diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile
index bf2e4529e19c..024f63d43ed6 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RUN mkdir /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/mariadb-galera/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="mariadb-galera" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="10.3.32-debian-10-r15" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="10.3.32-debian-10-r16" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/mariadb/bin:/opt/bitnami/mariadb/sbin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 3306 4444 4567 4568
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadbgalera.sh b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadbgalera.sh
index 8885c6e17748..92bb0ce4b032 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadbgalera.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadbgalera.sh
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ log_bin=mysql-bin
 [client]
 port=${DB_DEFAULT_PORT_NUMBER}
 socket=${DB_SOCKET_FILE}
-default_character_set=UTF8
+default_character_set=${DB_DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET}
 plugin_dir=${DB_BASE_DIR}/plugin
 
 [manager]
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/README.md b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/README.md
index a13976a57ff7..8eb17f6b3234 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 * [`10.6`, `10.6-debian-10`, `10.6.5`, `10.6.5-debian-10-r14`, `latest` (10.6/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb-galera/blob/10.6.5-debian-10-r14/10.6/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`10.5`, `10.5-debian-10`, `10.5.13`, `10.5.13-debian-10-r15` (10.5/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb-galera/blob/10.5.13-debian-10-r15/10.5/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`10.4`, `10.4-debian-10`, `10.4.22`, `10.4.22-debian-10-r15` (10.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb-galera/blob/10.4.22-debian-10-r15/10.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)
-* [`10.3`, `10.3-debian-10`, `10.3.32`, `10.3.32-debian-10-r15` (10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb-galera/blob/10.3.32-debian-10-r15/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`10.3`, `10.3-debian-10`, `10.3.32`, `10.3.32-debian-10-r16` (10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb-galera/blob/10.3.32-debian-10-r16/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`10.2`, `10.2-debian-10`, `10.2.41`, `10.2.41-debian-10-r16` (10.2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb-galera/blob/10.2.41-debian-10-r16/10.2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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