diff --git a/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/dockerhub_adapter.py b/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/dockerhub_adapter.py
index 7646ad1e4b..a46c7efd85 100644
--- a/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/dockerhub_adapter.py
+++ b/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/dockerhub_adapter.py
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ class DockerHubAdapter(RegistryAdapter):
             )
         self._hub_login()
         repositories = []
-        url = f"{_HUB_API}/v2/namespaces/{self.namespace}/repositories"
+        if self._hub_jwt:
+            url = f"{_HUB_API}/v2/namespaces/{self.namespace}/repositories"
+        else:
+            url = f"{_HUB_API}/v2/repositories/{self.namespace}/"
         params = {"page_size": 100}
         while url:
             resp = self._hub_request("GET", url, params=params)
diff --git a/tests/providers/image/lib/registry/test_dockerhub_adapter.py b/tests/providers/image/lib/registry/test_dockerhub_adapter.py
index d8a68300a4..00d2344b5c 100644
--- a/tests/providers/image/lib/registry/test_dockerhub_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/providers/image/lib/registry/test_dockerhub_adapter.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ class TestDockerHubAdapterInit:
         assert DockerHubAdapter._extract_namespace("https://docker.io/myorg") == "myorg"
 
     def test_extract_namespace_registry1(self):
-        assert DockerHubAdapter._extract_namespace("registry-1.docker.io/myorg") == "myorg"
+        assert (
+            DockerHubAdapter._extract_namespace("registry-1.docker.io/myorg") == "myorg"
+        )
 
     def test_extract_namespace_empty(self):
         assert DockerHubAdapter._extract_namespace("docker.io") == ""
@@ -51,6 +53,22 @@ class TestDockerHubListRepositories:
         with pytest.raises(ImageRegistryAuthError, match="namespace"):
             adapter.list_repositories()
 
+    @patch("prowler.providers.image.lib.registry.dockerhub_adapter.requests.request")
+    def test_list_repos_public_no_credentials(self, mock_request):
+        """When no credentials are provided, use the public /v2/repositories/{ns}/ endpoint."""
+        repos_resp = MagicMock(status_code=200)
+        repos_resp.json.return_value = {
+            "results": [{"name": "repo1"}, {"name": "repo2"}],
+            "next": None,
+        }
+        mock_request.return_value = repos_resp
+        adapter = DockerHubAdapter("docker.io/publicns")
+        repos = adapter.list_repositories()
+        assert repos == ["publicns/repo1", "publicns/repo2"]
+        called_url = mock_request.call_args[0][1]
+        assert "/v2/repositories/publicns/" in called_url
+        assert "/v2/namespaces/" not in called_url
+
 
 class TestDockerHubListTags:
     @patch("prowler.providers.image.lib.registry.dockerhub_adapter.requests.request")
@@ -104,7 +122,9 @@ class TestDockerHubRetry:
         resp_200 = MagicMock(status_code=200)
         mock_request.side_effect = [resp_429, resp_200]
         adapter = DockerHubAdapter("docker.io/myorg")
-        result = adapter._request_with_retry("GET", "https://hub.docker.com/v2/namespaces/myorg/repositories")
+        result = adapter._request_with_retry(
+            "GET", "https://hub.docker.com/v2/namespaces/myorg/repositories"
+        )
         assert result.status_code == 200
 
     @patch("prowler.providers.image.lib.registry.dockerhub_adapter.time.sleep")