diff --git a/bitnami/nginx/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/nginx/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 768b900e120e..ef16591f12cd 100644
--- a/bitnami/nginx/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/nginx/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN ln -sf /dev/stderr /opt/bitnami/nginx/logs/error.log
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/nginx/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="nginx" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.21.6-debian-10-r39" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.21.6-debian-10-r40" \
     NGINX_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER="" \
     NGINX_HTTP_PORT_NUMBER="" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/nginx/sbin:$PATH"
diff --git a/bitnami/nginx/README.md b/bitnami/nginx/README.md
index ad25e866b7e9..7f6fff542964 100644
--- a/bitnami/nginx/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/nginx/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recom
 Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags [in our documentation page](https://docs.bitnami.com/tutorials/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).
 
 
-* [`1.21`, `1.21-debian-10`, `1.21.6`, `1.21.6-debian-10-r39`, `latest` (1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-nginx/blob/1.21.6-debian-10-r39/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`1.21`, `1.21-debian-10`, `1.21.6`, `1.21.6-debian-10-r40`, `latest` (1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-nginx/blob/1.21.6-debian-10-r40/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`1.20`, `1.20-debian-10`, `1.20.2`, `1.20.2-debian-10-r107` (1.20/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-nginx/blob/1.20.2-debian-10-r107/1.20/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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