diff --git a/.cspell.json b/.cspell.json
index 907fe9a2b90..dee0d81e6b8 100644
--- a/.cspell.json
+++ b/.cspell.json
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@
         "mhutchie",
         "midrule",
         "miniprettier",
+        "misconfig",
         "mkdir",
         "mkdirs",
         "mkdocs",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32e7e267777..c4ef0bef407 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Note: Can be used with `oxsecurity/megalinter@beta` in your GitHub Action mega-l
 - New linters
 
 - Fixes
+  - Trivy: use `misconfig` instead of the deprecated `config` scanner, updating the default arguments
 
 - Doc
   - Removed obsolete warning for semgrep as the issue has been fixed
diff --git a/megalinter/descriptors/repository.megalinter-descriptor.yml b/megalinter/descriptors/repository.megalinter-descriptor.yml
index 61aa6d09c1d..42e5a6b011f 100644
--- a/megalinter/descriptors/repository.megalinter-descriptor.yml
+++ b/megalinter/descriptors/repository.megalinter-descriptor.yml
@@ -491,14 +491,14 @@ linters:
     cli_lint_extra_args:
       - fs
       - --scanners
-      - vuln,config
+      - vuln,misconfig
       - --exit-code
       - "1"
     cli_lint_extra_args_after:
       - "."
     test_folder: trivy
     examples:
-      - "trivy fs --scanners vuln,config ."
+      - "trivy fs --scanners vuln,misconfig ."
     install:
       dockerfile:
         - |