diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/sbom-cve-check.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/sbom-cve-check.bbclass
index a24d34b896..c861a7965f 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/sbom-cve-check.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/sbom-cve-check.bbclass
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ SBOM_CVE_CHECK_EXPORT_SUMMARY[doc] = "Export configuration to generate a human-r
 SBOM_CVE_CHECK_EXPORT_SUMMARY[type] ?= "summary"
 SBOM_CVE_CHECK_EXPORT_SUMMARY[ext] ?= ".cve.txt"
 
+SBOM_CVE_CHECK_UPDATE_DB_DEPENDENCIES ?= " \
+    sbom-cve-check-update-cvelist-native:do_patch \
+    sbom-cve-check-update-nvd-native:do_patch \
+"
 
 def run_sbom_cve_check(d, sbom_path, export_base_name, export_link_name=None):
     import os
@@ -111,8 +115,7 @@ do_sbom_cve_check[sstate-inputdirs] = "${SBOM_CVE_CHECK_DEPLOYDIR}"
 do_sbom_cve_check[sstate-outputdirs] = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}"
 do_sbom_cve_check[depends] += " \
     python3-sbom-cve-check-native:do_populate_sysroot \
-    sbom-cve-check-update-cvelist-native:do_patch \
-    sbom-cve-check-update-nvd-native:do_patch \
+    ${SBOM_CVE_CHECK_UPDATE_DB_DEPENDENCIES} \
 "
 
 python do_sbom_cve_check_setscene() {