diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dc50e3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: Vulnerability Scan
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # run every night at 4:00 AM (UTC)
+    - cron: '0 4 * * *'
+  # enable running the workflow manually
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  scan:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Maven
+        uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4.5
+        with:
+          maven-version: 3.8.6
+
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: "adopt"
+          java-version: "11"
+          cache: "maven"
+
+      - name: Create Hawkbit container images
+        run: |
+          mvn clean install -DskipTests -Pdocker
+
+      - name: Determine most recent Trivy version
+        run: |
+          echo "TRIVY_VERSION=$(wget -qO - 'https://api.github.com/repos/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/latest' | \
+            grep '\"tag_name\":' | sed -E 's/.*\"v([^\"]+)\".*/\1/')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Install Trivy
+        run: |
+          wget --no-verbose https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/download/v${{ env.TRIVY_VERSION }}/trivy_${{ env.TRIVY_VERSION }}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz -O - | tar -zxvf -
+
+      - name: Scan Docker images
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p scans/eclipse/hawkbit
+          for IMAGE in $(docker image ls --format "{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}" "hawkbit-*"); do
+            echo "Scanning image ${IMAGE} ..."
+            ./trivy image "${IMAGE}" --ignore-unfixed --severity HIGH,CRITICAL --output "scans/eclipse/hawkbit/$IMAGE.sarif" --format sarif
+          done
+
+      - name: Upload Docker image scan results to GitHub Security tab
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
+        with:
+          sarif_file: 'scans/eclipse/hawkbit'
+          category: "Container Images"
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diff --git a/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-update-server/pom.xml b/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-update-server/pom.xml
index b3100e396..b75a5dc20 100644
--- a/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-update-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-update-server/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@
    <artifactId>hawkbit-update-server</artifactId>
    <name>hawkBit :: Runtime :: Update Server</name>
 
+   <profiles>
+      <profile>
+         <id>docker</id>
+         <build>
+            <plugins>
+               <plugin>
+                  <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+               </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+         </build>
+      </profile>
+   </profiles>
    <build>
       <plugins>
          <plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 592470086..4ae9df75e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -168,6 +168,19 @@
       <!-- ************************ -->
       <!-- Maven Plugins -->
       <!-- ************************ -->
+      <!-- Docker image build - START -->
+      <docker.repository.name>${project.artifactId}</docker.repository.name>
+      <docker.host>unix:///var/run/docker.sock</docker.host>
+      <docker.maven.plugin.version>0.40.3</docker.maven.plugin.version>
+      <docker.memory.size>-Xms600m -Xmx600m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=250m -XX:MetaspaceSize=250m -Xss300K
+      </docker.memory.size>
+      <docker.base.image.platform>linux/amd64</docker.base.image.platform>
+      <docker.gc.settings>-XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:+UseCompressedOops</docker.gc.settings>
+      <docker.jvm.args>${docker.memory.size} ${docker.gc.settings} -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
+         -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom
+      </docker.jvm.args>
+      <docker.jre.version>11.0.15_10-jre-alpine</docker.jre.version>
+      <!-- Docker image build - END -->
       <maven.processor.plugin.version>3.3.3</maven.processor.plugin.version>
       <maven.scm.plugin.version>1.11.1</maven.scm.plugin.version>
       <maven.site.plugin.version>3.9.1</maven.site.plugin.version>
@@ -329,6 +342,67 @@
 
       <pluginManagement>
          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+               <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+               <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+               <version>${docker.maven.plugin.version}</version>
+               <configuration>
+                  <verbose>true</verbose>
+                  <dockerHost>${docker.host}</dockerHost>
+                  <images>
+                     <image>
+                        <alias>${docker.repository.name}</alias>
+                        <name>
+                           ${docker.repository.name}:${project.version}
+                        </name>
+                        <build>
+                           <from>eclipse-temurin:${docker.jre.version}</from>
+                           <createImageOptions>
+                              <platform>${docker.base.image.platform}</platform>
+                           </createImageOptions>
+                           <tags>
+                              <tag>latest</tag>
+                           </tags>
+                           <env>
+                              <SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE>docker</SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE>
+                              <JAVA_OPTS>${docker.jvm.args}</JAVA_OPTS>
+                           </env>
+                           <ports>
+                              <port>8080</port>
+                           </ports>
+                           <assembly>
+                              <inline>
+                                 <fileSets>
+                                    <fileSet>
+                                       <directory>target</directory>
+                                       <outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
+                                       <includes>
+                                          <include>${project.build.finalName}.jar</include>
+                                       </includes>
+                                       <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
+                                       <directoryMode>0755</directoryMode>
+                                       <filtered>false</filtered>
+                                    </fileSet>
+                                 </fileSets>
+                              </inline>
+                           </assembly>
+                           <entryPoint>
+                              <shell>java $JAVA_OPTS -jar maven/${project.build.finalName}.jar</shell>
+                           </entryPoint>
+                        </build>
+                     </image>
+                  </images>
+               </configuration>
+               <executions>
+                  <execution>
+                     <phase>package</phase>
+                     <goals>
+                        <goal>remove</goal>
+                        <goal>build</goal>
+                     </goals>
+                  </execution>
+               </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>