diff --git a/scanners/nikto/Chart.yaml b/scanners/nikto/Chart.yaml
index 46f9471d5..cdaf3b673 100644
--- a/scanners/nikto/Chart.yaml
+++ b/scanners/nikto/Chart.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type: application
 # version - gets automatically set to the secureCodeBox release version when the helm charts gets published
 version: v3.1.0-alpha1
 # appVersion - Nikto doesn't really version its releases
-appVersion: 2.5.0
+appVersion: 2.6.0
 kubeVersion: ">=v1.11.0-0"
 
 annotations:
diff --git a/scanners/nikto/scanner/Dockerfile b/scanners/nikto/scanner/Dockerfile
index 4618f0cfd..6bdbd8324 100644
--- a/scanners/nikto/scanner/Dockerfile
+++ b/scanners/nikto/scanner/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 wrapper.sh /wrapper.sh
 RUN apk add --update --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
      perl \
      perl-net-ssleay \
+     perl-json \
+     perl-io-socket-ssl \
+     perl-xml-writer \
+     perl-mime-base64 \
+     perl-xml-libxml \
   && addgroup -g 1001 nikto \
   && adduser -G nikto -s /bin/sh -D -u 1001 nikto