diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yaml
index f798ecffe8b3..8c8ad5f84e53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
             distroless
             windows
             minimos
+            rootio
 
             # Languages
             ruby
diff --git a/pkg/detector/ospkg/rootio/provider.go b/pkg/detector/ospkg/rootio/provider.go
index 3c85bb5fa082..cda02142aca2 100644
--- a/pkg/detector/ospkg/rootio/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/detector/ospkg/rootio/provider.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/detector/ospkg/driver"
 	ftypes "github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/fanal/types"
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/scan/utils"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func isRootIOEnvironment(osFamily ftypes.OSType, pkgs []ftypes.Package) bool {
 // hasPackageWithPattern checks if any package version matches the specified pattern
 func hasPackageWithPattern(pkgs []ftypes.Package, pattern *regexp.Regexp) bool {
 	for _, pkg := range pkgs {
-		if pattern.MatchString(pkg.Version) {
+		if pattern.MatchString(utils.FormatVersion(pkg)) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/detector/ospkg/rootio/provider_test.go b/pkg/detector/ospkg/rootio/provider_test.go
index 6ba4b9515a59..7aa47b32cbbb 100644
--- a/pkg/detector/ospkg/rootio/provider_test.go
+++ b/pkg/detector/ospkg/rootio/provider_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func TestProvider(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "Debian with .root.io package",
 			osFamily: ftypes.Debian,
 			pkgs: []ftypes.Package{
-				{Name: "libc6", Version: "2.31-13+deb11u4.root.io"},
+				{Name: "libc6", Version: "2.31", Release: "13+deb11u4.root.io"},
 				{Name: "bash", Version: "5.1-2+deb11u1"},
 			},
 			want: true,