diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f8ac019fa3..33897a95f7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.24.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.1-0.20171022003610-9aa49832a739+incompatible
-	github.com/andygrunwald/go-jira v1.16.0
+	github.com/andygrunwald/go-jira v1.16.1
 	github.com/antchfx/htmlquery v1.3.4
 	github.com/bluele/gcache v0.0.2
 	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.26.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ae2cdea3db..0312072803 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.2-0.20250424173009-453214e765f3 h1:8PmGpDEZl9
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.2-0.20250424173009-453214e765f3/go.mod h1:05ib4cKhjx3OQYUY22hTVd34Bc8upXjOLL2rKwwZBoA=
 github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.3 h1:AG2YHrzJIm4BZ19iwJ/DAua6Btl3IwJX+VI4kktS1LM=
 github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.3/go.mod h1:xNd9bqTn98Ln4DwST8/nG+H0yuB8Hmgu1YHNnWw0GeA=
-github.com/andygrunwald/go-jira v1.16.0 h1:PU7C7Fkk5L96JvPc6vDVIrd99vdPnYudHu4ju2c2ikQ=
-github.com/andygrunwald/go-jira v1.16.0/go.mod h1:UQH4IBVxIYWbgagc0LF/k9FRs9xjIiQ8hIcC6HfLwFU=
+github.com/andygrunwald/go-jira v1.16.1 h1:WoQEar5XoDRAibOgKzTFELlPNlKAtnfWr296R9zdFLA=
+github.com/andygrunwald/go-jira v1.16.1/go.mod h1:UQH4IBVxIYWbgagc0LF/k9FRs9xjIiQ8hIcC6HfLwFU=
 github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be h1:9AeTilPcZAjCFIImctFaOjnTIavg87rW78vTPkQqLI8=
 github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be/go.mod h1:ySMOLuWl6zY27l47sB3qLNK6tF2fkHG55UZxx8oIVo4=
 github.com/antchfx/htmlquery v1.3.4 h1:Isd0srPkni2iNTWCwVj/72t7uCphFeor5Q8nCzj1jdQ=
diff --git a/pkg/reporting/trackers/jira/jira.go b/pkg/reporting/trackers/jira/jira.go
index bfb518daa7..438261acaa 100644
--- a/pkg/reporting/trackers/jira/jira.go
+++ b/pkg/reporting/trackers/jira/jira.go
@@ -330,11 +330,12 @@ func (i *Integration) FindExistingIssue(event *output.ResultEvent, useStatus boo
 		jql = fmt.Sprintf("%s AND status != \"%s\"", jql, i.options.StatusNot)
 	}
 
-	searchOptions := &jira.SearchOptions{
+	searchOptions := &jira.SearchOptionsV2{
 		MaxResults: 1, // if any issue exists, then we won't create a new one
+		Fields:     []string{"summary", "description", "issuetype", "status", "priority", "project"},
 	}
 
-	chunk, resp, err := i.jira.Issue.Search(jql, searchOptions)
+	issues, resp, err := i.jira.Issue.SearchV2JQL(jql, searchOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		var data string
 		if resp != nil && resp.Body != nil {
@@ -348,10 +349,10 @@ func (i *Integration) FindExistingIssue(event *output.ResultEvent, useStatus boo
 	case 0:
 		return jira.Issue{}, nil
 	case 1:
-		return chunk[0], nil
+		return issues[0], nil
 	default:
-		gologger.Warning().Msgf("Discovered multiple opened issues %s for the host %s: The issue [%s] will be updated.", template, event.Host, chunk[0].ID)
-		return chunk[0], nil
+		gologger.Warning().Msgf("Discovered multiple opened issues %s for the host %s: The issue [%s] will be updated.", template, event.Host, issues[0].ID)
+		return issues[0], nil
 	}
 }