diff --git a/aws_quickstart/CHANGELOG.md b/aws_quickstart/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f334faa..96cdb959 100644
--- a/aws_quickstart/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/aws_quickstart/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 4.1.6 (October 31, 2025)
+
+[Agentless] Send scanner instance policy ARN to backend to reduce first scan latency
+
 # 4.1.5 (October 27, 2025)
 
 Add permissions to support AWS Batch integration:
diff --git a/aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_api_call.py b/aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_api_call.py
index 40356628..5e2ef9e9 100644
--- a/aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_api_call.py
+++ b/aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_api_call.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def call_datadog_agentless_api(event, method):
     delegate_role_arn = event["ResourceProperties"].get("DelegateRoleArn")
     instance_role_arn = event["ResourceProperties"].get("InstanceRoleArn")
     instance_profile_arn = event["ResourceProperties"].get("InstanceProfileArn")
+    scanner_policy_arn = event["ResourceProperties"].get("ScannerPolicyArn")
     orchestrator_policy_arn = event["ResourceProperties"].get("OrchestratorPolicyArn")
     worker_policy_arn = event["ResourceProperties"].get("WorkerPolicyArn")
     worker_dspm_policy_arn = event["ResourceProperties"].get("WorkerDSPMPolicyArn")
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ def call_datadog_agentless_api(event, method):
                     "delegate_role_arn": delegate_role_arn,
                     "instance_role_arn": instance_role_arn,
                     "instance_profile_arn": instance_profile_arn,
+                    "scanner_policy_arn": scanner_policy_arn,
                     "orchestrator_policy_arn": orchestrator_policy_arn,
                     "worker_policy_arn": worker_policy_arn,
                     "worker_dspm_policy_arn": worker_dspm_policy_arn,
diff --git a/aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_scanning.yaml b/aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_scanning.yaml
index c167d2d5..fa5b653d 100644
--- a/aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_scanning.yaml
+++ b/aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_scanning.yaml
@@ -1062,6 +1062,7 @@ Resources:
       DelegateRoleArn: !GetAtt "ScannerDelegateRole.Arn"
       InstanceRoleArn: !GetAtt "ScannerInstanceRole.Arn"
       InstanceProfileArn: !GetAtt "ScannerAgentInstanceProfile.Arn"
+      ScannerPolicyArn: !Ref "ScannerAgentPolicy"
       OrchestratorPolicyArn: !Ref "ScannerDelegateRoleOrchestratorPolicy"
       WorkerPolicyArn: !Ref "ScannerDelegateRoleWorkerPolicy"
       WorkerDSPMPolicyArn: !If [DSPMEnabled, !Ref "ScannerDelegateRoleWorkerDSPMPolicy", !Ref "AWS::NoValue"]
diff --git a/aws_quickstart/version.txt b/aws_quickstart/version.txt
index fdc089d4..f65ba33c 100644
--- a/aws_quickstart/version.txt
+++ b/aws_quickstart/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v4.1.5
+v4.1.6