diff --git a/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
index 8441744141bc..b0338f90297e 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kong/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RUN . ./libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "kong" "1.4.0-1" --checksum 265942c4
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="kong" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.4.0-debian-9-r37" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.4.0-debian-9-r38" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/kong/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/luajit/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/nginx/sbin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000 8001 8443 8444
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/README.md b/bitnami/kong/README.md
index f0cbd9059c0a..607d74954b68 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kong/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 
 * [`1-ol-7`, `1.4.0-ol-7-r52` (1/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.4.0-ol-7-r52/1/ol-7/Dockerfile)
-* [`1-debian-9`, `1.4.0-debian-9-r37`, `1`, `1.4.0`, `1.4.0-r37`, `latest` (1/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.4.0-debian-9-r37/1/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`1-debian-9`, `1.4.0-debian-9-r38`, `1`, `1.4.0`, `1.4.0-r38`, `latest` (1/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.4.0-debian-9-r38/1/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`1-photon-3`, `1.0.0-photon-3-r0` (1/photon-3/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/1.0.0-photon-3-r0/1/photon-3/Dockerfile)
 
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