diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cb75b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - 'Dockerfile*'
+      - '.github/workflows/docker.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - 'Dockerfile*'
+      - '.github/workflows/docker.yml'
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 3 * * 1"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  hadolint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        dockerfile: [Dockerfile, Dockerfile.goreleaser]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: hadolint/hadolint-action@06be81baf89a55ffd0e24b8f04a4185738dd3387 # v3.5.0
+        with:
+          dockerfile: ${{ matrix.dockerfile }}
+
+  image-scan:
+    if: github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions: {}
+    steps:
+      - uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@ed142fd0673e97e23eac54620cfb913e5ce36c25 # v0.36.0
+        with:
+          image-ref: ghcr.io/publiccodeyml/open-catalog-api:main
+          # Alpine packages only. The Go modules in the binary are
+          # govulncheck's job: it knows whether the vulnerable code is
+          # reached, trivy would fail on every module CVE.
+          vuln-type: os
+          severity: HIGH,CRITICAL
+          ignore-unfixed: true
+          exit-code: 1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87fc41d..985e1e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   privately and which versions get fixes.
 - CI checks for the Helm chart with `helm lint` and `kubeconform`, and for
   GitHub Actions workflows with `actionlint`.
+- CI checks for the Dockerfiles with `hadolint`, and a weekly `trivy`
+  scan of the published container image for Alpine package
+  vulnerabilities.
 - `entityType`, `entityId`, `type` and `actor` filters on `GET /v1/events`.
 - An `extraEnv` value on the Helm chart, for environment variables
   without a dedicated chart value.
@@ -54,6 +57,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Security
 
+- The released container image runs as an unprivileged user instead of
+  root.
 - A JSON Patch could set `createdAt` on a software or a catalog, moving
   it in the listings and breaking the pagination cursors near it.
 - The database image used for local development is pinned by digest,
diff --git a/Dockerfile.goreleaser b/Dockerfile.goreleaser
index 99ac3a2..b7d7fb9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.goreleaser
+++ b/Dockerfile.goreleaser
@@ -9,4 +9,14 @@ COPY open-catalog-api /usr/local/bin/open-catalog-api
 RUN ln -s /usr/local/bin/open-catalog-api /usr/local/bin/developers-italia-api \
  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/open-catalog-api /usr/local/bin/software-catalog-api
 
+# adduser writes the build day into the password age field of
+# /etc/shadow, which breaks the reproducible build. So undo its change.
+RUN addgroup -S -g 10001 api \
+ && adduser -S -D -H -G api -u 10001 -s /sbin/nologin api \
+ && sed -i 's/^api:!:[0-9]*:/api:!:0:/' /etc/shadow
+
+# Numeric, so a pod with runAsNonRoot and no runAsUser starts: the
+# kubelet refuses a user it cannot verify from a name.
+USER 10001:10001
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/open-catalog-api"]