diff --git a/bitnami/couchdb/2/debian-9/Dockerfile b/bitnami/couchdb/2/debian-9/Dockerfile
index 9b15f95a1d01..58ff3738267c 100644
--- a/bitnami/couchdb/2/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/couchdb/2/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN . ./libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "couchdb" "2.3.1-1" --checksum e4888
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="couchdb" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.3.1-debian-9-r15" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.3.1-debian-9-r16" \
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/couchdb/bin:$PATH"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/couchdb/README.md b/bitnami/couchdb/README.md
index 47504227b949..3dd29480dd9e 100644
--- a/bitnami/couchdb/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/couchdb/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 
 * [`2-ol-7`, `2.3.1-ol-7-r18` (2/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-couchdb/blob/2.3.1-ol-7-r18/2/ol-7/Dockerfile)
-* [`2-debian-9`, `2.3.1-debian-9-r15`, `2`, `2.3.1`, `2.3.1-r15`, `latest` (2/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-couchdb/blob/2.3.1-debian-9-r15/2/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`2-debian-9`, `2.3.1-debian-9-r16`, `2`, `2.3.1`, `2.3.1-r16`, `latest` (2/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-couchdb/blob/2.3.1-debian-9-r16/2/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 
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