diff --git a/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/Dockerfile
index e46776b87dd8..63dee10b5401 100644
--- a/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "mysql-client" "1
 RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "libphp" "7.3.28-1" --checksum a2eb2d88d68d878f264bb33a0264f9b7bb95994e4caf17635dc5053568edc7ca
 RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "render-template" "1.0.0-3" --checksum 8179ad1371c9a7d897fe3b1bf53bbe763f94edafef19acad2498dd48b3674efe
 RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "gosu" "1.13.0-0" --checksum fd7257c2736164d02832dbf72e2c1ed9d875bf3e32f0988520796bc503330129
-RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "drupal" "8.9.16-0" --checksum 337b6c6945d19c52161558c1d278eccef78d3170e9ab2594956beeeb0b75f889
+RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "drupal" "8.9.16-1" --checksum ed0c105124507a9285b313984d861cc2e8e7e9c8d2d46ac8c90f1c5ef99d269a
 RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
 
 COPY rootfs /
-RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/apache/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/php/postunpack.sh
+RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/apache/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/apache-modphp/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/drupal/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-client/postunpack.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ENV ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD="no" \
     APACHE_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER="" \
     APACHE_HTTP_PORT_NUMBER="" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="drupal" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="8.9.16-debian-10-r15" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="8.9.16-debian-10-r16" \
     MARIADB_HOST="mariadb" \
     MARIADB_PORT_NUMBER="3306" \
     MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD="" \
diff --git a/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index b500ab2701ba..d28a62abf6bd 100644
--- a/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
     },
     "drupal": {
         "arch": "amd64",
-        "digest": "337b6c6945d19c52161558c1d278eccef78d3170e9ab2594956beeeb0b75f889",
+        "digest": "ed0c105124507a9285b313984d861cc2e8e7e9c8d2d46ac8c90f1c5ef99d269a",
         "distro": "debian-10",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "8.9.16-0"
+        "version": "8.9.16-1"
     },
     "gosu": {
         "arch": "amd64",
diff --git a/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/php/postunpack.sh b/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/php/postunpack.sh
index 93b7d5871d9c..a959eccce0e6 100755
--- a/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/php/postunpack.sh
+++ b/bitnami/drupal/8/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/php/postunpack.sh
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ php_conf_set "opcache.file_cache" "$PHP_DEFAULT_OPCACHE_FILE_CACHE"
 php_conf_set "listen" "$PHP_FPM_DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDRESS" "${PHP_CONF_DIR}/php-fpm.d/www.conf"
 
 # TMP dir configuration
-php_conf_set upload_tmp_dir "$PHP_TMP_DIR"
+php_conf_set "upload_tmp_dir" "${PHP_BASE_DIR}/tmp"
+php_conf_set "session.save_path" "${PHP_TMP_DIR}/session"
 
 # Ensure directories used by PHP-FPM exist and have proper ownership and permissions
-for dir in "$PHP_CONF_DIR" "$PHP_TMP_DIR" "$PHP_FPM_LOGS_DIR"; do
+for dir in "$PHP_CONF_DIR" "$PHP_TMP_DIR" "$PHP_FPM_LOGS_DIR" "${PHP_TMP_DIR}/session"; do
     ensure_dir_exists "$dir"
     chmod -R g+rwX "$dir"
 done
diff --git a/bitnami/drupal/README.md b/bitnami/drupal/README.md
index ad298d45d5b3..ff1c55411666 100644
--- a/bitnami/drupal/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/drupal/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 
 * [`9`, `9-debian-10`, `9.1.10`, `9.1.10-debian-10-r8`, `latest` (9/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-drupal/blob/9.1.10-debian-10-r8/9/debian-10/Dockerfile)
-* [`8`, `8-debian-10`, `8.9.16`, `8.9.16-debian-10-r15` (8/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-drupal/blob/8.9.16-debian-10-r15/8/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`8`, `8-debian-10`, `8.9.16`, `8.9.16-debian-10-r16` (8/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-drupal/blob/8.9.16-debian-10-r16/8/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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