diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/Dockerfile
index a754b665e908..56df76a9f589 100644
--- a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ FROM docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
-LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:109c7d51bd69bb6b3df71017440c1ea0699454f81fe188056c083f0b57c96ea6" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-05-02T14:10:52Z" \
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-05-05T14:35:43Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="5.7.42-debian-11-r5" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="5.7.42-debian-11-r6" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="mysql" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="5.7.42"
diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
index e573899abacb..02c989d693ae 100644
--- a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
@@ -412,11 +412,16 @@ generate_random_string() {
     ascii)
         filter="[:print:]"
         ;;
+    numeric)
+        filter="0-9"
+        ;;
     alphanumeric)
         filter="a-zA-Z0-9"
         ;;
-    numeric)
-        filter="0-9"
+    alphanumeric+special|special+alphanumeric)
+        # Limit variety of special characters, so there is a higher chance of containing more alphanumeric characters
+        # Special characters are harder to write, and it could impact the overall UX if most passwords are too complex
+        filter='a-zA-Z0-9!@#$%^'
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Invalid type ${type}" >&2
@@ -647,4 +652,4 @@ run_chroot() {
     else
         chroot --userspec="$userspec" / bash -c "cd ${cwd}; export HOME=${homedir}; exec \"\$@\"" -- "$@"
     fi
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysql.sh b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysql.sh
index edda878ab664..fe290f338235 100644
--- a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysql.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysql.sh
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST='$DB_MASTER_HOST',
 MASTER_PORT=$DB_MASTER_PORT_NUMBER,
 MASTER_USER='$DB_REPLICATION_USER',
 MASTER_PASSWORD='$DB_REPLICATION_PASSWORD',
+MASTER_DELAY=$DB_MASTER_DELAY,
 MASTER_CONNECT_RETRY=10;
 EOF
     elif [[ "$DB_REPLICATION_MODE" = "master" ]]; then
diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-env.sh b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-env.sh
index 453c05abb842..8fd349cc7f1a 100644
--- a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-env.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-env.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ mysql_env_vars=(
     MYSQL_MASTER_PORT_NUMBER
     MYSQL_MASTER_ROOT_USER
     MYSQL_MASTER_ROOT_PASSWORD
+    MYSQL_MASTER_DELAY
     MYSQL_REPLICATION_USER
     MYSQL_REPLICATION_PASSWORD
     MYSQL_PORT_NUMBER
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ export MYSQL_MASTER_ROOT_USER="${MYSQL_MASTER_ROOT_USER:-root}"
 export DB_MASTER_ROOT_USER="$MYSQL_MASTER_ROOT_USER" # only used during the first initialization
 export MYSQL_MASTER_ROOT_PASSWORD="${MYSQL_MASTER_ROOT_PASSWORD:-}"
 export DB_MASTER_ROOT_PASSWORD="$MYSQL_MASTER_ROOT_PASSWORD" # only used during the first initialization
+export MYSQL_MASTER_DELAY="${MYSQL_MASTER_DELAY:-0}"
+export DB_MASTER_DELAY="$MYSQL_MASTER_DELAY" # only used during the first initialization
 export MYSQL_REPLICATION_USER="${MYSQL_REPLICATION_USER:-}"
 export DB_REPLICATION_USER="$MYSQL_REPLICATION_USER" # only used during the first initialization
 export MYSQL_REPLICATION_PASSWORD="${MYSQL_REPLICATION_PASSWORD:-}"
diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/README.md b/bitnami/mysql/README.md
index dd2037070d95..540c92fe7347 100644
--- a/bitnami/mysql/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/mysql/README.md
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ A **zero downtime** MySQL master-slave [replication](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/r
 * `MYSQL_MASTER_PORT_NUMBER`: Server port of the replication master (slave parameter). Defaults to `3306`.
 * `MYSQL_MASTER_ROOT_USER`: User on replication master with access to `MYSQL_DATABASE` (slave parameter). Defaults to `root`
 * `MYSQL_MASTER_ROOT_PASSWORD`: Password of user on replication master with access to `MYSQL_DATABASE` (slave parameter). No defaults.
+* `MYSQL_MASTER_DELAY`: The database replication delay (slave parameter). Defaults to `0`.
 
 In a replication cluster you can have one master and zero or more slaves. When replication is enabled the master node is in read-write mode, while the slaves are in read-only mode. For best performance its advisable to limit the reads to the slaves.