diff --git a/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-12/Dockerfile
index e4369e76c517..3035be7a4778 100644
--- a/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:c50c90cfd9d12b445b011e6ad529f1ad3daea45c26d20b00732fae3cd71f6a83" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-02-21T12:35:25Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-02-22T09:17:57Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="1.6.23-debian-12-r7" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="1.6.23-debian-12-r8" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="memcached" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="1.6.23"
diff --git a/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/memcached/postunpack.sh b/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/memcached/postunpack.sh
index edbf0e04e4ca..97f7c6551a0b 100755
--- a/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/memcached/postunpack.sh
+++ b/bitnami/memcached/1/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/memcached/postunpack.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 . /opt/bitnami/scripts/memcached-env.sh
 
 # Ensure directories used by Memcached exist and have proper ownership and permissions
-for dir in "$MEMCACHED_CONF_DIR" "$SASL_CONF_PATH"; do
+for dir in "$MEMCACHED_CONF_DIR" "$MEMCACHED_DEFAULT_CONF_DIR" "$SASL_CONF_PATH"; do
     ensure_dir_exists "$dir"
     chmod -R g+rwX "$dir"
 done