diff --git a/pkg/iac/rego/metadata.go b/pkg/iac/rego/metadata.go
index dd2c1f104fc..907b8450bdc 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/rego/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/rego/metadata.go
@@ -90,15 +90,7 @@ func (sm *StaticMetadata) Update(meta map[string]any) error {
 	if raw, ok := meta["url"]; ok {
 		sm.References = append(sm.References, fmt.Sprintf("%s", raw))
 	}
-	if raw, ok := meta["frameworks"]; ok {
-		frameworks, ok := raw.(map[string][]string)
-		if !ok {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse framework metadata: not an object")
-		}
-		for fw, sections := range frameworks {
-			sm.Frameworks[framework.Framework(fw)] = sections
-		}
-	}
+
 	if raw, ok := meta["related_resources"]; ok {
 		switch relatedResources := raw.(type) {
 		case []map[string]any:
@@ -112,6 +104,9 @@ func (sm *StaticMetadata) Update(meta map[string]any) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := sm.updateFrameworks(meta); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update frameworks: %w", err)
+	}
 	sm.updateAliases(meta)
 
 	var err error
@@ -126,6 +121,28 @@ func (sm *StaticMetadata) Update(meta map[string]any) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (sm *StaticMetadata) updateFrameworks(meta map[string]any) error {
+	if raw, ok := meta["frameworks"]; ok {
+		frameworks, ok := raw.(map[string]any)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("frameworks metadata is not an object, got %T", raw)
+		}
+		for fw, rawIDs := range frameworks {
+			ids, ok := rawIDs.([]any)
+			if !ok {
+				return fmt.Errorf("framework ids is not an array, got %T", rawIDs)
+			}
+			fr := framework.Framework(fw)
+			for _, id := range ids {
+				if str, ok := id.(string); ok {
+					sm.Frameworks[fr] = append(sm.Frameworks[fr], str)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (sm *StaticMetadata) updateAliases(meta map[string]any) {
 	if raw, ok := meta["aliases"]; ok {
 		if aliases, ok := raw.([]any); ok {
@@ -172,8 +189,15 @@ func NewEngineMetadata(schema string, meta map[string]any) (*scan.EngineMetadata
 	if val, ok := sMap["bad_examples"].(string); ok {
 		em.BadExamples = []string{val}
 	}
-	if val, ok := sMap["links"].(string); ok {
-		em.Links = []string{val}
+	switch links := sMap["links"].(type) {
+	case string:
+		em.Links = []string{links}
+	case []any:
+		for _, v := range links {
+			if str, ok := v.(string); ok {
+				em.Links = append(em.Links, str)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	if val, ok := sMap["remediation_markdown"].(string); ok {
 		em.RemediationMarkdown = val
diff --git a/pkg/iac/rego/metadata_test.go b/pkg/iac/rego/metadata_test.go
index 4ef5a717306..6b4bb9773a9 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/rego/metadata_test.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/rego/metadata_test.go
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ func Test_UpdateStaticMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"severity":            "s_n",
 				"library":             true,
 				"url":                 "r_n",
-				"frameworks": map[string][]string{
-					"all": {"aa"},
+				"frameworks": map[string]any{
+					"all": []any{"aa"},
 				},
 			},
 		))
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func Test_UpdateStaticMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func Test_getEngineMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_NewEngineMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	inputSchema := map[string]any{
 		"terraform": map[string]any{
 			"good_examples": `resource "aws_cloudtrail" "good_example" {
@@ -153,8 +153,11 @@ func Test_getEngineMetadata(t *testing.T) {
      }
    }
  }`,
+
+			"links": "https://avd.aquasec.com/avd/183",
 		},
-		"cloud_formation": map[string]any{"good_examples": `---
+		"cloud_formation": map[string]any{
+			"good_examples": `---
 Resources:
   GoodExample:
     Type: AWS::CloudTrail::Trail
@@ -164,15 +167,19 @@ Resources:
       S3BucketName: "CloudtrailBucket"
       S3KeyPrefix: "/trailing"
       TrailName: "Cloudtrail"`,
-		}}
+			"links": []any{"https://avd.aquasec.com/avd/183"},
+		},
+	}
 
 	var testCases = []struct {
 		schema string
-		want   string
+		want   *scan.EngineMetadata
 	}{
 		{
 			schema: "terraform",
-			want: `resource "aws_cloudtrail" "good_example" {
+			want: &scan.EngineMetadata{
+				GoodExamples: []string{
+					`resource "aws_cloudtrail" "good_example" {
    is_multi_region_trail = true
  
    event_selector {
@@ -185,9 +192,15 @@ Resources:
      }
    }
  }`,
+				},
+				Links: []string{"https://avd.aquasec.com/avd/183"},
+			},
 		},
-		{schema: "cloud_formation",
-			want: `---
+		{
+			schema: "cloud_formation",
+			want: &scan.EngineMetadata{
+				GoodExamples: []string{
+					`---
 Resources:
   GoodExample:
     Type: AWS::CloudTrail::Trail
@@ -196,14 +209,18 @@ Resources:
       IsMultiRegionTrail: true     
       S3BucketName: "CloudtrailBucket"
       S3KeyPrefix: "/trailing"
-      TrailName: "Cloudtrail"`},
+      TrailName: "Cloudtrail"`,
+				},
+				Links: []string{"https://avd.aquasec.com/avd/183"},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.schema, func(t *testing.T) {
 			em, err := NewEngineMetadata(tc.schema, inputSchema)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, em.GoodExamples[0])
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, em)
 		})
 	}
 }