diff --git a/bitnami/kong/1/ol-7/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kong/1/ol-7/Dockerfile
index 5bb20d0593df..ffcebaff2740 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/1/ol-7/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kong/1/ol-7/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN . ./libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "kong" "1.3.0-1" --checksum 6d1261bc
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="kong" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.3.0-ol-7-r17" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.3.0-ol-7-r18" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/kong/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/luajit/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/nginx/sbin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000 8001 8443 8444
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/README.md b/bitnami/kong/README.md
index 694e14f10824..a5da7d3056e0 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kong/README.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ 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/containers/how-to/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).
 
 
-* [`1-ol-7`, `1.3.0-ol-7-r17` (1/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.3.0-ol-7-r17/1/ol-7/Dockerfile)
+* [`1-ol-7`, `1.3.0-ol-7-r18` (1/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.3.0-ol-7-r18/1/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`1-debian-9`, `1.3.0-debian-9-r18`, `1`, `1.3.0`, `1.3.0-r18`, `latest` (1/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.3.0-debian-9-r18/1/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 
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