diff --git a/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/Dockerfile
index 25438e5497a6..3097d1677890 100644
--- a/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ FROM docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-05-08T03:13:45Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-05-10T14:25:06Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="1.9.17-debian-11-r2" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="1.9.18-debian-11-r0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="appsmith" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="1.9.17"
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="1.9.18"
 
 ENV HOME="/" \
     OS_ARCH="${TARGETARCH:-amd64}" \
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && \
       "nginx-1.23.4-3-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
       "mongodb-shell-1.8.2-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
       "java-17.0.7-7-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
-      "appsmith-1.9.17-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
+      "appsmith-1.9.18-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
     ) && \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
       if [ ! -f "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" ]; then \
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/nginx/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/appsmith/postunpack.sh
-ENV APP_VERSION="1.9.17" \
+ENV APP_VERSION="1.9.18" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="appsmith" \
     NGINX_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER="" \
     NGINX_HTTP_PORT_NUMBER="" \
diff --git a/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index 0168b316d433..b28c85d3cb0c 100644
--- a/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-11",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "1.9.17-0"
+        "version": "1.9.18-0"
     },
     "java": {
         "arch": "amd64",
diff --git a/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh b/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
index 02c989d693ae..6d9ca8546eef 100644
--- a/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
+++ b/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ generate_random_string() {
     alphanumeric+special|special+alphanumeric)
         # Limit variety of special characters, so there is a higher chance of containing more alphanumeric characters
         # Special characters are harder to write, and it could impact the overall UX if most passwords are too complex
-        filter='a-zA-Z0-9!@#$%^'
+        filter='a-zA-Z0-9:@.,/+!='
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Invalid type ${type}" >&2
diff --git a/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/tags-info.yaml b/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
index 723e43c36d11..bb369670d36d 100644
--- a/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/appsmith/1/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 rolling-tags:
 - "1"
 - 1-debian-11
-- 1.9.17
+- 1.9.18
 - latest