diff --git a/bitnami/wordpress/5/debian-9/Dockerfile b/bitnami/wordpress/5/debian-9/Dockerfile
index 60aeffe43c07..26cd506dbbe4 100644
--- a/bitnami/wordpress/5/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/wordpress/5/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN bitnami-pkg unpack wordpress-5.3.1-0 --checksum 51dce7b9f3760a399cdda4a8b0fd
 COPY rootfs /
 ENV ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD="no" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="wordpress" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="5.3.1-debian-9-r2" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="5.3.1-debian-9-r3" \
     MARIADB_HOST="mariadb" \
     MARIADB_PORT_NUMBER="3306" \
     MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD="" \
diff --git a/bitnami/wordpress/README.md b/bitnami/wordpress/README.md
index 65fab88cc54f..2aa077a56eb8 100644
--- a/bitnami/wordpress/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/wordpress/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 
 * [`5-ol-7`, `5.3.1-ol-7-r3` (5/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-wordpress/blob/5.3.1-ol-7-r3/5/ol-7/Dockerfile)
-* [`5-debian-9`, `5.3.1-debian-9-r2`, `5`, `5.3.1`, `5.3.1-r2`, `latest` (5/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-wordpress/blob/5.3.1-debian-9-r2/5/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`5-debian-9`, `5.3.1-debian-9-r3`, `5`, `5.3.1`, `5.3.1-r3`, `latest` (5/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-wordpress/blob/5.3.1-debian-9-r3/5/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 
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