diff --git a/bitnami/python/2/debian-9/Dockerfile b/bitnami/python/2/debian-9/Dockerfile
index 41e1c6d18f3d..82d9d62a3d1a 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/2/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/python/2/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's/^PASS_MAX_DAYS.*/PASS_MAX_DAYS    90/' /etc/login.defs && \
     sed -i 's/sha512/sha512 minlen=8/' /etc/pam.d/common-password
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="python" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.7.16-debian-9-r178" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.7.16-debian-9-r179" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/bitnami/python/README.md b/bitnami/python/README.md
index 5b375c3cca56..2d5cb48a3449 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/python/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 * [`2-ol-7-prod`, `2.7.16-ol-7-r194-prod` (2-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.16-ol-7-r194-prod/2-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`2-ol-7`, `2.7.16-ol-7-r192` (2/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.16-ol-7-r192/2/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`2-debian-9-prod`, `2.7.16-debian-9-r181-prod`, `2-prod`, `2.7.16-prod`, `2.7.16-r181-prod` (2-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.16-debian-9-r181-prod/2-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)
-* [`2-debian-9`, `2.7.16-debian-9-r178`, `2`, `2.7.16`, `2.7.16-r178` (2/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.16-debian-9-r178/2/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`2-debian-9`, `2.7.16-debian-9-r179`, `2`, `2.7.16`, `2.7.16-r179` (2/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.16-debian-9-r179/2/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 
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