diff --git a/.changeset/better-trams-relax.md b/.changeset/better-trams-relax.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4a7f62f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/better-trams-relax.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@nodesecure/scanner": patch
+---
+
+Comment NPM avatar hydratation because the .user() API in the SDK is deprecated and cannot be used anymore
diff --git a/workspaces/scanner/src/registry/fetchNpmAvatars.ts b/workspaces/scanner/src/registry/fetchNpmAvatars.ts
index edd7f2ec..362e1388 100644
--- a/workspaces/scanner/src/registry/fetchNpmAvatars.ts
+++ b/workspaces/scanner/src/registry/fetchNpmAvatars.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Import Third-party Dependencies
-import * as npmRegistrySDK from "@nodesecure/npm-registry-sdk";
+// import * as npmRegistrySDK from "@nodesecure/npm-registry-sdk";
 
 // Import Internal Dependencies
 import type {
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ export async function fetchNpmAvatars(
   ];
   const avatarCache = new Map<string, string>();
 
-  await Promise.all(
-    contributors.map((contributor) => enrichContributorWithAvatar(contributor, avatarCache))
-  );
+  /**
+   * @deprecated
+   * NPM website user API is no longer exploitable for avatar
+   * We need to find an alternative way to fetch avatars
+   */
+  // await Promise.all(
+  //   contributors.map((contributor) => enrichContributorWithAvatar(contributor, avatarCache))
+  // );
 
   // Backfill missing avatars: some contributors may have failed username lookup
   // but their email might match a cached avatar from a successful contributor
@@ -36,44 +41,44 @@ export async function fetchNpmAvatars(
     });
 }
 
-async function enrichContributorWithAvatar(
-  contributor: Contributor,
-  avatarCache: Map<string, string>
-): Promise<void> {
-  if (trySetAvatarFromCache(contributor, avatarCache)) {
-    return;
-  }
+// async function enrichContributorWithAvatar(
+//   contributor: Contributor,
+//   avatarCache: Map<string, string>
+// ): Promise<void> {
+//   if (trySetAvatarFromCache(contributor, avatarCache)) {
+//     return;
+//   }
 
-  try {
-    const profile = await npmRegistrySDK.user(
-      contributor.name,
-      { perPage: 1 }
-    );
-    contributor.npmAvatar = profile.avatars.small;
+//   try {
+//     const profile = await npmRegistrySDK.user(
+//       contributor.name,
+//       { perPage: 1 }
+//     );
+//     contributor.npmAvatar = profile.avatars.small;
 
-    if (contributor.email && contributor.npmAvatar) {
-      avatarCache.set(contributor.email, contributor.npmAvatar);
-    }
-  }
-  catch {
-    contributor.npmAvatar = undefined;
-  }
-}
+//     if (contributor.email && contributor.npmAvatar) {
+//       avatarCache.set(contributor.email, contributor.npmAvatar);
+//     }
+//   }
+//   catch {
+//     contributor.npmAvatar = undefined;
+//   }
+// }
 
-function trySetAvatarFromCache(
-  contributor: Contributor,
-  avatarCache: Map<string, string>
-): boolean {
-  if (!contributor.email) {
-    return false;
-  }
+// function trySetAvatarFromCache(
+//   contributor: Contributor,
+//   avatarCache: Map<string, string>
+// ): boolean {
+//   if (!contributor.email) {
+//     return false;
+//   }
 
-  const cachedAvatar = avatarCache.get(contributor.email);
-  if (cachedAvatar) {
-    contributor.npmAvatar = cachedAvatar;
+//   const cachedAvatar = avatarCache.get(contributor.email);
+//   if (cachedAvatar) {
+//     contributor.npmAvatar = cachedAvatar;
 
-    return true;
-  }
+//     return true;
+//   }
 
-  return false;
-}
+//   return false;
+// }
diff --git a/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts b/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts
index 61b33e4f..15dc842e 100644
--- a/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts
+++ b/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import {
   type Identifier
 } from "../src/index.ts";
 
+// VARS
+const skip = false;
+
 // CONSTANTS
 const __dirname = path.dirname(url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const kFixturePath = path.join(__dirname, "fixtures", "depWalker");
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ function cleanupPayload(payload: Payload) {
   }
 }
 
-test("execute depWalker on @slimio/is", async(test) => {
+test("execute depWalker on @slimio/is", { skip }, async(test) => {
   Vulnera.setStrategy(Vulnera.strategies.GITHUB_ADVISORY);
   const { logger, errorCount } = buildLogger();
   test.after(() => logger.removeAllListeners());
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ test("execute depWalker on @slimio/is", async(test) => {
   assert.strictEqual(errorCount(), 0);
 });
 
-test("execute depWalker on @slimio/config", async(test) => {
+test("execute depWalker on @slimio/config", { skip }, async(test) => {
   Vulnera.setStrategy(Vulnera.strategies.GITHUB_ADVISORY);
   const { logger, errorCount } = buildLogger();
   test.after(() => logger.removeAllListeners());
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ test("execute depWalker on @slimio/config", async(test) => {
     "@slimio/config"
   ].sort());
 
-  const ajvDescriptor = resultAsJSON.ajv.versions["6.12.6"];
+  const ajvDescriptor = resultAsJSON.ajv.versions["6.14.0"];
   const ajvUsedBy = Object.keys(ajvDescriptor.usedBy);
   assert.deepEqual(ajvUsedBy, [
     "@slimio/config"
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ test("execute depWalker on @slimio/config", async(test) => {
   assert.strictEqual(errorCount(), 0);
 });
 
-test("execute depWalker on pkg.gitdeps", async(test) => {
+test("execute depWalker on pkg.gitdeps", { skip }, async(test) => {
   Vulnera.setStrategy(Vulnera.strategies.GITHUB_ADVISORY);
   const { logger, errors, statsCount } = buildLogger();
   test.after(() => logger.removeAllListeners());
@@ -149,13 +152,11 @@ test("execute depWalker on pkg.gitdeps", async(test) => {
     "@nodesecure/npm-types",
     "@openally/httpie",
     "@openally/result",
-    "content-type",
     "lru-cache",
     "nanodelay",
     "nanoevents",
     "nanoid",
     "pkg.gitdeps",
-    "statuses",
     "undici",
     "zen-observable"
   ].sort());
@@ -178,13 +179,13 @@ test("execute depWalker on pkg.gitdeps", async(test) => {
   assert.strictEqual(typeof metadata.startedAt, "number");
   assert.strictEqual(typeof metadata.executionTime, "number");
   assert.strictEqual(Array.isArray(metadata.apiCalls), true);
-  assert.strictEqual(metadata.apiCallsCount, 50);
+  assert.strictEqual(metadata.apiCallsCount, 42);
   assert.strictEqual(metadata.errorCount, 2);
   assert.strictEqual(metadata.errors.length, 2);
-  assert.strictEqual(statsCount(), 48);
+  assert.strictEqual(statsCount(), 40);
 });
 
-test("execute depWalker on typo-squatting (with location)", async(test) => {
+test("execute depWalker on typo-squatting (with location)", { skip }, async(test) => {
   Vulnera.setStrategy(Vulnera.strategies.GITHUB_ADVISORY);
   const { logger, errors, statsCount } = buildLogger();
   test.after(() => logger.removeAllListeners());
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ test("execute depWalker on typo-squatting (with location)", async(test) => {
   assert.strictEqual(statsCount(), 0);
 });
 
-test("execute depWalker on typo-squatting (with no location)", async(test) => {
+test("execute depWalker on typo-squatting (with no location)", { skip }, async(test) => {
   Vulnera.setStrategy(Vulnera.strategies.GITHUB_ADVISORY);
   const { logger, errors } = buildLogger();
   test.after(() => logger.removeAllListeners());
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ test("execute depWalker on typo-squatting (with no location)", async(test) => {
   ]);
 });
 
-test("should highlight the given packages", async() => {
+test("should highlight the given packages", { skip }, async() => {
   const { logger } = buildLogger();
   test.after(() => logger.removeAllListeners());
 
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ test("should highlight the given packages", async() => {
   );
 });
 
-test("should support multiple formats for packages highlighted", async() => {
+test("should support multiple formats for packages highlighted", { skip }, async() => {
   const { logger } = buildLogger();
   test.after(() => logger.removeAllListeners());
 
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ test("should support multiple formats for packages highlighted", async() => {
   );
 });
 
-test("fetch payload of pacote on the npm registry", async() => {
+test("fetch payload of pacote on the npm registry", { skip }, async() => {
   const result = await from(
     "pacote",
     {
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ test("fetch payload of pacote on the npm registry", async() => {
   assert.strictEqual(typeof result.rootDependency.integrity, "string");
 });
 
-test("fetch payload of pacote on the gitlab registry", async() => {
+test("fetch payload of pacote on the gitlab registry", { skip }, async() => {
   const result = await from("pacote", {
     registry: "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/packages/npm/",
     maxDepth: 10,
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ test("fetch payload of pacote on the gitlab registry", async() => {
   assert.strictEqual(typeof result.rootDependency.integrity, "string");
 });
 
-test("highlight contacts from a remote package", async() => {
+test("highlight contacts from a remote package", { skip }, async() => {
   const spec = "@adonisjs/logger";
   const result = await from(spec, {
     highlight: {