vulnerability database but don't run a scan (default: false) [$TRIVY_DOWNLOAD_DB_ONLY]
+   --insecure                       allow insecure server connections when using SSL (default: false) [$TRIVY_INSECURE]
    --reset                          remove all caches and database (default: false) [$TRIVY_RESET]
    --cache-backend value            cache backend (e.g. redis://localhost:6379) (default: "fs") [$TRIVY_CACHE_BACKEND]
    --cache-ttl value                cache TTL when using redis as cache backend (default: 0s) [$TRIVY_CACHE_TTL]
diff --git a/pkg/commands/app.go b/pkg/commands/app.go
index cddf32504f..a7aee7ff50 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/app.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/app.go
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ func NewFilesystemCommand() *cli.Command {
 			&exitCodeFlag,
 			&skipDBUpdateFlag,
 			&skipPolicyUpdateFlag,
+			&insecureFlag,
 			&clearCacheFlag,
 			&ignoreUnfixedFlag,
 			&vulnTypeFlag,
@@ -564,6 +565,7 @@ func NewRootfsCommand() *cli.Command {
 			&outputFlag,
 			&exitCodeFlag,
 			&skipDBUpdateFlag,
+			&insecureFlag,
 			&skipPolicyUpdateFlag,
 			&clearCacheFlag,
 			&ignoreUnfixedFlag,
@@ -695,6 +697,7 @@ func NewServerCommand() *cli.Command {
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&skipDBUpdateFlag,
 			&downloadDBOnlyFlag,
+			&insecureFlag,
 			&resetFlag,
 			&cacheBackendFlag,
 			&cacheTTL,
@@ -828,6 +831,7 @@ func NewK8sCommand() *cli.Command {
 			&severityFlag,
 			&exitCodeFlag,
 			&skipDBUpdateFlag,
+			&insecureFlag,
 			&skipPolicyUpdateFlag,
 			&clearCacheFlag,
 			&ignoreUnfixedFlag,
@@ -887,6 +891,7 @@ func NewSbomCommand() *cli.Command {
 			&severityFlag,
 			&offlineScan,
 			&dbRepositoryFlag,
+			&insecureFlag,
 			stringSliceFlag(skipFiles),
 			stringSliceFlag(skipDirs),
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/artifact/option.go b/pkg/commands/artifact/option.go
index 4d7e5c5ef2..1ec4ea20fb 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/artifact/option.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/artifact/option.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type Option struct {
 	option.SbomOption
 	option.SecretOption
 	option.KubernetesOption
+	option.OtherOption
 
 	// We don't want to allow disabled analyzers to be passed by users,
 	// but it differs depending on scanning modes.
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func NewOption(c *cli.Context) (Option, error) {
 		SbomOption:       option.NewSbomOption(c),
 		SecretOption:     option.NewSecretOption(c),
 		KubernetesOption: option.NewKubernetesOption(c),
+		OtherOption:      option.NewOtherOption(c),
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go b/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go
index 18c1ca99e4..cee88b3421 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func (r *Runner) initDB(c Option) error {
 
 	// download the database file
 	noProgress := c.Quiet || c.NoProgress
-	if err := operation.DownloadDB(c.AppVersion, c.CacheDir, c.DBRepository, noProgress, c.SkipDBUpdate); err != nil {
+	if err := operation.DownloadDB(c.AppVersion, c.CacheDir, c.DBRepository, noProgress, c.Insecure, c.SkipDBUpdate); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/operation/operation.go b/pkg/commands/operation/operation.go
index 43bec8e7c3..7f7e8b1e2b 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/operation/operation.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/operation/operation.go
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ func (c Cache) ClearArtifacts() error {
 }
 
 // DownloadDB downloads the DB
-func DownloadDB(appVersion, cacheDir, dbRepository string, quiet, skipUpdate bool) error {
-	client := db.NewClient(cacheDir, quiet, db.WithDBRepository(dbRepository))
+func DownloadDB(appVersion, cacheDir, dbRepository string, quiet, insecure, skipUpdate bool) error {
+	client := db.NewClient(cacheDir, quiet, insecure, db.WithDBRepository(dbRepository))
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	needsUpdate, err := client.NeedsUpdate(appVersion, skipUpdate)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/option/artifact.go b/pkg/commands/option/artifact.go
index 63afba5b15..6903594803 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/option/artifact.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/option/artifact.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ type ArtifactOption struct {
 	Input      string
 	Timeout    time.Duration
 	ClearCache bool
-	Insecure   bool
 
 	SkipDirs    []string
 	SkipFiles   []string
@@ -33,13 +32,11 @@ func NewArtifactOption(c *cli.Context) ArtifactOption {
 		SkipFiles:   c.StringSlice("skip-files"),
 		SkipDirs:    c.StringSlice("skip-dirs"),
 		OfflineScan: c.Bool("offline-scan"),
-		Insecure:    c.Bool("insecure"),
 	}
 }
 
 // Init initialize the CLI context for artifact scanning
 func (c *ArtifactOption) Init(ctx *cli.Context, logger *zap.SugaredLogger) (err error) {
-
 	// kubernetes subcommand doesn't require any argument
 	if ctx.Command.Name == "kubernetes" {
 		return nil
diff --git a/pkg/commands/option/others.go b/pkg/commands/option/others.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2343ffec7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commands/option/others.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package option
+
+import "github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+
+type OtherOption struct {
+	Insecure bool
+}
+
+// NewOtherOption is the factory method to return other option
+func NewOtherOption(c *cli.Context) OtherOption {
+	return OtherOption{
+		Insecure: c.Bool("insecure"),
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/server/config.go b/pkg/commands/server/option.go
similarity index 73%
rename from pkg/commands/server/config.go
rename to pkg/commands/server/option.go
index 0c0f031531..9878e8730c 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/server/config.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/server/option.go
@@ -6,25 +6,27 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/commands/option"
 )
 
-// Config holds the Trivy config
-type Config struct {
+// Option holds the Trivy config
+type Option struct {
 	option.GlobalOption
 	option.DBOption
 	option.CacheOption
+	option.OtherOption
 
 	Listen      string
 	Token       string
 	TokenHeader string
 }
 
-// NewConfig is the factory method to return config
-func NewConfig(c *cli.Context) Config {
+// NewOption is the factory method to return config
+func NewOption(c *cli.Context) Option {
 	// the error is ignored because logger is unnecessary
 	gc, _ := option.NewGlobalOption(c) // nolint: errcheck
-	return Config{
+	return Option{
 		GlobalOption: gc,
 		DBOption:     option.NewDBOption(c),
 		CacheOption:  option.NewCacheOption(c),
+		OtherOption:  option.NewOtherOption(c),
 
 		Listen:      c.String("listen"),
 		Token:       c.String("token"),
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ func NewConfig(c *cli.Context) Config {
 }
 
 // Init initializes the config
-func (c *Config) Init() (err error) {
+func (c *Option) Init() (err error) {
 	if err := c.DBOption.Init(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/server/config_test.go b/pkg/commands/server/option_test.go
similarity index 95%
rename from pkg/commands/server/config_test.go
rename to pkg/commands/server/option_test.go
index ca861eef1b..92df369335 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/server/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/server/option_test.go
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string
 		args []string
-		want server.Config
+		want server.Option
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "happy path",
 			args: []string{"-quiet", "--no-progress", "--reset", "--skip-db-update", "--listen", "localhost:8080"},
-			want: server.Config{
+			want: server.Option{
 				GlobalOption: option.GlobalOption{
 					Quiet: true,
 				},
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 
 			tt.want.GlobalOption.Context = ctx
 
-			got := server.NewConfig(ctx)
+			got := server.NewOption(ctx)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want.GlobalOption.Quiet, got.Quiet, tt.name)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want.DBOption, got.DBOption, tt.name)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want.Listen, got.Listen, tt.name)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func TestConfig_Init(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			c := &server.Config{
+			c := &server.Option{
 				DBOption: tt.dbConfig,
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/server/run.go b/pkg/commands/server/run.go
index de5b94c2a5..6dc0dc624c 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/server/run.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/server/run.go
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import (
 
 // Run runs the scan
 func Run(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	return run(NewConfig(ctx))
+	return run(NewOption(ctx))
 }
 
-func run(c Config) (err error) {
+func run(c Option) (err error) {
 	if err = log.InitLogger(c.Debug, c.Quiet); err != nil {
 		return xerrors.Errorf("failed to initialize a logger: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func run(c Config) (err error) {
 	}
 
 	// download the database file
-	if err = operation.DownloadDB(c.AppVersion, c.CacheDir, c.DBRepository, true, c.SkipDBUpdate); err != nil {
+	if err = operation.DownloadDB(c.AppVersion, c.CacheDir, c.DBRepository, true, c.Insecure, c.SkipDBUpdate); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ func run(c Config) (err error) {
 	}
 
 	server := rpcServer.NewServer(c.AppVersion, c.Listen, c.CacheDir, c.Token, c.TokenHeader)
-	return server.ListenAndServe(cache)
+	return server.ListenAndServe(cache, c.Insecure)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/db/db.go b/pkg/db/db.go
index e33aa11f2f..1f11dadf2e 100644
--- a/pkg/db/db.go
+++ b/pkg/db/db.go
@@ -60,13 +60,14 @@ func WithClock(clock clock.Clock) Option {
 type Client struct {
 	*options
 
-	cacheDir string
-	metadata metadata.Client
-	quiet    bool
+	cacheDir              string
+	metadata              metadata.Client
+	quiet                 bool
+	insecureSkipTLSVerify bool
 }
 
 // NewClient is the factory method for DB client
-func NewClient(cacheDir string, quiet bool, opts ...Option) *Client {
+func NewClient(cacheDir string, quiet, insecure bool, opts ...Option) *Client {
 	o := &options{
 		clock:        clock.RealClock{},
 		dbRepository: defaultDBRepository,
@@ -77,10 +78,11 @@ func NewClient(cacheDir string, quiet bool, opts ...Option) *Client {
 	}
 
 	return &Client{
-		options:  o,
-		cacheDir: cacheDir,
-		metadata: metadata.NewClient(cacheDir),
-		quiet:    quiet,
+		options:               o,
+		cacheDir:              cacheDir,
+		metadata:              metadata.NewClient(cacheDir),
+		quiet:                 quiet,
+		insecureSkipTLSVerify: insecure, // insecure skip for download DB
 	}
 }
 
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ func (c *Client) updateDownloadedAt(dst string) error {
 func (c *Client) populateOCIArtifact() error {
 	if c.artifact == nil {
 		repo := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.dbRepository, db.SchemaVersion)
-		art, err := oci.NewArtifact(repo, dbMediaType, c.quiet)
+		art, err := oci.NewArtifact(repo, dbMediaType, c.quiet, c.insecureSkipTLSVerify)
 		if err != nil {
 			return xerrors.Errorf("OCI artifact error: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/db/db_test.go b/pkg/db/db_test.go
index 9ed0c56b6f..13cd4a4b36 100644
--- a/pkg/db/db_test.go
+++ b/pkg/db/db_test.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func TestClient_NeedsUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			}
 
-			client := db.NewClient(cacheDir, true, db.WithClock(tt.clock))
+			client := db.NewClient(cacheDir, true, false, db.WithClock(tt.clock))
 			needsUpdate, err := client.NeedsUpdate("test", tt.skip)
 
 			switch {
@@ -203,10 +203,10 @@ func TestClient_Download(t *testing.T) {
 			img.LayersReturns([]v1.Layer{newFakeLayer(t, tt.input)}, nil)
 
 			// Mock OCI artifact
-			art, err := oci.NewArtifact("db", mediaType, true, oci.WithImage(img))
+			art, err := oci.NewArtifact("db", mediaType, true, false, oci.WithImage(img))
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
-			client := db.NewClient(cacheDir, true, db.WithOCIArtifact(art), db.WithClock(timeDownloadedAt))
+			client := db.NewClient(cacheDir, true, false, db.WithOCIArtifact(art), db.WithClock(timeDownloadedAt))
 			err = client.Download(context.Background(), cacheDir)
 			if tt.wantErr != "" {
 				require.Error(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/oci/artifact.go b/pkg/oci/artifact.go
index 1cbedcd895..62cabe66c0 100644
--- a/pkg/oci/artifact.go
+++ b/pkg/oci/artifact.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package oci
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"io"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3"
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ type Artifact struct {
 }
 
 // NewArtifact returns a new artifact
-func NewArtifact(repo, mediaType string, quiet bool, opts ...Option) (*Artifact, error) {
+func NewArtifact(repo, mediaType string, quiet, insecure bool, opts ...Option) (*Artifact, error) {
 	o := &options{}
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -50,7 +52,15 @@ func NewArtifact(repo, mediaType string, quiet bool, opts ...Option) (*Artifact,
 			return nil, xerrors.Errorf("repository name error (%s): %w", repo, err)
 		}
 
-		o.img, err = remote.Image(ref)
+		var remoteOpts []remote.Option
+		if insecure {
+			t := &http.Transport{
+				TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+			}
+			remoteOpts = append(remoteOpts, remote.WithTransport(t))
+		}
+
+		o.img, err = remote.Image(ref, remoteOpts...)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, xerrors.Errorf("OCI repository error: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/oci/artifact_test.go b/pkg/oci/artifact_test.go
index bf2c947f19..8c21d69a90 100644
--- a/pkg/oci/artifact_test.go
+++ b/pkg/oci/artifact_test.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func TestNewArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 			img := new(fakei.FakeImage)
 			img.LayersReturns(tt.layersReturns.layers, tt.layersReturns.err)
 
-			_, err = oci.NewArtifact("repo", tt.mediaType, true, oci.WithImage(img))
+			_, err = oci.NewArtifact("repo", tt.mediaType, true, false, oci.WithImage(img))
 			if tt.wantErr != "" {
 				require.Error(t, err)
 				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.wantErr)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestArtifact_Download(t *testing.T) {
 			img.LayersReturns([]v1.Layer{flayer}, nil)
 
 			mediaType := "application/vnd.cncf.openpolicyagent.layer.v1.tar+gzip"
-			artifact, err := oci.NewArtifact("repo", mediaType, true, oci.WithImage(img))
+			artifact, err := oci.NewArtifact("repo", mediaType, true, false, oci.WithImage(img))
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			err = artifact.Download(context.Background(), tempDir)
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/server/listen.go b/pkg/rpc/server/listen.go
index 5af2751a9c..c77482b445 100644
--- a/pkg/rpc/server/listen.go
+++ b/pkg/rpc/server/listen.go
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ func NewServer(appVersion, addr, cacheDir, token, tokenHeader string) Server {
 }
 
 // ListenAndServe starts Trivy server
-func (s Server) ListenAndServe(serverCache cache.Cache) error {
+func (s Server) ListenAndServe(serverCache cache.Cache, insecure bool) error {
 	requestWg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	dbUpdateWg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 
 	go func() {
-		worker := newDBWorker(dbc.NewClient(s.cacheDir, true))
+		worker := newDBWorker(dbc.NewClient(s.cacheDir, true, insecure))
 		ctx := context.Background()
 		for {
 			time.Sleep(updateInterval)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (w dbWorker) update(ctx context.Context, appVersion, cacheDir string,
 
 	log.Logger.Info("Updating DB...")
 	if err = w.hotUpdate(ctx, cacheDir, dbUpdateWg, requestWg); err != nil {
-		return xerrors.Errorf("failed DB hot update")
+		return xerrors.Errorf("failed DB hot update: %w", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }