diff --git a/bitnami/python/2/ol-7/Dockerfile b/bitnami/python/2/ol-7/Dockerfile
index 574cb27ffb2f..23e99a7ff219 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/2/ol-7/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/python/2/ol-7/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM bitnami/oraclelinux-runtimes:7-r30
+FROM bitnami/oraclelinux-runtimes:7-r31
 LABEL maintainer "Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>"
 
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN wget -nc -P /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ https://downloads.bitnami.com/files/stac
     rm -rf /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/python-2.7.15-2-linux-x86_64-ol-7.tar.gz
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="python" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.7.15-ol-7-r39" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.7.15-ol-7-r40" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/bitnami/python/2/ol-7/prod/Dockerfile b/bitnami/python/2/ol-7/prod/Dockerfile
index 78a5deef64f9..d70bd27c8398 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/2/ol-7/prod/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/python/2/ol-7/prod/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 
-FROM bitnami/python:2.7.15-ol-7-r39 as development
+FROM bitnami/python:2.7.15-ol-7-r40 as development
 
-FROM bitnami/oraclelinux-runtimes:7-r30
+FROM bitnami/oraclelinux-runtimes:7-r31
 LABEL maintainer "Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>"
 
 COPY --from=development /opt/bitnami/python /opt/bitnami/python
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="python" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.7.15-ol-7-r39" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.7.15-ol-7-r40" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH"
 
 CMD ["python"]
diff --git a/bitnami/python/README.md b/bitnami/python/README.md
index b5e7cd263a93..b25230ae633a 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/python/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $ docker-compose up -d
 
 * [`3-ol-7`, `3.7.0-ol-7-r11` (3/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.0-ol-7-r11/3/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`3-debian-9`, `3.7.0-debian-9-r11`, `3`, `3.7.0`, `3.7.0-r11`, `latest` (3/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.0-debian-9-r11/3/Dockerfile)
-* [`2-ol-7`, `2.7.15-ol-7-r39` (2/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.15-ol-7-r39/2/ol-7/Dockerfile)
+* [`2-ol-7`, `2.7.15-ol-7-r40` (2/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.15-ol-7-r40/2/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`2-debian-9`, `2.7.15-debian-9-r29`, `2`, `2.7.15`, `2.7.15-r29` (2/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.15-debian-9-r29/2/Dockerfile)
 
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