diff --git a/bitnami/symfony/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/symfony/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 58716037e6f9..cf8b83159d1b 100644
--- a/bitnami/symfony/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/symfony/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-client/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/php/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/symfony/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="symfony" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="4.4.38-debian-10-r2" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="4.4.38-debian-10-r3" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/php/bin:/opt/bitnami/php/sbin:/opt/bitnami/mysql/bin:/opt/bitnami/symfony/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/bin:$PATH" \
     PHP_ENABLE_OPCACHE="0"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/symfony/4.4/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh b/bitnami/symfony/4.4/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh
index 9609635e63a3..fee929c4ee1a 100644
--- a/bitnami/symfony/4.4/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh
+++ b/bitnami/symfony/4.4/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh
@@ -241,10 +241,16 @@ mysql_execute_print_output() {
     [[ "${#extra_opts[@]}" -gt 0 ]] && args+=("${extra_opts[@]}")
 
     # Obtain the command specified via stdin
-    local mysql_cmd
-    mysql_cmd="$(</dev/stdin)"
-    debug "Executing SQL command:\n$mysql_cmd"
-    "$DB_BIN_DIR/mysql" "${args[@]}" <<<"$mysql_cmd"
+    if [[ "${BITNAMI_DEBUG:-false}" = true ]]; then
+        local mysql_cmd
+        mysql_cmd="$(</dev/stdin)"
+        debug "Executing SQL command:\n$mysql_cmd"
+        "$DB_BIN_DIR/mysql" "${args[@]}" <<<"$mysql_cmd"
+    else
+        # Do not store the command(s) as a variable, to avoid issues when importing large files
+        # https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb/issues/251
+        "$DB_BIN_DIR/mysql" "${args[@]}"
+    fi
 }
 
 ########################
diff --git a/bitnami/symfony/README.md b/bitnami/symfony/README.md
index 538ee1a4376b..2240ce6cb966 100644
--- a/bitnami/symfony/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/symfony/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 * [`6.0`, `6.0-debian-10`, `6.0.5`, `6.0.5-debian-10-r3` (6.0/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-symfony/blob/6.0.5-debian-10-r3/6.0/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`5.4`, `5.4-debian-10`, `5.4.5`, `5.4.5-debian-10-r3` (5.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-symfony/blob/5.4.5-debian-10-r3/5.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)
-* [`4.4`, `4.4-debian-10`, `4.4.38`, `4.4.38-debian-10-r2` (4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-symfony/blob/4.4.38-debian-10-r2/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`4.4`, `4.4-debian-10`, `4.4.38`, `4.4.38-debian-10-r3` (4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-symfony/blob/4.4.38-debian-10-r3/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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