diff --git a/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile b/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile
index 7a893f865164..26d1c5a004f6 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
-FROM bitnami/python:3.6.10-ol-7-r25 as development
+FROM bitnami/python:3.6.10-ol-7-r27 as development
 
 ######
 
-FROM bitnami/oraclelinux-runtimes:7-r564
+FROM oraclelinux:7-slim
 LABEL maintainer "Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>"
 
+COPY prebuildfs /
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
-RUN install_packages bzip2-libs ca-certificates glibc keyutils-libs krb5-libs libcom_err libffi libselinux ncurses-libs nss-softokn-freebl openssl-libs pcre readline sqlite wget xz-libs zlib
+RUN install_packages bzip2-libs ca-certificates curl glibc gzip hostname keyutils-libs krb5-libs libaio-devel libcom_err libffi libselinux ncurses-libs nss-softokn-freebl openssl-libs pcre procps-ng readline sqlite sudo tar which xz-libs zlib
+RUN yum upgrade -y && \
+    rm -r /var/cache/yum
 
 COPY --from=development /opt/bitnami/python /opt/bitnami/python
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="python" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.6.10-ol-7-r29-prod" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.6.10-ol-7-r30-prod" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH"
 
 CMD [ "python" ]
diff --git a/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/ol-7/prebuildfs/usr/local/bin/install_packages b/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/ol-7/prebuildfs/usr/local/bin/install_packages
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..370f3516f403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/ol-7/prebuildfs/usr/local/bin/install_packages
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+if [[ -n "oracle-epel-release-el7" ]]; then
+    if ! yum list installed oracle-epel-release-el7 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        yum -y install oracle-epel-release-el7 >/dev/null 2>&1
+        CODE=$?
+        if (( $CODE != 0 )); then
+          echo "EPEL repository installation failed"
+          exit $CODE
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+max=2
+for ((n = 1 ; n <= max ; n+=1 )); do
+    set +e
+    yum --enablerepo base,updates,ol7_developer_EPEL,ol7_optional_latest install -y "$@"
+    CODE=$?
+    set -e
+    if (( $CODE == 0 )); then
+        break
+    fi
+    if (( $n == $max )); then
+        exit $CODE
+    fi
+    echo "yum failed, retrying"
+done
+rm -r /var/cache/yum
diff --git a/bitnami/python/README.md b/bitnami/python/README.md
index 4880434e1c84..486369c385ba 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/python/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 * [`3.7-ol-7-prod`, `3.7.6-ol-7-r25-prod` (3.7-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.6-ol-7-r25-prod/3.7-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.7-debian-9-prod`, `3.7.6-debian-9-r23-prod`, `3.7-prod`, `3.7.6-prod`, `3.7.6-r23-prod`, `latest-prod` (3.7-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.6-debian-9-r23-prod/3.7-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)
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-* [`3.6-ol-7-prod`, `3.6.10-ol-7-r29-prod` (3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-ol-7-r29-prod/3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)
+* [`3.6-ol-7-prod`, `3.6.10-ol-7-r30-prod` (3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-ol-7-r30-prod/3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.6-ol-7`, `3.6.10-ol-7-r27` (3.6/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-ol-7-r27/3.6/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.6-debian-9-prod`, `3.6.10-debian-9-r24-prod`, `3.6-prod`, `3.6.10-prod`, `3.6.10-r24-prod` (3.6-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-debian-9-r24-prod/3.6-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.6-debian-9`, `3.6.10-debian-9-r21`, `3.6`, `3.6.10`, `3.6.10-r21` (3.6/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-debian-9-r21/3.6/debian-9/Dockerfile)