diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2326ed67..56d0015c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     "@nodesecure/ossf-scorecard-sdk": "^3.2.1",
     "@nodesecure/rc": "^5.0.0",
     "@nodesecure/report": "4.0.0",
-    "@nodesecure/scanner": "^7.1.0",
+    "@nodesecure/scanner": "8.1.0",
     "@nodesecure/server": "1.0.0",
     "@nodesecure/utils": "^2.2.0",
     "@nodesecure/vulnera": "^2.0.1",
diff --git a/public/components/views/home/home.js b/public/components/views/home/home.js
index 5b678b99..4a9af0d9 100644
--- a/public/components/views/home/home.js
+++ b/public/components/views/home/home.js
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ export class HomeView {
   handleReport() {
     document.querySelector(".home--header--report").addEventListener("click", async() => {
       const popupReport = document.createElement("popup-report");
-      popupReport.rootDependencyName = this.secureDataSet.data.rootDependencyName;
+      popupReport.dependencyName = this.secureDataSet.data.rootDependency.name;
       popupReport.theme = this.secureDataSet.theme;
       window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(EVENTS.MODAL_OPENED, {
         detail: {
diff --git a/public/components/views/home/report/report.js b/public/components/views/home/report/report.js
index 6f88a3a7..b56506e1 100644
--- a/public/components/views/home/report/report.js
+++ b/public/components/views/home/report/report.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class PopupReport extends LitElement {
 
   static properties = {
     theme: { type: String },
-    rootDependencyName: { type: String },
+    dependencyName: { type: String },
     isLoading: { type: Boolean }
   };
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class PopupReport extends LitElement {
 
   render() {
     const { popup: { report } } = window.i18n[currentLang()];
-    const defaultTitle = `${this.rootDependencyName}'s report`;
+    const defaultTitle = `${this.dependencyName}'s report`;
 
     return html`
   <div class="${this.theme} report--popup">
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class PopupReport extends LitElement {
     }
     this.isLoading = true;
     const formData = new FormData(e.target);
-    const title = formData.get("title") || `${this.rootDependencyName} 's report`;
+    const title = formData.get("title") || `${this.dependencyName} 's report`;
     const theme = formData.get("theme");
     const includesAllDeps = formData.get("includesAllDeps") === "includesAllDeps";
 
diff --git a/public/main.js b/public/main.js
index cbd8c9ea..6ad77cc1 100644
--- a/public/main.js
+++ b/public/main.js
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ async function onSocketPayload(event) {
   const data = event.detail;
   const { payload } = data;
 
-  // TODO: implement rootDependency as a whole spec in scanner
-  const rootDepVersion = Object.keys(payload.dependencies[payload.rootDependencyName].versions)[0];
-  window.activePackage = payload.rootDependencyName + "@" + rootDepVersion;
+  const { name, version } = payload.rootDependency;
+  window.activePackage = name + "@" + version;
 
   await init({ navigateToNetworkView: true });
   initSearchNav(payload, {
diff --git a/src/commands/summary.js b/src/commands/summary.js
index dc800cd5..a0c9dc75 100644
--- a/src/commands/summary.js
+++ b/src/commands/summary.js
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ export async function main(json = "nsecure-result.json") {
   await i18n.getLocalLang();
   const dataFilePath = path.join(process.cwd(), json);
   const rawAnalysis = await fs.readFile(dataFilePath, { encoding: "utf-8" });
-  const { rootDependencyName, dependencies } = JSON.parse(rawAnalysis);
+  const { rootDependency, dependencies } = JSON.parse(rawAnalysis);
 
   const ui = cliui({ width: 80 });
-  const title = `${white().bold(`${i18n.getTokenSync("ui.stats.title")}:`)} ${cyan().bold(rootDependencyName)}`;
+  const title = `${white().bold(`${i18n.getTokenSync("ui.stats.title")}:`)} ${cyan().bold(rootDependency.name)}`;
   ui.div(
     { text: title, width: 50 }
   );
diff --git a/test/commands/cache.test.js b/test/commands/cache.test.js
index 15c8d564..60f47b13 100644
--- a/test/commands/cache.test.js
+++ b/test/commands/cache.test.js
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ describe("Cache command", { concurrency: 1 }, () => {
   before(async() => {
     if (fs.existsSync(DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_PATH) === false) {
       dummyPayload = {
-        rootDependencyName: "test_runner",
+        rootDependency: {
+          name: "test_runner",
+          version: "1.0.0",
+          integrity: null
+        },
         dependencies: {
           test_runner: {
             versions: {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/result-test1.json b/test/fixtures/result-test1.json
index 41497758..465573b8 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/result-test1.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/result-test1.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "id": "mMKxqU",
-  "rootDependencyName": "express",
+  "rootDependency": {
+    "name": "express",
+    "version": "3.0.0",
+    "integrity": null
+  },
   "scannerVersion": "6.1.0",
   "vulnerabilityStrategy": "none",
   "warnings": [],
diff --git a/test/fixtures/result-test2.json b/test/fixtures/result-test2.json
index 3cbf2325..5ca4e08e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/result-test2.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/result-test2.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "id": "RGGiTs",
-  "rootDependencyName": "express",
+  "rootDependency": {
+    "name": "express",
+    "version": "3.0.0",
+    "integrity": null
+  },
   "version": "3.0.0",
   "vulnerabilityStrategy": "none",
   "warnings": []
diff --git a/workspaces/cache/package.json b/workspaces/cache/package.json
index 296a08ef..6aea1772 100644
--- a/workspaces/cache/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/cache/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@nodesecure/flags": "3.0.3",
     "@nodesecure/js-x-ray": "10.2.0",
-    "@nodesecure/scanner": "7.2.0",
+    "@nodesecure/scanner": "8.1.0",
     "cacache": "20.0.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/workspaces/cache/src/index.ts b/workspaces/cache/src/index.ts
index df20e708..eb47465c 100644
--- a/workspaces/cache/src/index.ts
+++ b/workspaces/cache/src/index.ts
@@ -152,24 +152,25 @@ export class AppCache {
     }
 
     const payload = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_PATH, "utf-8"));
-    const version = Object.keys(payload.dependencies[payload.rootDependencyName].versions)[0];
-    const formatted = `${payload.rootDependencyName}@${version}`;
+    const { name, version } = payload.rootDependency;
+
+    const spec = `${name}@${version}`;
     const payloadsList = {
-      mru: [formatted],
+      mru: [spec],
       lru: [],
-      current: formatted,
+      current: spec,
       availables: [],
       lastUsed: {
-        [formatted]: Date.now()
+        [spec]: Date.now()
       },
-      root: formatted
+      root: spec
     };
 
     if (logging) {
-      this.#logger.info(`[cache|init](dep: ${formatted}|version: ${version}|rootDependencyName: ${payload.rootDependencyName})`);
+      this.#logger.info(`[cache|init](dep: ${spec})`);
     }
     await cacache.put(CACHE_PATH, `${this.prefix}${kPayloadsCache}`, JSON.stringify(payloadsList));
-    this.updatePayload(formatted, payload);
+    this.updatePayload(spec, payload);
   }
 
   async initPayloadsList(options: InitPayloadListOptions = {}) {
@@ -240,8 +241,9 @@ export class AppCache {
   async setRootPayload(payload: Payload, options: SetRootPayloadOptions = {}) {
     const { logging = true, local = false } = options;
 
-    const version = Object.keys(payload.dependencies[payload.rootDependencyName].versions)[0];
-    const pkg = `${payload.rootDependencyName}@${version}${local ? "#local" : ""}`;
+    const { name, version } = payload.rootDependency;
+
+    const pkg = `${name}@${version}${local ? "#local" : ""}`;
     this.updatePayload(pkg, payload);
 
     await this.initPayloadsList({ logging });
diff --git a/workspaces/cache/test/index.test.ts b/workspaces/cache/test/index.test.ts
index 0b629080..7e72a95f 100644
--- a/workspaces/cache/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/workspaces/cache/test/index.test.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ describe("appCache", () => {
     appCache.startFromZero = false;
     t.mock.method(fs, "readdirSync", () => []);
     t.mock.method(fs, "readFileSync", () => JSON.stringify({
-      rootDependencyName: "test_runner",
+      rootDependency: {
+        name: "test_runner",
+        version: "1.0.0"
+      },
       dependencies: {
         test_runner: {
           versions: {
@@ -277,7 +280,11 @@ describe("appCache", () => {
       root: null
     });
     const payload: any = {
-      rootDependencyName: "test_runner-local",
+      rootDependency: {
+        name: "test_runner-local",
+        version: "1.0.0",
+        integrity: null
+      },
       dependencies: {
         "test_runner-local": {
           versions: {
@@ -314,7 +321,11 @@ describe("appCache", () => {
       root: null
     });
     const payload: any = {
-      rootDependencyName: "test_runner-local",
+      rootDependency: {
+        name: "test_runner-local",
+        version: "1.0.0",
+        integrity: null
+      },
       dependencies: {
         "test_runner-local": {
           versions: {
diff --git a/workspaces/server/src/endpoints/data.ts b/workspaces/server/src/endpoints/data.ts
index d04b38cc..e4d63e21 100644
--- a/workspaces/server/src/endpoints/data.ts
+++ b/workspaces/server/src/endpoints/data.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ export async function get(_req: Request, res: Response) {
 
     const payloadPath = dataFilePath || kDefaultPayloadPath;
     const payload = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(payloadPath, "utf-8"));
-    const version = Object.keys(payload.dependencies[payload.rootDependencyName].versions)[0];
-    const formatted = `${payload.rootDependencyName}@${version}${payload.local ? "#local" : ""}`;
+
+    const { name, version } = payload.rootDependency;
+    const formatted = `${name}@${version}${payload.local ? "#local" : ""}`;
     const payloadsList = {
       mru: [formatted],
       current: formatted,
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export async function get(_req: Request, res: Response) {
       },
       root: formatted
     };
-    logger.info(`[data|get](dep: ${formatted}|version: ${version}|rootDependencyName: ${payload.rootDependencyName})`);
+    logger.info(`[data|get](dep: ${formatted})`);
 
     await cache.updatePayloadsList(payloadsList);
     cache.updatePayload(formatted, payload);
diff --git a/workspaces/server/src/endpoints/report.ts b/workspaces/server/src/endpoints/report.ts
index 96942a1e..9eb58aee 100644
--- a/workspaces/server/src/endpoints/report.ts
+++ b/workspaces/server/src/endpoints/report.ts
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ export async function post(req: Request, res: Response) {
     JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(dataFilePath, "utf-8")) :
     cache.getPayload((await cache.payloadsList()).current);
 
-  const rootDependencyName = scannerPayload.rootDependencyName;
-  const [organizationPrefixOrRepo, repo] = rootDependencyName.split("/");
+  const name = scannerPayload.rootDependency.name;
+  const [organizationPrefixOrRepo, repo] = name.split("/");
   const reportPayload = structuredClone({
     ...kReportPayload,
     title,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export async function post(req: Request, res: Response) {
     const dependencies = includesAllDeps ?
       scannerPayload.dependencies :
       {
-        [rootDependencyName]: scannerPayload.dependencies[rootDependencyName]
+        [name]: scannerPayload.dependencies[name]
       };
 
     const data = await report(
diff --git a/workspaces/server/src/websocket/commands/search.ts b/workspaces/server/src/websocket/commands/search.ts
index b30f4364..5fba6923 100644
--- a/workspaces/server/src/websocket/commands/search.ts
+++ b/workspaces/server/src/websocket/commands/search.ts
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ async function* saveInCache(
 ): AsyncGenerator<WebSocketResponse, void, unknown> {
   const { logger, cache } = context.getStore()!;
 
-  const name = payload.rootDependencyName;
-  const version = Object.keys(payload.dependencies[name].versions)[0];
+  const { name, version } = payload.rootDependency;
   const spec = `${name}@${version}`;
 
   const { mru, lru, availables, lastUsed, ...appCache } = await cache.removeLastMRU();
diff --git a/workspaces/server/test/fixtures/httpServer.json b/workspaces/server/test/fixtures/httpServer.json
index d53babea..e4a28970 100644
--- a/workspaces/server/test/fixtures/httpServer.json
+++ b/workspaces/server/test/fixtures/httpServer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "foo": "bar",
-  "rootDependencyName": "conf",
+  "rootDependency": {
+    "name": "conf",
+    "version": "1.1.1",
+    "integrity": null
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "conf": {
       "versions": {
diff --git a/workspaces/vis-network/package.json b/workspaces/vis-network/package.json
index 82505f91..491d1c25 100644
--- a/workspaces/vis-network/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/vis-network/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@nodesecure/flags": "^3.0.3",
-    "@nodesecure/scanner": "^7.1.0"
+    "@nodesecure/scanner": "8.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/workspaces/vis-network/src/dataset.js b/workspaces/vis-network/src/dataset.js
index 1d9dc8a1..4987684e 100644
--- a/workspaces/vis-network/src/dataset.js
+++ b/workspaces/vis-network/src/dataset.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export default class NodeSecureDataSet extends EventTarget {
     this.rawEdgesData = [];
     this.rawNodesData = [];
 
-    const rootDependency = dataEntries.find(([name]) => name === data.rootDependencyName);
+    const rootDependency = dataEntries.find(([name]) => name === data.rootDependency.name);
     const rootContributors = [
       rootDependency[1].metadata.author,
       ...rootDependency[1].metadata.maintainers,
diff --git a/workspaces/vis-network/test/dataset-payload.json b/workspaces/vis-network/test/dataset-payload.json
index 52cfa29e..5ac9c4c2 100644
--- a/workspaces/vis-network/test/dataset-payload.json
+++ b/workspaces/vis-network/test/dataset-payload.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "id": "abcde",
-  "rootDependencyName": "pkg1",
+  "rootDependency": {
+    "name": "pkg1",
+    "version": "3.0.0",
+    "integrity": null
+  },
   "highlighted": {
     "contacts": [
       {