diff --git a/cmd/scan.go b/cmd/scan.go
index 805e737..2d181bd 100644
--- a/cmd/scan.go
+++ b/cmd/scan.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ type fileScanner struct {
 	printer           *utils.Printer
 	showInVT          bool
 	waitForCompletion bool
+	password          string
 }
 
 func (s *fileScanner) Do(path interface{}, ds *utils.DoerState) string {
@@ -100,7 +101,13 @@ func (s *fileScanner) Do(path interface{}, ds *utils.DoerState) string {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	analysis, err := s.scanner.ScanFile(f, progressCh)
+	var analysis *vt.Object
+	if s.password != "" {
+		analysis, err = s.scanner.ScanFileWithParameters(
+			f, progressCh, map[string]string{"password": s.password})
+	} else {
+		analysis, err = s.scanner.ScanFile(f, progressCh)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err.Error()
 	}
@@ -173,6 +180,7 @@ func NewScanFileCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				scanner:           client.NewFileScanner(),
 				showInVT:          viper.GetBool("open"),
 				waitForCompletion: viper.GetBool("wait"),
+				password:          viper.GetString("password"),
 				printer:           p,
 				cli:               client}
 			c.DoWithStringsFromReader(s, argReader)
@@ -182,6 +190,7 @@ func NewScanFileCmd() *cobra.Command {
 
 	addThreadsFlag(cmd.Flags())
 	addOpenInVTFlag(cmd.Flags())
+	addPasswordFlag(cmd.Flags())
 	addWaitForCompletionFlag(cmd.Flags())
 	addIncludeExcludeFlags(cmd.Flags())
 	cmd.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentFile(1)
@@ -308,3 +317,9 @@ func addWaitForCompletionFlag(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		"wait", "w", false,
 		"Wait until the analysis is completed and show the analysis results")
 }
+
+func addPasswordFlag(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
+	flags.StringP(
+		"password", "p", "",
+		"Password of the protected file")
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e158a29..2c040ce 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/VirusTotal/vt-cli
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/VirusTotal/vt-go v0.0.0-20220413144842-e010bf48aaee
+	github.com/VirusTotal/vt-go v0.0.0-20230717142150-8431ff2cc00f
 	github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.7.0
 	github.com/cavaliercoder/grab v2.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7f33849..edf30d7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
 github.com/VirusTotal/vt-go v0.0.0-20220413144842-e010bf48aaee h1:JDhi0dS8y9QLMJZA7ezLyXHxYaMlyzX6MDkq0SSc304=
 github.com/VirusTotal/vt-go v0.0.0-20220413144842-e010bf48aaee/go.mod h1:u1+HeRyl/gQs67eDgVEWNE7+x+zCyXhdtNVrRJR5YPE=
+github.com/VirusTotal/vt-go v0.0.0-20230717142150-8431ff2cc00f h1:49xl3zKS625gxmIRCfmwkXcTzB4cr4FcayRw/RcxhZs=
+github.com/VirusTotal/vt-go v0.0.0-20230717142150-8431ff2cc00f/go.mod h1:u1+HeRyl/gQs67eDgVEWNE7+x+zCyXhdtNVrRJR5YPE=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e/go.mod h1:3U/XgcO3hCbHZ8TKRvWD2dDTCfh9M9ya+I9JpbB7O8o=