diff --git a/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/Dockerfile
index 52acaecfc3d6..948ca537b6e5 100644
--- a/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:c50c90cfd9d12b445b011e6ad529f1ad3daea45c26d20b00732fae3cd71f6a83" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2025-06-13T11:45:08Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2025-06-26T07:35:18Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Broadcom, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/external-dns/README.md" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="0.17.0-debian-12-r5" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/external-dns" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="external-dns" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="Broadcom, Inc." \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="0.17.0"
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="0.18.0"
 
 ENV HOME="/" \
     OS_ARCH="${TARGETARCH:-amd64}" \
@@ -26,9 +25,11 @@ COPY prebuildfs /
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "errexit", "-o", "nounset", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
 RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl procps
-RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ || exit 1 ; \
+RUN --mount=type=secret,id=downloads_url,env=SECRET_DOWNLOADS_URL \
+    DOWNLOADS_URL=${SECRET_DOWNLOADS_URL:-${DOWNLOADS_URL}} ; \
+    mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ || exit 1 ; \
     COMPONENTS=( \
-      "external-dns-0.17.0-3-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
+      "external-dns-0.18.0-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
     ) ; \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
       if [ ! -f "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" ]; then \
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
 RUN find / -perm /6000 -type f -exec chmod a-s {} \; || true
 RUN uninstall_packages curl
 
-ENV APP_VERSION="0.17.0" \
+ENV APP_VERSION="0.18.0" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="external-dns" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/external-dns/bin:$PATH"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index b938139fe216..24e896265dad 100644
--- a/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-12",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "0.17.0-3"
+        "version": "0.18.0-0"
     }
 }
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diff --git a/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/tags-info.yaml b/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/tags-info.yaml
index 236bb38c88d0..69b9cd22ae11 100644
--- a/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/tags-info.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/external-dns/0/debian-12/tags-info.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 rolling-tags:
-- "0"
-- 0-debian-12
-- 0.17.0
-- latest
+  - "0"
+  - 0-debian-12
+  - 0.18.0
+  - latest