diff --git a/tools/interop_matrix/create_matrix_images.py b/tools/interop_matrix/create_matrix_images.py
index 6d86540567f..dcf96c6cccc 100755
--- a/tools/interop_matrix/create_matrix_images.py
+++ b/tools/interop_matrix/create_matrix_images.py
@@ -409,7 +409,12 @@ for lang in languages:
             jobset.message("START", "Uploading %s" % image, do_newline=True)
             # docker image name must be in the format <gcr_path>/<image>:<gcr_tag>
             assert image.startswith(args.gcr_path) and image.find(":") != -1
+            # Add a tag to exclude the image from the GCP Vulnerability Scanner.
+            (image_name, tag_name) = image.rsplit(":", 1)
+            alternate_image_name = f"{image_name}:infrastructure-public-image-{tag_name}"
+            subprocess.call(["docker", "image" "tag", image, alternate_image_name])
             subprocess.call(["gcloud", "docker", "--", "push", image])
+            subprocess.call(["gcloud", "docker", "--", "push", alternate_image_name])
         else:
             # Uploading (and overwriting images) by default can easily break things.
             print(