diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6791477458a8c..644f075632b0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Please avoid adding duplicate information across this changelog and JIRA/doc inp
 - ROX-11592: Support to Get / Update / Mutate / Remove of groups via the `props` field and without the `props.id` field
   being set in the `/v1/groups` endpoint have been removed.
 - The unused "ComplianceRunSchedule" resource has been removed.
+- ROX-13034: Central reaches out to scanner `scanner.<namespace>.svc` now to respect OpenShift's `NO_PROXY` configuration.
 
 ### Deprecated Features
 
diff --git a/central/imageintegration/store/defaults.go b/central/imageintegration/store/defaults.go
index 3fa4144bc9c7b..3b91dc29e1bb3 100644
--- a/central/imageintegration/store/defaults.go
+++ b/central/imageintegration/store/defaults.go
@@ -4,15 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/stackrox/rox/generated/storage"
-	"github.com/stackrox/rox/pkg/env"
 	"github.com/stackrox/rox/pkg/scanners"
 	"github.com/stackrox/rox/pkg/scanners/clairify"
 )
 
-var (
-	scannerEndpoint = fmt.Sprintf("scanner.%s.svc", env.Namespace.Setting())
-)
-
 // DefaultImageIntegrations are the default public registries
 var DefaultImageIntegrations = []*storage.ImageIntegration{
 	{
@@ -126,7 +121,7 @@ var (
 		},
 		IntegrationConfig: &storage.ImageIntegration_Clairify{
 			Clairify: &storage.ClairifyConfig{
-				Endpoint: fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:8080", scannerEndpoint),
+				Endpoint: fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:8080", clairify.GetScannerEndpoint()),
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/env/sensor.go b/pkg/env/sensor.go
index fc28ca31918d1..14941f799e6f8 100644
--- a/pkg/env/sensor.go
+++ b/pkg/env/sensor.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package env
 var (
 	// CentralEndpoint is used to provide Central's reachable endpoint to a sensor.
 	CentralEndpoint = RegisterSetting("ROX_CENTRAL_ENDPOINT", WithDefault("central.stackrox.svc:443"))
+
 	// AdvertisedEndpoint is used to provide the Sensor with the endpoint it
 	// should advertise to services that need to contact it, within its own cluster.
 	AdvertisedEndpoint = RegisterSetting("ROX_ADVERTISED_ENDPOINT", WithDefault("sensor.stackrox.svc:443"))
diff --git a/pkg/scanners/clairify/clairify.go b/pkg/scanners/clairify/clairify.go
index a4e9db49b67b8..c175aae9f41b2 100644
--- a/pkg/scanners/clairify/clairify.go
+++ b/pkg/scanners/clairify/clairify.go
@@ -44,12 +44,16 @@ const (
 var (
 	_ scannerTypes.Scanner                  = (*clairify)(nil)
 	_ scannerTypes.ImageVulnerabilityGetter = (*clairify)(nil)
-)
 
-var (
-	log = logging.LoggerForModule()
+	log             = logging.LoggerForModule()
+	scannerEndpoint = fmt.Sprintf("scanner.%s.svc", env.Namespace.Setting())
 )
 
+// GetScannerEndpoint returns the scanner endpoint with a configured namespace. env.ScannerGRPCEndpoint is only used by Sensor.
+func GetScannerEndpoint() string {
+	return scannerEndpoint
+}
+
 // Creator provides the type scanners.Creator to add to the scanners Registry.
 func Creator(set registries.Set) (string, func(integration *storage.ImageIntegration) (scannerTypes.Scanner, error)) {
 	return TypeString, func(integration *storage.ImageIntegration) (scannerTypes.Scanner, error) {
@@ -144,9 +148,11 @@ func createGRPCConnectionToScanner(conf *storage.ClairifyConfig) (*grpc.ClientCo
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Checking for an empty endpoint can't be removed because of backward-compatibility. Existing image
+	// integrations are configured in the database on Central's startup and are not updated dynamically.
 	endpoint := conf.GetGrpcEndpoint()
 	if endpoint == "" {
-		endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("scanner.%s:8443", env.Namespace.Setting())
+		endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("%s:8443", GetScannerEndpoint())
 	}
 
 	// Note: it is possible we call `grpc.Dial` multiple times per endpoint,