diff --git a/orchestration/ansible/roles/inventory-cli/files/inventory-cli b/orchestration/ansible/roles/inventory-cli/files/inventory-cli
index 67cbe89..31cf7f8 100755
Binary files a/orchestration/ansible/roles/inventory-cli/files/inventory-cli and b/orchestration/ansible/roles/inventory-cli/files/inventory-cli differ
diff --git a/services/device-inventory/src/client/discovery.cpp b/services/device-inventory/src/client/discovery.cpp
index 2f58eb6..3e1ffcc 100644
--- a/services/device-inventory/src/client/discovery.cpp
+++ b/services/device-inventory/src/client/discovery.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Discovery::parse_dmi(const std::string& type_num) {
     return {};  // dmidecode not available on macOS; callers check __APPLE__
 #else
     std::string output = run_cmd("dmidecode -t " + type_num + " 2>/dev/null");
+    // Without root, dmidecode outputs only a header comment with no Handle blocks.
+    // If no "Handle " lines appear, retry transparently with sudo.
+    if (output.find("Handle ") == std::string::npos)
+        output = run_cmd("sudo dmidecode -t " + type_num + " 2>/dev/null");
     if (output.empty()) return {};
 
     std::vector<std::map<std::string, std::string>> result;