diff --git a/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 2f46bf47a1b2..23c31a0fbf15 100644
--- a/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN ln -s /opt/bitnami/scripts/memcached/run.sh /run.sh
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/memcached/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="memcached" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.6.8-debian-10-r5" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.6.8-debian-10-r6" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/memcached/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 11211
diff --git a/bitnami/memcached/README.md b/bitnami/memcached/README.md
index 314e73941b9a..059c36fd026a 100644
--- a/bitnami/memcached/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/memcached/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ 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/).
 
 
-* [`1`, `1-debian-10`, `1.6.8`, `1.6.8-debian-10-r5`, `latest` (1/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-memcached/blob/1.6.8-debian-10-r5/1/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`1`, `1-debian-10`, `1.6.8`, `1.6.8-debian-10-r6`, `latest` (1/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-memcached/blob/1.6.8-debian-10-r6/1/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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