diff --git a/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
index 58149911524d..8a3dbabf8f05 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ ENV HOME="/" \
 COPY prebuildfs /
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
 RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl libc6 libgcc1 libpcre3 libssl1.1 libyaml-0-2 perl procps unzip zlib1g
-RUN . ./libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "kong" "1.4.0-1" --checksum 265942c437e59283dcb94e0a7e911526ff3b36befd013ed82e7b6deef6f17ad6
+RUN . ./libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "kong" "1.4.2-0" --checksum 7f6b4c8c5cfea0b7caa5d3a39cce9077154f9dace0eae6f84d53bc94044792e7
 
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="kong" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.4.0-debian-9-r43" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.4.2-debian-9-r0" \
     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 fa0da5f0de70..bcf22a6cc723 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kong/README.md
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ 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`, `1.4.0-ol-7-r59` (1/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.4.0-ol-7-r59/1/ol-7/Dockerfile)
-* [`1-debian-9`, `1.4.0-debian-9-r43`, `1`, `1.4.0`, `1.4.0-r43`, `latest` (1/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.4.0-debian-9-r43/1/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`1-ol-7`, `1.4.2-ol-7-r0` (1/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.4.2-ol-7-r0/1/ol-7/Dockerfile)
+* [`1-debian-9`, `1.4.2-debian-9-r0`, `1`, `1.4.2`, `1.4.2-r0`, `latest` (1/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.4.2-debian-9-r0/1/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 
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diff --git a/bitnami/kong/docker-compose-cluster.yml b/bitnami/kong/docker-compose-cluster.yml
index ba447f248c2c..496703019eb1 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/docker-compose-cluster.yml
+++ b/bitnami/kong/docker-compose-cluster.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ services:
       - KONG_DATABASE=cassandra
       - KONG_CASSANDRA_CONTACT_POINTS=cassandra,cassandra2
       - KONG_CASSANDRA_PASSWORD=kong
+      # See NGINX worker_processes setting at http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#worker_processes
+      # If in doubt, set to the amount of CPU cores divided by the number of Kong/Cassandra nodes in the machine
+      - KONG_NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES=2
   kong2:
     image: bitnami/kong:1
     ports:
@@ -46,6 +49,9 @@ services:
       - KONG_DATABASE=cassandra
       - KONG_CASSANDRA_CONTACT_POINTS=cassandra,cassandra2
       - KONG_CASSANDRA_PASSWORD=kong
+      # See NGINX worker_processes setting at http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#worker_processes
+      # If in doubt, set to the amount of CPU cores divided by the number of Kong/Cassandra nodes in the machine
+      - KONG_NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES=2
 volumes:
   cassandra_data:
     driver: local