diff --git a/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/Dockerfile
index eb345b880359..a392723a68cb 100644
--- a/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ARG JAVA_EXTRA_SECURITY_DIR="/bitnami/java/extra-security"
 COPY prebuildfs /
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
 RUN install_packages acl ca-certificates curl gzip libbz2-1.0 libc6 libffi6 libgcc1 liblzma5 libncursesw6 libreadline7 libsqlite3-0 libssl1.1 libstdc++6 libtinfo6 procps tar zlib1g
-RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "python" "3.8.12-34" --checksum 68e160a809f44c15722afba7efbdce45c3347fd7c2714f1f1a4461fc2b0731fb
+RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "python" "3.8.12-35" --checksum 338b60596e8a45b8a55ab2831bcc05a804d423da70c296e737c41616ab11f104
 RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "java" "1.8.322-7" --checksum 3ce0c1dc975421abe79ffa5d459b4562802312f299a86576d1a169fe2d38f5d9
 RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "spark" "3.2.1-6" --checksum 16d5e371a0e2106d9319ad0160c4c2a0b05b6103e8296ffeac481db74030c541
 RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "gosu" "1.14.0-6" --checksum 6f8fd2267481ffbe899a7f93b7b3076cd78dd70b7b9835bed79414932a749664
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/spark/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/java/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="spark" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.2.1-debian-10-r24" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.2.1-debian-10-r25" \
     JAVA_HOME="/opt/bitnami/java" \
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/lib/:/opt/bitnami/spark/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/numpy.libs/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
     LIBNSS_WRAPPER_PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/lib/libnss_wrapper.so" \
diff --git a/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index 8da5434ea4c2..5229bf7c327e 100644
--- a/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
     },
     "python": {
         "arch": "amd64",
-        "digest": "68e160a809f44c15722afba7efbdce45c3347fd7c2714f1f1a4461fc2b0731fb",
+        "digest": "338b60596e8a45b8a55ab2831bcc05a804d423da70c296e737c41616ab11f104",
         "distro": "debian-10",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "3.8.12-34"
+        "version": "3.8.12-35"
     },
     "spark": {
         "arch": "amd64",
diff --git a/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh b/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
index 1b504b1df458..21b964ff1cf4 100644
--- a/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
+++ b/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ is_dir_empty() {
 #   boolean
 #########################
 is_mounted_dir_empty() {
-    local dir="${1:?missing directory}"
-
+    local -r path="${1:?missing directory}"
+    # Calculate real path in order to avoid issues with symlinks
+    local -r dir="$(realpath "$path")"
     if is_dir_empty "$dir" || find "$dir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -not -name ".snapshot" -not -name "lost+found" -exec false {} +; then
         true
     else
diff --git a/bitnami/spark/README.md b/bitnami/spark/README.md
index d550481b9c72..2974f26f4194 100644
--- a/bitnami/spark/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/spark/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recom
 Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags [in our documentation page](https://docs.bitnami.com/tutorials/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).
 
 
-* [`3`, `3-debian-10`, `3.2.1`, `3.2.1-debian-10-r24`, `latest` (3/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-spark/blob/3.2.1-debian-10-r24/3/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`3`, `3-debian-10`, `3.2.1`, `3.2.1-debian-10-r25`, `latest` (3/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-spark/blob/3.2.1-debian-10-r25/3/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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