diff --git a/.actrc b/.actrc
index 1b3fd12..f35f3c4 100644
--- a/.actrc
+++ b/.actrc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # .actrc
 --container-architecture=linux/arm64
 -P ubuntu-latest=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+-e event.json
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 361dff0..7a461d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ jobs:
           severity: "HIGH,CRITICAL"
         env:
           # dbs are downloaded async in trivy-cache.yml
-          TRIVY_SKIP_DB_UPDATE: true
+          TRIVY_SKIP_DB_UPDATE: ${{ !env.ACT }}
           TRIVY_SKIP_JAVA_DB_UPDATE: true
 
   terraform:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/terraform.yml
-    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'dependabot[bot]'
+    if: ${{ !github.event.act && github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     with:
       branch: ${{ github.ref }}
       tf_work_subdir: permanent
diff --git a/event.json b/event.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..153f50b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/event.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+act: true
\ No newline at end of file