diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/Dockerfile
index 20382f006878..354464a943c0 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/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="2023-05-09T09:00:23Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-05-10T22:10:34Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="10.9.5-debian-11-r27" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="10.9.6-debian-11-r0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="mariadb-galera" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="10.9.5"
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="10.9.6"
 
 ENV HOME="/" \
     OS_ARCH="${TARGETARCH:-amd64}" \
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl iproute2 ldap-utils libaio1 libaudit1
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && \
     COMPONENTS=( \
       "ini-file-1.4.5-5-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
-      "mariadb-galera-10.9.5-5-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
+      "mariadb-galera-10.9.6-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
     ) && \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
       if [ ! -f "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" ]; then \
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RUN mkdir /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
 
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/mariadb-galera/postunpack.sh
-ENV APP_VERSION="10.9.5" \
+ENV APP_VERSION="10.9.6" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="mariadb-galera" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/sbin:/opt/bitnami/mariadb/bin:/opt/bitnami/mariadb/sbin:$PATH"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index a1920f70d4cd..894a11013b61 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-11",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "10.9.5-5"
+        "version": "10.9.6-0"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
index 02c989d693ae..6d9ca8546eef 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/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/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/tags-info.yaml b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
index 04d6452044ee..4aba2eb5292a 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.9/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 rolling-tags:
 - "10.9"
 - 10.9-debian-11
-- 10.9.5
+- 10.9.6