diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert.vue
index ba5a073dbd12c81310154b456c9f26287ab0cf41..43bb7422dbdc07d60c19091dda3df721b096cc22 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert.vue
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script>
-import { GlAlert, GlSprintf, GlButton } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import { GlAlert, GlSprintf, GlLink } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { s__ } from '~/locale';
 import { DOC_PATH_SECURITY_SCANNER_INTEGRATION_RETENTION_PERIOD } from 'ee/security_dashboard/constants';
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default {
   components: {
     GlAlert,
     GlSprintf,
-    GlButton,
+    GlLink,
   },
   i18n: {
     reportStatusTitle: s__('SecurityReports|Report has expired'),
@@ -27,14 +27,11 @@ export default {
     <p class="gl-mt-3">
       <gl-sprintf :message="$options.i18n.reportExpiredMessage" data-testid="description">
         <template #helpPageLink="{ content }">
-          <gl-button
-            variant="link"
-            icon="external-link"
+          <gl-link
             :href="$options.DOC_PATH_SECURITY_SCANNER_INTEGRATION_RETENTION_PERIOD"
             target="_blank"
+            >{{ content }}</gl-link
           >
-            {{ content }}
-          </gl-button>
         </template>
       </gl-sprintf>
     </p>
diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/scan_alerts.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/scan_alerts.vue
index 8d244993c12f1988f99996f9bcfaa160ad8c583b..daa8b802828fdb018418955326ec0a1e396b291a 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/scan_alerts.vue
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/scan_alerts.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script>
-import { GlAccordion, GlAccordionItem, GlAlert, GlButton, GlSprintf } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import { GlAccordion, GlAccordionItem, GlAlert, GlLink, GlSprintf } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { DOC_PATH_SECURITY_SCANNER_INTEGRATION_REPORT } from 'ee/security_dashboard/constants';
 
 export const TYPE_ERRORS = 'errors';
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default {
     GlAccordion,
     GlAccordionItem,
     GlAlert,
-    GlButton,
+    GlLink,
     GlSprintf,
   },
   props: {
@@ -59,14 +59,9 @@ export default {
     <p class="gl-mt-3">
       <gl-sprintf :message="description" data-testid="description">
         <template #helpPageLink="{ content }">
-          <gl-button
-            variant="link"
-            icon="external-link"
-            :href="$options.DOC_PATH_SECURITY_SCANNER_INTEGRATION_REPORT"
-            target="_blank"
-          >
-            {{ content }}
-          </gl-button>
+          <gl-link :href="$options.DOC_PATH_SECURITY_SCANNER_INTEGRATION_REPORT" target="_blank">{{
+            content
+          }}</gl-link>
         </template>
       </gl-sprintf>
     </p>
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/__snapshots__/report_status_alert_spec.js.snap b/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/__snapshots__/report_status_alert_spec.js.snap
index 81d401dafb54b9a9f179da8c352f033553e0afa9..fb72fc5e1523413927ecba04a8374c10b9022437 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/__snapshots__/report_status_alert_spec.js.snap
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/__snapshots__/report_status_alert_spec.js.snap
@@ -1,9 +1,32 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
-exports[`ee/security_dashboard/components/report_status_alert.vue renders the component correctly 1`] = `
-VueWrapper {
-  "_emitted": Object {},
-  "_emittedByOrder": Array [],
-  "isFunctionalComponent": undefined,
-}
+exports[`ee/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert.vue renders the component correctly 1`] = `
+<gl-alert-stub
+  dismisslabel="Dismiss"
+  primarybuttonlink=""
+  primarybuttontext=""
+  secondarybuttonlink=""
+  secondarybuttontext=""
+  showicon="true"
+  title=""
+  variant="info"
+>
+  <strong
+    role="heading"
+  >
+    Report has expired
+  </strong>
+  <p
+    class="gl-mt-3"
+  >
+    The security report for this pipeline has
+    <gl-link-stub
+      href="/help/development/integrations/secure#retention-period-for-vulnerabilities"
+      target="_blank"
+    >
+      expired
+    </gl-link-stub>
+    . Re-run the pipeline to generate a new security report.
+  </p>
+</gl-alert-stub>
 `;
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert_spec.js b/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert_spec.js
index 58d03d6739070bdd3b0542424c854a8b20fe90c7..f1c6995c207a802ee596ca31befd8b4020cf9a7a 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert_spec.js
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert_spec.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-import { GlAlert, GlSprintf, GlButton } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import { GlAlert, GlSprintf, GlLink } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils';
 import ReportStatusAlert from 'ee/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert.vue';
 import { extendedWrapper } from 'helpers/vue_test_utils_helper';
 import { trimText } from 'helpers/text_helper';
 import { DOC_PATH_SECURITY_SCANNER_INTEGRATION_RETENTION_PERIOD } from 'ee/security_dashboard/constants';
 
-describe('ee/security_dashboard/components/report_status_alert.vue', () => {
+describe('ee/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/report_status_alert.vue', () => {
   let wrapper;
 
   const findAlert = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlAlert);
-  const findHelpPageLink = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlButton);
+  const findHelpPageLink = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlLink);
   const findAlertText = () => trimText(findAlert().text());
   const createWrapper = () =>
     extendedWrapper(
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('ee/security_dashboard/components/report_status_alert.vue', () => {
   });
 
   it('renders the component correctly', () => {
-    expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
   it('shows the correct title for the alert', () => {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('ee/security_dashboard/components/report_status_alert.vue', () => {
 
   it('shows the correct description for the alert', () => {
     expect(findAlertText()).toContain(
-      'The security report for this pipeline has expired . Re-run the pipeline to generate a new security report.',
+      'The security report for this pipeline has expired. Re-run the pipeline to generate a new security report.',
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/scan_alerts_spec.js b/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/scan_alerts_spec.js
index fec876f902f9bc53f5908567f61ab056500a3077..d4f3b9f6e4f19bf75d89e193757a24de938ccda6 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/scan_alerts_spec.js
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/scan_alerts_spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GlAccordion, GlAccordionItem, GlAlert, GlButton, GlSprintf } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import { GlAccordion, GlAccordionItem, GlAlert, GlLink, GlSprintf } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils';
 import PipelineScanAlerts from 'ee/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/scan_alerts.vue';
 import { trimText } from 'helpers/text_helper';
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const TEST_SCANS_WITH_ERRORS = [
   },
 ];
 
-describe('ee/security_dashboard/components/pipeline_scan_alerts.vue', () => {
+describe('ee/security_dashboard/components/pipeline/scan_alerts.vue', () => {
   let wrapper;
   let type = 'errors';
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe('ee/security_dashboard/components/pipeline_scan_alerts.vue', () => {
     findAllAccordionItems().filter((item) => item.props('title') === title);
   const findAlert = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlAlert);
   const findErrorList = () => wrapper.findByRole('list');
-  const findHelpPageLink = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlButton);
+  const findHelpPageLink = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlLink);
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     wrapper = createWrapper();