diff --git a/bitnami/python/3.8/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/python/3.8/debian-10/Dockerfile
index c61f36a6696d..4f3b44a15087 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/3.8/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/python/3.8/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's/^PASS_MAX_DAYS.*/PASS_MAX_DAYS    90/' /etc/login.defs && \
     sed -i 's/sha512/sha512 minlen=8/' /etc/pam.d/common-password
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="python" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.8.2-debian-10-r77" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.8.2-debian-10-r78" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/bitnami/python/README.md b/bitnami/python/README.md
index 2e8177af98ea..3e84a2e547b6 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/python/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $ docker-compose up -d
 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/).
 
 
-* [`3.8-debian-10`, `3.8.2-debian-10-r77`, `3.8`, `3.8.2` (3.8/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.8.2-debian-10-r77/3.8/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`3.8-debian-10`, `3.8.2-debian-10-r78`, `3.8`, `3.8.2` (3.8/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.8.2-debian-10-r78/3.8/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.8-debian-10-prod`, `3.8.2-debian-10-r72-prod`, `3.8-prod`, `3.8.2-prod` (3.8-prod/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.8.2-debian-10-r72-prod/3.8-prod/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.7-debian-10`, `3.7.7-debian-10-r64`, `3.7`, `3.7.7`, `latest` (3.7/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.7-debian-10-r64/3.7/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.7-debian-10-prod`, `3.7.7-debian-10-r59-prod`, `3.7-prod`, `3.7.7-prod`, `latest-prod` (3.7-prod/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.7-debian-10-r59-prod/3.7-prod/debian-10/Dockerfile)
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 Subscribe to project updates by watching the [bitnami/python GitHub repo](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python).
 
+## Deprecation Note (2020-07-01)
+
+The current format of some `prod` tags will be discontinued by 1st July, 2020:
+
+* `BRANCH-debian-10-prod` will now be tagged as `BRANCH-prod-debian-10`
+* `VERSION-debian-10-rX-prod` will now be tagged as `VERSION-prod-debian-10-rX`
+* `latest-prod` will be deprecated
+
 # What are `prod` tagged containers for?
 
 Containers tagged `prod` are production containers based on [minideb](https://github.com/bitnami/minideb). They contain the minimal dependencies required by an application to work.