diff --git a/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/Dockerfile
index c7d9638dbc00..0e296ea93b7a 100644
--- a/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:1e1b4657a77f0d47e9220f0c37b9bf7802581b93214fff7d1bd2364c8bf22e8e" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-11-16T14:46:40Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-11-30T20:50:21Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.4.1-debian-11-r88" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.4.2-debian-11-r0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="spark" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="3.4.1"
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="3.4.2"
 
 ENV HOME="/" \
     OS_ARCH="${TARGETARCH:-amd64}" \
@@ -23,22 +23,22 @@ ENV HOME="/" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/bin:/opt/bitnami/java/bin:/opt/bitnami/spark/bin:/opt/bitnami/spark/sbin:$PATH"
 
 COPY prebuildfs /
-SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "errexit", "-o", "nounset", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
 RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl libbz2-1.0 libcom-err2 libcrypt1 libffi7 libgcc-s1 libgssapi-krb5-2 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblzma5 libncursesw6 libnsl2 libreadline8 libsqlite3-0 libssl1.1 libstdc++6 libtinfo6 libtirpc3 procps zlib1g
-RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && \
+RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; \
     COMPONENTS=( \
-      "python-3.11.6-10-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
-      "java-17.0.9-11-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
-      "spark-3.4.1-9-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
-    ) && \
+      "python-3.11.6-11-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
+      "java-17.0.9-11-6-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
+      "spark-3.4.2-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
+    ) ; \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
       if [ ! -f "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" ]; then \
         curl -SsLf "https://downloads.bitnami.com/files/stacksmith/${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" -O ; \
         curl -SsLf "https://downloads.bitnami.com/files/stacksmith/${COMPONENT}.tar.gz.sha256" -O ; \
-      fi && \
-      sha256sum -c "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz.sha256" && \
-      tar -zxf "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" -C /opt/bitnami --strip-components=2 --no-same-owner --wildcards '*/files' && \
+      fi ; \
+      sha256sum -c "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz.sha256" ; \
+      tar -zxf "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" -C /opt/bitnami --strip-components=2 --no-same-owner --wildcards '*/files' ; \
       rm -rf "${COMPONENT}".tar.gz{,.sha256} ; \
     done
 RUN apt-get autoremove --purge -y curl && \
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RUN mkdir /.local && chmod g+rwX /.local
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/spark/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/java/postunpack.sh
-ENV APP_VERSION="3.4.1" \
+ENV APP_VERSION="3.4.2" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="spark" \
     JAVA_HOME="/opt/bitnami/java" \
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/lib:/opt/bitnami/spark/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/numpy.libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
diff --git a/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index 758bf77869cd..e63064213d90 100644
--- a/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-11",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "17.0.9-11-1"
+        "version": "17.0.9-11-6"
     },
     "python": {
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-11",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "3.11.6-10"
+        "version": "3.11.6-11"
     },
     "spark": {
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-11",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "3.4.1-9"
+        "version": "3.4.2-0"
     }
 }
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diff --git a/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script b/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script
index 4ca0f897277e..b7a5bf1e50bf 100755
--- a/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script
+++ b/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fi
 
 script=$1
 exit_code="${2:-96}"
-fail_if_not_present="${3:-n}"
+fail_if_not_present="${3:-y}"
 
 if test -f "$script"; then
   sh $script
diff --git a/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/tags-info.yaml b/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
index f8a24c2d89e5..e7876fcdbf41 100644
--- a/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/spark/3.4/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 rolling-tags:
 - "3.4"
 - 3.4-debian-11
-- 3.4.1
+- 3.4.2
diff --git a/bitnami/spark/README.md b/bitnami/spark/README.md
index 86626b67c9e8..d67bfb41606c 100644
--- a/bitnami/spark/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/spark/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Apache Spark packaged by Bitnami
+# Bitnami package for Apache Spark
 
 ## What is Apache Spark?
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ You can find the available configuration options in the [Environment Variables](
 * Bitnami closely tracks upstream source changes and promptly publishes new versions of this image using our automated systems.
 * With Bitnami images the latest bug fixes and features are available as soon as possible.
 * Bitnami containers, virtual machines and cloud images use the same components and configuration approach - making it easy to switch between formats based on your project needs.
-* All our images are based on [minideb](https://github.com/bitnami/minideb) a minimalist Debian based container image which gives you a small base container image and the familiarity of a leading Linux distribution.
+* All our images are based on [**minideb**](https://github.com/bitnami/minideb) -a minimalist Debian based container image that gives you a small base container image and the familiarity of a leading Linux distribution- or **scratch** -an explicitly empty image-.
 * All Bitnami images available in Docker Hub are signed with [Docker Content Trust (DCT)](https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/trust/content_trust/). You can use `DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1` to verify the integrity of the images.
 * Bitnami container images are released on a regular basis with the latest distribution packages available.