diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
index f3b9cbae..739f3c4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'ballerina-platform' }}
     uses: ballerina-platform/ballerina-standard-library/.github/workflows/trivy-scan-template.yml@main
     secrets: inherit
+    with:
+        additional-build-flags: "-x :mysql-examples:build"