diff --git a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/release.go b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/release.go
index f26fcd48ca..2f237f3303 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/release.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/release.go
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ var requiredFiles = []string{
 type osReleaseAnalyzer struct{}
 
 func (a osReleaseAnalyzer) Analyze(_ context.Context, input analyzer.AnalysisInput) (*analyzer.AnalysisResult, error) {
-	var family types.OSType
-	var versionID string
+	var id, osName, versionID string
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(input.Content)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		line := scanner.Text()
@@ -40,26 +39,31 @@ func (a osReleaseAnalyzer) Analyze(_ context.Context, input analyzer.AnalysisInp
 		key, value := strings.TrimSpace(ss[0]), strings.TrimSpace(ss[1])
 
 		switch key {
+		case "NAME":
+			osName = strings.Trim(value, `"'`)
 		case "ID":
-			id := strings.Trim(value, `"'`)
-			family = idToOSFamily(id)
+			id = strings.Trim(value, `"'`)
 		case "VERSION_ID":
 			versionID = strings.Trim(value, `"'`)
 		default:
 			continue
 		}
-
-		if family != "" && versionID != "" {
-			return &analyzer.AnalysisResult{
-				OS: types.OS{
-					Family: family,
-					Name:   versionID,
-				},
-			}, nil
-		}
 	}
 
-	return nil, nil
+	// Determine OS family: ID is the primary source
+	family := idToOSFamily(id)
+	if family == "" || versionID == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	// Refine OS family based on NAME field
+	family = refineOSFamily(family, osName)
+	return &analyzer.AnalysisResult{
+		OS: types.OS{
+			Family: family,
+			Name:   versionID,
+		},
+	}, nil
+
 }
 
 //nolint:gocyclo
@@ -113,6 +117,20 @@ func idToOSFamily(id string) types.OSType {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// refineOSFamily refines the OS family based on the NAME field.
+// This handles exceptional cases where the ID field doesn't provide enough specificity,
+// and we need to refine the detection using the NAME field.
+func refineOSFamily(family types.OSType, name string) types.OSType {
+	// CentOS: Distinguish between regular CentOS and CentOS Stream
+	// ID is "centos" for both, but NAME differs
+	if family == types.CentOS && name == "CentOS Stream" {
+		return types.CentOSStream
+	}
+
+	// Return family unchanged for normal cases
+	return family
+}
+
 func (a osReleaseAnalyzer) Required(filePath string, _ os.FileInfo) bool {
 	return slices.Contains(requiredFiles, filePath)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/release_test.go b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/release_test.go
index 006ffe4b87..c893d07e0f 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/release_test.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/release_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ func Test_osReleaseAnalyzer_Analyze(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:      "CentOS Stream",
+			inputFile: "testdata/centos-stream",
+			want: &analyzer.AnalysisResult{
+				OS: types.OS{
+					Family: types.CentOSStream,
+					Name:   "8",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:      "Rocky Linux",
 			inputFile: "testdata/rocky",
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/testdata/centos-stream b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/testdata/centos-stream
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..131b4b5eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/os/release/testdata/centos-stream
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+NAME="CentOS Stream"
+VERSION="8"
+ID="centos"
+ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
+VERSION_ID="8"
+PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
+PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Stream 8"
+ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
+CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:centos:centos:8"
+HOME_URL="https://centos.org/"
+BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
+REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"
+REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="CentOS Stream"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/types/const.go b/pkg/fanal/types/const.go
index 1a673a639f..b52228508a 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/types/const.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/types/const.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const (
 	Bottlerocket       OSType = "bottlerocket"
 	CBLMariner         OSType = "cbl-mariner"
 	CentOS             OSType = "centos"
+	CentOSStream       OSType = "centos-stream"
 	Chainguard         OSType = "chainguard"
 	CoreOS             OSType = "coreos"
 	Debian             OSType = "debian"
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ var (
 		Azure,
 		CBLMariner,
 		CentOS,
+		CentOSStream,
 		Chainguard,
 		CoreOS,
 		Debian,