diff --git a/Dockerfile.scanner b/Dockerfile.scanner
index f562b2cc4..4aae99999 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.scanner
+++ b/Dockerfile.scanner
@@ -55,9 +55,33 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 make devguard-scanner
 FROM alpine:3.22.1@sha256:4bcff63911fcb4448bd4fdacec207030997caf25e9bea4045fa6c8c44de311d1
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache git python3
-RUN python3 -m venv /usr/local/bin/venv && \
-    /usr/local/bin/venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip && \
-    /usr/local/bin/venv/bin/pip install semgrep checkov
+# Create virtualenvs
+ENV VENV_DIR=/opt/tools
+RUN python -m venv ${VENV_DIR}/semgrep && \
+    python -m venv ${VENV_DIR}/checkov
+
+# Install semgrep in its venv
+RUN ${VENV_DIR}/semgrep/bin/pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    ${VENV_DIR}/semgrep/bin/pip install semgrep==1.131.0
+
+# Install checkov in its venv
+RUN ${VENV_DIR}/checkov/bin/pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    ${VENV_DIR}/checkov/bin/pip install checkov==3.2.457
+
+
+RUN cat <<EOF > /usr/local/bin/semgrep
+#!/bin/sh
+exec ${VENV_DIR}/semgrep/bin/semgrep "\$@"
+EOF
+
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/semgrep
+
+RUN cat <<EOF > /usr/local/bin/checkov
+#!/bin/sh
+exec ${VENV_DIR}/checkov/bin/checkov "\$@"
+EOF
+
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/checkov
 
 # add venv bin to path
 ENV PATH="/usr/local/bin/venv/bin:$PATH"
diff --git a/internal/core/vuln/dependency_vuln_service.go b/internal/core/vuln/dependency_vuln_service.go
index d11f9894c..beeccc619 100644
--- a/internal/core/vuln/dependency_vuln_service.go
+++ b/internal/core/vuln/dependency_vuln_service.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"slices"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
@@ -105,7 +106,16 @@ func (s *service) UserDetectedExistingVulnOnDifferentBranch(tx core.DB, scannerI
 		ev := models.NewDetectedOnAnotherBranchEvent(dependencyVuln.CalculateHash(), models.VulnTypeDependencyVuln, "system", riskReport, scannerID, assetVersion.Name)
 		events[i] = append(events[i], ev)
 		// replay all events on the dependencyVuln
-		for _, ev := range alreadyExistingEvents[i] {
+		// but sort them by the time they were created ascending
+		slices.SortStableFunc(events[i], func(a, b models.VulnEvent) int {
+			if a.CreatedAt.Before(b.CreatedAt) {
+				return -1
+			} else if a.CreatedAt.After(b.CreatedAt) {
+				return 1
+			}
+			return 0
+		})
+		for _, ev := range events[i] {
 			ev.Apply(&dependencyVulns[i])
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/core/vulndb/scan/scan_integration_test.go b/internal/core/vulndb/scan/scan_integration_test.go
index f87ed4db0..c8d2a0d2a 100644
--- a/internal/core/vulndb/scan/scan_integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/core/vulndb/scan/scan_integration_test.go
@@ -177,12 +177,6 @@ func TestScanning(t *testing.T) {
 		// should be only a single vulnerability
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		assert.Len(t, vulns, 1)
-		// mark the vuln as accepted
-		vulns[0].State = models.VulnStateAccepted
-		// save it
-		err = dependencyVulnRepository.Save(nil, &vulns[0])
-		assert.Nil(t, err)
-
 		// create an accepted event inside the database
 		acceptedEvent := models.NewAcceptedEvent(vulns[0].ID, vulns[0].GetType(), "abc", "accepting the vulnerability")
 		err = dependencyVulnRepository.ApplyAndSave(nil, &vulns[0], &acceptedEvent)
@@ -219,12 +213,27 @@ func TestScanning(t *testing.T) {
 				newVuln = v
 			}
 		}
+
 		assert.NotEmpty(t, newVuln.Events)
 		lastTwoEvents := newVuln.Events[len(newVuln.Events)-2:]
-		assert.Equal(t, models.EventTypeAccepted, lastTwoEvents[0].Type)
-		assert.Equal(t, "accepting the vulnerability", *lastTwoEvents[0].Justification)
-		assert.Equal(t, "main", *lastTwoEvents[0].OriginalAssetVersionName)
-		assert.Equal(t, models.EventTypeDetectedOnAnotherBranch, lastTwoEvents[1].Type)
+
+		// we can not really rely on the created_at since the events are created in the same second
+		// nevertheless - one has to be the accepted event and the other the detected on different branch event
+		var accEvent models.VulnEvent
+		var detectedOnAnotherBranchEvent models.VulnEvent
+		for _, ev := range lastTwoEvents {
+			if ev.Type == models.EventTypeAccepted {
+				accEvent = ev
+			} else {
+				detectedOnAnotherBranchEvent = ev
+			}
+		}
+
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, accEvent)
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, detectedOnAnotherBranchEvent)
+		assert.Equal(t, models.EventTypeAccepted, accEvent.Type)
+		assert.Equal(t, "accepting the vulnerability", *accEvent.Justification)
+		assert.Equal(t, "main", *accEvent.OriginalAssetVersionName)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/database/repositories/vulnerability_repository.go b/internal/database/repositories/vulnerability_repository.go
index 03f8816c8..188969abe 100644
--- a/internal/database/repositories/vulnerability_repository.go
+++ b/internal/database/repositories/vulnerability_repository.go
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ func (r *VulnerabilityRepository[T]) GetByAssetID(
 
 	var vulns = []T{}
 	// get all vulnerabilities of the asset
-	if err := r.Repository.GetDB(tx).Where("asset_id = ?", assetID).Preload("Events").Find(&vulns).Error; err != nil {
+	if err := r.Repository.GetDB(tx).Where("asset_id = ?", assetID).Preload("Events", func(db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB {
+		return db.Order("vuln_events.created_at ASC")
+	}).Find(&vulns).Error; err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return vulns, nil