diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/cvedb.py b/cve_bin_tool/cvedb.py
index 0aad507049..e8e4fde342 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/cvedb.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/cvedb.py
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 DBNAME = "cve.db"
 OLD_CACHE_DIR = Path("~") / ".cache" / "cvedb"
 
+EPSS_METRIC_ID = 1
+CVSS_2_METRIC_ID = 2
+CVSS_3_METRIC_ID = 3
+
 
 class CVEDB:
     """
@@ -615,9 +619,9 @@ def populate_metrics(self):
         # Insert a row without specifying cve_metrics_id
         insert_metrics = self.INSERT_QUERIES["insert_metrics"]
         data = [
-            (1, "EPSS"),
-            (2, "CVSS-2"),
-            (3, "CVSS-3"),
+            (EPSS_METRIC_ID, "EPSS"),
+            (CVSS_2_METRIC_ID, "CVSS-2"),
+            (CVSS_3_METRIC_ID, "CVSS-3"),
         ]
         # Execute the insert query for each row
         for row in data:
diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/data_sources/epss_source.py b/cve_bin_tool/data_sources/epss_source.py
index 7bbc2028d8..6d7f05b47c 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/data_sources/epss_source.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/data_sources/epss_source.py
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ def __init__(self, error_mode=ErrorMode.TruncTrace):
         self.backup_cachedir = self.BACKUPCACHEDIR
         self.epss_path = str(Path(self.cachedir) / "epss")
         self.file_name = os.path.join(self.epss_path, "epss_scores-current.csv")
-        self.epss_metric_id = None
         self.source_name = self.SOURCE
 
-    async def update_epss(self, cursor):
+    async def update_epss(self):
         """
         Updates the EPSS data by downloading and parsing the CSV file.
         Returns:
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ async def update_epss(self, cursor):
         """
         self.LOGGER.debug("Fetching EPSS data...")
 
-        self.EPSS_id_finder(cursor)
         await self.download_epss_data()
         self.epss_data = self.parse_epss_data()
         return self.epss_data
@@ -110,15 +108,6 @@ async def download_epss_data(self):
             except aiohttp.ClientError as e:
                 self.LOGGER.error(f"An error occurred during downloading epss {e}")
 
-    def EPSS_id_finder(self, cursor):
-        """Search for metric id in EPSS table"""
-        query = """
-        SELECT metrics_id FROM metrics
-        WHERE metrics_name = "EPSS"
-        """
-        cursor.execute(query)
-        self.epss_metric_id = cursor.fetchall()[0][0]
-
     def parse_epss_data(self, file_path=None):
         """Parse epss data from the file path given and return the parse data"""
         parsed_data = []
@@ -138,9 +127,11 @@ def parse_epss_data(self, file_path=None):
         # Parse the data from the remaining rows
         for row in reader:
             cve_id, epss_score, epss_percentile = row[:3]
-            parsed_data.append(
-                (cve_id, self.epss_metric_id, epss_score, epss_percentile)
-            )
+
+            # prevent circular dependency
+            from cve_bin_tool.cvedb import EPSS_METRIC_ID
+
+            parsed_data.append((cve_id, EPSS_METRIC_ID, epss_score, epss_percentile))
         return parsed_data
 
     async def get_cve_data(self):
diff --git a/test/test_source_epss.py b/test/test_source_epss.py
index 5f32a26846..0caae28b7d 100644
--- a/test/test_source_epss.py
+++ b/test/test_source_epss.py
@@ -23,15 +23,12 @@ def setup_class(cls):
     ]
 
     def test_parse_epss(self):
-        # EPSS need metrics table to populated in the database. To get the EPSS metric id from table.
+        # EPSS need metrics table to populated in the database. EPSS metric id is a constant.
         cvedb = CVEDB()
         # creating table
         cvedb.init_database()
         # populating metrics
         cvedb.populate_metrics()
-        cursor = cvedb.db_open_and_get_cursor()
-        # seting EPSS_metric_id
-        self.epss.EPSS_id_finder(cursor)
         # parsing the data
         self.epss_data = self.epss.parse_epss_data(self.epss.file_name)
         cvedb.db_close()