diff --git a/bitnami/ksql/7.6/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/ksql/7.6/debian-12/Dockerfile
index d67dbd0e68ca..58e004f53f89 100644
--- a/bitnami/ksql/7.6/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/ksql/7.6/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:c50c90cfd9d12b445b011e6ad529f1ad3daea45c26d20b00732fae3cd71f6a83" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-11-09T21:40:03Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-12-09T22:23:50Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Broadcom, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/ksql/README.md" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="7.6.2-debian-12-r8" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="7.6.2-debian-12-r9" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/ksql" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="ksql" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="Broadcom, Inc." \
diff --git a/bitnami/ksql/7.6/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/java/entrypoint.sh b/bitnami/ksql/7.6/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/java/entrypoint.sh
index 8557631d2549..38802fc0bfe9 100755
--- a/bitnami/ksql/7.6/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/java/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bitnami/ksql/7.6/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/java/entrypoint.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ set -o pipefail
 . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libbitnami.sh
 . /opt/bitnami/scripts/liblog.sh
 
+if [[ "$OS_FLAVOUR" =~ photon && "$APP_VERSION" =~ ^1.8 ]]; then
+  # Option --module-path is not supported by JAVA 1.8 since modules were added in version 1.9
+  unset JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
+fi
+
 print_welcome_page
 
 echo ""