diff --git a/templates/sast.yml b/templates/sast.yml
index 75b2b04..cafc8f1 100644
--- a/templates/sast.yml
+++ b/templates/sast.yml
@@ -51,12 +51,23 @@ spec:
 gitlab-advanced-sast:
   extends: .sast-analyzer
   image:
-    name: "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gitlab-advanced-sast:hyan-multicore"
+    name: "$[[ inputs.image_prefix ]]/gitlab-advanced-sast:${SAST_ANALYZER_IMAGE_TAG}$[[ inputs.image_suffix ]]"
   variables:
     SAST_ANALYZER_IMAGE_TAG: 1
     SEARCH_MAX_DEPTH: 20
+    SCAN_METRICS_FILE: scan_metrics.csv
+  cache:
+    key: "$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG-scan-metrics"
+    paths:
+      - "$SCAN_METRICS_FILE"
   rules:
-    - exists:
+    - if: '"$[[ inputs.excluded_analyzers ]]" =~ /gitlab-advanced-sast/'
+      when: never
+    - if: '"$[[ inputs.run_advanced_sast ]]" != "true"'
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH &&
+          $GITLAB_FEATURES =~ /\bsast_advanced\b/
+      exists:
         - '**/*.py'
         - '**/*.go'
         - '**/*.java'