diff --git a/ee/app/models/vulnerabilities/read.rb b/ee/app/models/vulnerabilities/read.rb
index 59be3639f2f74119cba99dcaf26158587956052d..3f17fc223a42ef6e06e7630b33aa83bfad92e080 100644
--- a/ee/app/models/vulnerabilities/read.rb
+++ b/ee/app/models/vulnerabilities/read.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ class << self
     scope :traversal_ids_gteq, ->(traversal_ids) { where(arel_table[:traversal_ids].gteq(traversal_ids)) }
     scope :traversal_ids_lt, ->(traversal_ids) { where(arel_table[:traversal_ids].lt(traversal_ids)) }
     scope :unarchived, -> { where(archived: false) }
-    scope :unresolved, -> { with_states(::Enums::Vulnerability.vulnerability_states.except(:resolved).values) }
     scope :order_traversal_ids_asc, -> do
       reorder(Gitlab::Pagination::Keyset::Order.build([
         Gitlab::Pagination::Keyset::ColumnOrderDefinition.new(
diff --git a/ee/app/services/vulnerabilities/auto_resolve_service.rb b/ee/app/services/vulnerabilities/auto_resolve_service.rb
index f782e98f888ee233b76b5b5d8f7a12b0724fb9da..6fece9ca2fe2288a444c330a024d47e0d96fe2b2 100644
--- a/ee/app/services/vulnerabilities/auto_resolve_service.rb
+++ b/ee/app/services/vulnerabilities/auto_resolve_service.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class AutoResolveService
 
     def initialize(project, vulnerability_ids, budget)
       @project = project
-      @vulnerability_reads = Vulnerabilities::Read.by_vulnerabilities(vulnerability_ids).unresolved
+      @vulnerability_ids = vulnerability_ids
       @budget = budget
     end
 
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ def execute
 
     private
 
-    attr_reader :project, :vulnerability_reads, :budget
+    attr_reader :project, :vulnerability_ids, :budget
+
+    def vulnerability_reads
+      Vulnerabilities::Read.by_vulnerabilities(vulnerability_ids).with_states(auto_resolve_states)
+    end
+
+    def auto_resolve_states
+      ::Enums::Vulnerability.vulnerability_states.except(:resolved, :dismissed).values
+    end
 
     def vulnerabilities_to_resolve
       rules_by_vulnerability.keys.first(budget)
diff --git a/ee/spec/models/vulnerabilities/read_spec.rb b/ee/spec/models/vulnerabilities/read_spec.rb
index e777da9ca1b54e469e33a7440f13bd529379e2b9..91a78e4b6ff2dc7efa9db62630cdc76de10be2f4 100644
--- a/ee/spec/models/vulnerabilities/read_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/models/vulnerabilities/read_spec.rb
@@ -841,19 +841,6 @@
     it { is_expected.to contain_exactly(unarchived_vulnerability_read) }
   end
 
-  describe '.unresolved' do
-    let_it_be(:resolved_vulnerability) { create(:vulnerability_read, state: :resolved, project: project) }
-    let_it_be(:unresolved_vulnerabilities) do
-      ::Enums::Vulnerability.vulnerability_states.except(:resolved).keys.map do |state|
-        create(:vulnerability_read, state: state, project: project)
-      end
-    end
-
-    subject(:unresolved) { described_class.unresolved }
-
-    it { is_expected.to match_array(unresolved_vulnerabilities) }
-  end
-
   describe '.order_traversal_ids_asc' do
     let_it_be(:group_1) { create(:group) }
     let_it_be(:group_3) { create(:group) }
diff --git a/ee/spec/services/vulnerabilities/auto_resolve_service_spec.rb b/ee/spec/services/vulnerabilities/auto_resolve_service_spec.rb
index 201bb4e57dbd5f56a9350ef4e6feb62b0b583fb7..244c7f889002673795347c9fd2dd426afcc17b8e 100644
--- a/ee/spec/services/vulnerabilities/auto_resolve_service_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/services/vulnerabilities/auto_resolve_service_spec.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   let_it_be_with_reload(:project) { create(:project, namespace: namespace) }
   let_it_be(:vulnerability) { create(:vulnerability, :with_findings, :detected, :high_severity, project: project) }
   let_it_be(:resolved_vulnerability) { create(:vulnerability, :with_findings, :resolved, project: project) }
+  let_it_be(:dismissed_vulnerability) { create(:vulnerability, :with_findings, :dismissed, project: project) }
   let_it_be(:policy) { create(:security_policy, :vulnerability_management_policy, linked_projects: [project]) }
   let_it_be(:policy_rule) do
     create(:vulnerability_management_policy_rule,
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
   end
 
   describe '#execute' do
-    it 'resolves unresolved vulnerabilities', :freeze_time do
+    it 'resolves vulnerabilities that are not resolved or dismissed', :freeze_time do
       service.execute
 
       vulnerability.reload
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
       # This causes the timestamp to be rounded down to the nearest microsecond when the record is reloaded.
       # We need to make the comparison in microseconds to avoid a false-negative.
       expect { resolved_vulnerability.reload }.not_to change { resolved_vulnerability.updated_at.floor(6) }
+      expect { dismissed_vulnerability.reload }.not_to change { dismissed_vulnerability.updated_at.floor(6) }
     end
 
     it 'inserts a state transition for each vulnerability' do