diff --git a/bitnami/python/2/debian-9/Dockerfile b/bitnami/python/2/debian-9/Dockerfile
index 116b804dce24..4157a1bcc535 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/2/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/python/2/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ 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="2.7.17-debian-9-r17" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.7.17-debian-9-r18" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/bitnami/python/README.md b/bitnami/python/README.md
index ac823845731d..d453ca23b566 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/python/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 * [`3.6-debian-9`, `3.6.9-debian-9-r123`, `3.6`, `3.6.9`, `3.6.9-r123` (3.6/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.9-debian-9-r123/3.6/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`2-ol-7-prod`, `2.7.17-ol-7-r27-prod` (2-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.17-ol-7-r27-prod/2-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`2-ol-7`, `2.7.17-ol-7-r24` (2/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.17-ol-7-r24/2/ol-7/Dockerfile)
-* [`2-debian-9`, `2.7.17-debian-9-r17`, `2`, `2.7.17`, `2.7.17-r17` (2/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.17-debian-9-r17/2/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`2-debian-9`, `2.7.17-debian-9-r18`, `2`, `2.7.17`, `2.7.17-r18` (2/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.17-debian-9-r18/2/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`2-debian-9-prod`, `2.7.17-debian-9-r16-prod`, `2-prod`, `2.7.17-prod`, `2.7.17-r16-prod` (2-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.17-debian-9-r16-prod/2-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 
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