diff --git a/pkg/readers/github_org_reader.go b/pkg/readers/github_org_reader.go
index d58d6cc..dcd936e 100644
--- a/pkg/readers/github_org_reader.go
+++ b/pkg/readers/github_org_reader.go
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 type GithubOrgReaderConfig struct {
-	OrganizationURL string
-	IncludeArchived bool
-	MaxRepositories int
+	OrganizationURL        string
+	IncludeArchived        bool
+	MaxRepositories        int
+	SkipDependencyGraphAPI bool
 }
 
 type githubOrgReader struct {
@@ -129,7 +130,11 @@ func (p *githubOrgReader) handleRepositoryBatch(repositories []*github.Repositor
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	githubReader, err := NewGithubReader(p.client, repoUrls, "")
+	githubReader, err := NewGithubReader(p.client, GitHubReaderConfig{
+		Urls:                         repoUrls,
+		SkipGitHubDependencyGraphAPI: p.config.SkipDependencyGraphAPI,
+	})
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/readers/github_reader.go b/pkg/readers/github_reader.go
index e14013c..69e2d28 100644
--- a/pkg/readers/github_reader.go
+++ b/pkg/readers/github_reader.go
@@ -14,10 +14,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/safedep/vet/pkg/parser"
 )
 
+type GitHubReaderConfig struct {
+	Urls                         []string
+	LockfileAs                   string
+	SkipGitHubDependencyGraphAPI bool
+}
+
 type githubReader struct {
-	client      *github.Client
-	github_urls []string
-	lockfileAs  string
+	client *github.Client
+	config GitHubReaderConfig
 }
 
 // NewGithubReader creates a [PackageManifestReader] that can be used to read
@@ -25,13 +30,10 @@ type githubReader struct {
 // the parser auto-detects the format based on file name. This reader fails and
 // returns an error on first error encountered while parsing github_urls
 func NewGithubReader(client *github.Client,
-	github_urls []string,
-	lockfileAs string) (PackageManifestReader, error) {
-
+	config GitHubReaderConfig) (PackageManifestReader, error) {
 	return &githubReader{
-		client:      client,
-		github_urls: github_urls,
-		lockfileAs:  lockfileAs, // This is unused currently
+		client: client,
+		config: config,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ func (p *githubReader) EnumManifests(handler func(*models.PackageManifest,
 	// We will not fail fast! This is because when we are scanning multiple
 	// github urls, which we may while scanning an entire org, we want to make
 	// as much progress as possible while logging errors
-	for _, github_url := range p.github_urls {
+	for _, github_url := range p.config.Urls {
 		logger.Debugf("Processing Github URL: %s", github_url)
 
 		gitURL, err := giturl.NewGitURL(github_url)
@@ -153,6 +155,9 @@ func (p *githubReader) processTopLevelLockfiles(ctx context.Context, client *git
 func (p *githubReader) processRemoteDependencyGraph(ctx context.Context, client *github.Client,
 	gitUrl giturl.IGitURL, handler func(*models.PackageManifest,
 		PackageReader) error) error {
+	if p.config.SkipGitHubDependencyGraphAPI {
+		return errors.New("dependency graph API is disabled in the configuration")
+	}
 
 	logger.Infof("Fetching dependency graph from %s", gitUrl.GetURL().String())
 
diff --git a/scan.go b/scan.go
index 700f781..806ce6e 100644
--- a/scan.go
+++ b/scan.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var (
 	githubRepoUrls                 []string
 	githubOrgUrl                   string
 	githubOrgMaxRepositories       int
+	githubSkipDependencyGraphAPI   bool
 	scanExclude                    []string
 	transitiveAnalysis             bool
 	transitiveDepth                int
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ func newScanCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		"Github organization URL (Example: https://github.com/safedep)")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&githubOrgMaxRepositories, "github-org-max-repo", "", 1000,
 		"Maximum number of repositories to process for the Github Org")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&githubSkipDependencyGraphAPI, "skip-github-dependency-graph-api", "", false,
+		"Do not use GitHub Dependency Graph API to fetch dependencies")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&lockfileAs, "lockfile-as", "", "",
 		"Parser to use for the lockfile (vet scan parsers to list)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&manifestType, "type", "", "",
@@ -234,15 +237,20 @@ func internalStartScan() error {
 		githubClient := githubClientBuilder()
 
 		// nolint:ineffassign,staticcheck
-		reader, err = readers.NewGithubReader(githubClient, githubRepoUrls, lockfileAs)
+		reader, err = readers.NewGithubReader(githubClient, readers.GitHubReaderConfig{
+			Urls:                         githubRepoUrls,
+			LockfileAs:                   lockfileAs,
+			SkipGitHubDependencyGraphAPI: githubSkipDependencyGraphAPI,
+		})
 	} else if len(githubOrgUrl) > 0 {
 		githubClient := githubClientBuilder()
 
 		// nolint:ineffassign,staticcheck
 		reader, err = readers.NewGithubOrgReader(githubClient, &readers.GithubOrgReaderConfig{
-			OrganizationURL: githubOrgUrl,
-			IncludeArchived: false,
-			MaxRepositories: githubOrgMaxRepositories,
+			OrganizationURL:        githubOrgUrl,
+			IncludeArchived:        false,
+			MaxRepositories:        githubOrgMaxRepositories,
+			SkipDependencyGraphAPI: githubSkipDependencyGraphAPI,
 		})
 	} else if len(purlSpec) > 0 {
 		// nolint:ineffassign,staticcheck
diff --git a/test/e2e_github_reader_test.go b/test/e2e_github_reader_test.go
index c2af8ca..80806f9 100644
--- a/test/e2e_github_reader_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_github_reader_test.go
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ func TestGithubReaderWithVetPublicRepository(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Nil(t, err, "github client creation error")
 
-		githubReader, err := readers.NewGithubReader(githubClient, []string{
-			"https://github.com/safedep/vet",
-			"https://github.com/safedep/demo-client-java",
-		}, "")
+		githubReader, err := readers.NewGithubReader(githubClient, readers.GitHubReaderConfig{
+			Urls: []string{
+				"https://github.com/safedep/vet",
+				"https://github.com/safedep/demo-client-java",
+			}, LockfileAs: "", SkipGitHubDependencyGraphAPI: false})
 
 		assert.Nil(t, err, "github reader builder error")
 
diff --git a/test/scenarios/scenario-2-vet-scan-demo-client-java.sh b/test/scenarios/scenario-2-vet-scan-demo-client-java.sh
index d98dac8..68c2267 100644
--- a/test/scenarios/scenario-2-vet-scan-demo-client-java.sh
+++ b/test/scenarios/scenario-2-vet-scan-demo-client-java.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 set -ex
 
 echo $( \
-  $E2E_VET_BINARY scan -s --no-banner --github https://github.com/safedep/demo-client-java.git --report-summary=false --filter 'vulns.critical.exists(p, p.id == "GHSA-4wrc-f8pq-fpqp")' \
+  $E2E_VET_BINARY scan -s --no-banner --github https://github.com/safedep/demo-client-java.git --report-summary=false --filter 'vulns.critical.exists(p, p.id == "GHSA-4wrc-f8pq-fpqp")' --skip-github-dependency-graph-api \
 ) | grep "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework"