diff --git a/.woodpecker/securityscan.yaml b/.woodpecker/securityscan.yaml
index bce950a1a9..3d2715cfae 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/securityscan.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/securityscan.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ steps:
 services:
   server:
     image: *trivy_plugin
-    failure: ignore # as we don't care about the exit code
     settings:
       service: true
       db-repository: mirror.gcr.io/aquasec/trivy-db:2