diff --git a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/Dockerfile
index fc1359255c7f..cc382ed6762d 100644
--- a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://bitnami.com/contact" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Bitnami" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.8.0-debian-11-r53" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.8.0-debian-11-r54" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/zookeeper" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="zookeeper" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
diff --git a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
index 92d24f1e945b..dce160e6948a 100644
--- a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
+++ b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ zookeeper_initialize() {
         if is_boolean_yes "$ZOO_ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_METRICS"; then
             zookeeper_enable_prometheus_metrics "$ZOO_CONF_FILE"
         fi
+        zookeeper_export_jvmflags "-Dzookeeper.electionPortBindRetry=0"
     else
         info "User injected custom configuration detected!"
     fi