diff --git a/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
index a642d6d0d44f..6515119fb91f 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN . ./libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "kong" "1.3.0-3" --checksum 7f8c9f21
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="kong" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.3.0-debian-9-r7" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.3.0-debian-9-r8" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/kong/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/luajit/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/nginx/sbin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000 8001 8443 8444
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/README.md b/bitnami/kong/README.md
index d8fdb373abca..9c1649d19658 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kong/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 
 * [`1-ol-7`, `1.3.0-ol-7-r6` (1/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.3.0-ol-7-r6/1/ol-7/Dockerfile)
-* [`1-debian-9`, `1.3.0-debian-9-r7`, `1`, `1.3.0`, `1.3.0-r7`, `latest` (1/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.3.0-debian-9-r7/1/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`1-debian-9`, `1.3.0-debian-9-r8`, `1`, `1.3.0`, `1.3.0-r8`, `latest` (1/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.3.0-debian-9-r8/1/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 
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