diff --git a/cmd/detectExecuteScan.go b/cmd/detectExecuteScan.go
index e0f6a68444..5fc5561a10 100644
--- a/cmd/detectExecuteScan.go
+++ b/cmd/detectExecuteScan.go
@@ -427,10 +427,11 @@ func getDetectScript(config detectExecuteScanOptions, utils detectUtils) error {
 	log.Entry().Infof("Downloading Detect Script")
 
 	downloadScript := func() error {
-		if config.UseDetect9 {
-			return utils.DownloadFile("https://detect.synopsys.com/detect9.sh", "detect.sh", nil, nil)
+		if config.UseDetect8 {
+			return utils.DownloadFile("https://detect.synopsys.com/detect8.sh", "detect.sh", nil, nil)
 		}
-		return utils.DownloadFile("https://detect.synopsys.com/detect8.sh", "detect.sh", nil, nil)
+		return utils.DownloadFile("https://detect.synopsys.com/detect9.sh", "detect.sh", nil, nil)
+
 	}
 
 	if err := downloadScript(); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/detectExecuteScan_generated.go b/cmd/detectExecuteScan_generated.go
index 2da821f465..bd771a332c 100644
--- a/cmd/detectExecuteScan_generated.go
+++ b/cmd/detectExecuteScan_generated.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ type detectExecuteScanOptions struct {
 	RegistryURL                     string   `json:"registryUrl,omitempty" validate:"required_if=ScanContainerDistro ubuntu ScanContainerDistro centos ScanContainerDistro alpine"`
 	RepositoryUsername              string   `json:"repositoryUsername,omitempty" validate:"required_if=ScanContainerDistro ubuntu ScanContainerDistro centos ScanContainerDistro alpine"`
 	RepositoryPassword              string   `json:"repositoryPassword,omitempty" validate:"required_if=ScanContainerDistro ubuntu ScanContainerDistro centos ScanContainerDistro alpine"`
-	UseDetect9                      bool     `json:"useDetect9,omitempty"`
+	UseDetect8                      bool     `json:"useDetect8,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type detectExecuteScanInflux struct {
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ func addDetectExecuteScanFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, stepConfig *detectExecuteScan
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.RegistryURL, "registryUrl", os.Getenv("PIPER_registryUrl"), "Used accessing for the images to be scanned (typically filled by CPE)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.RepositoryUsername, "repositoryUsername", os.Getenv("PIPER_repositoryUsername"), "Used accessing for the images to be scanned (typically filled by CPE)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.RepositoryPassword, "repositoryPassword", os.Getenv("PIPER_repositoryPassword"), "Used accessing for the images to be scanned (typically filled by CPE)")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&stepConfig.UseDetect9, "useDetect9", false, "This flag enables the use of the supported version 9 of the Detect Script instead of v8")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&stepConfig.UseDetect8, "useDetect8", false, "This flag enables the use of the supported version 8 of the Detect Script instead of v9")
 
 	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("token")
 	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("projectName")
@@ -947,12 +947,12 @@ func detectExecuteScanMetadata() config.StepData {
 						Default:   os.Getenv("PIPER_repositoryPassword"),
 					},
 					{
-						Name:        "useDetect9",
+						Name:        "useDetect8",
 						ResourceRef: []config.ResourceReference{},
 						Scope:       []string{"PARAMETERS", "STAGES", "STEPS"},
 						Type:        "bool",
 						Mandatory:   false,
-						Aliases:     []config.Alias{{Name: "detect/useDetect9"}},
+						Aliases:     []config.Alias{{Name: "detect/useDetect8"}},
 						Default:     false,
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/cmd/detectExecuteScan_test.go b/cmd/detectExecuteScan_test.go
index 7f02817729..8b4ac8d1f8 100644
--- a/cmd/detectExecuteScan_test.go
+++ b/cmd/detectExecuteScan_test.go
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func TestRunDetect(t *testing.T) {
 		utilsMock.AddFile("detect.sh", []byte(""))
 		err := runDetect(ctx, detectExecuteScanOptions{}, utilsMock, &detectExecuteScanInflux{})
 
-		assert.Equal(t, utilsMock.downloadedFiles["https://detect.synopsys.com/detect8.sh"], "detect.sh")
+		assert.Equal(t, utilsMock.downloadedFiles["https://detect.synopsys.com/detect9.sh"], "detect.sh")
 		assert.True(t, utilsMock.HasRemovedFile("detect.sh"))
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, ".", utilsMock.Dir, "Wrong execution directory used")
diff --git a/resources/metadata/detectExecuteScan.yaml b/resources/metadata/detectExecuteScan.yaml
index e098c32c40..138a1e5e19 100644
--- a/resources/metadata/detectExecuteScan.yaml
+++ b/resources/metadata/detectExecuteScan.yaml
@@ -653,11 +653,11 @@ spec:
         resourceRef:
           - name: commonPipelineEnvironment
             param: container/repositoryPassword
-      - name: useDetect9
+      - name: useDetect8
         description:
-          "This flag enables the use of the supported version 9 of the Detect Script instead of v8"
+          "This flag enables the use of the supported version 8 of the Detect Script instead of v9"
         aliases:
-          - name: detect/useDetect9
+          - name: detect/useDetect8
         type: bool
         scope:
           - PARAMETERS