diff --git a/bitnami/couchdb/3/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/couchdb/3/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 97512cf64cec..d04d43bbd478 100644
--- a/bitnami/couchdb/3/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/couchdb/3/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/couchdb/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="couchdb" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.1.1-debian-10-r43" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.1.1-debian-10-r44" \
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/couchdb/bin:$PATH"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/couchdb/README.md b/bitnami/couchdb/README.md
index 93c60ce13fde..a32afc0524dc 100644
--- a/bitnami/couchdb/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/couchdb/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recom
 Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags [in our documentation page](https://docs.bitnami.com/tutorials/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).
 
 
-* [`3`, `3-debian-10`, `3.1.1`, `3.1.1-debian-10-r43`, `latest` (3/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-couchdb/blob/3.1.1-debian-10-r43/3/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`3`, `3-debian-10`, `3.1.1`, `3.1.1-debian-10-r44`, `latest` (3/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-couchdb/blob/3.1.1-debian-10-r44/3/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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@@ -273,10 +273,12 @@ Here is an example of extending the image with the following modifications:
 FROM bitnami/couchdb
 LABEL maintainer "Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>"
 
+## Change user to perform privileged actions
+USER 0
 ## Install 'vim'
-USER 0 # Required to perform privileged actions
 RUN install_packages vim
-USER 1001 # Revert to the original non-root user
+## Revert to the original non-root user
+USER 1001
 
 ## Modify the ports used by NGINX by default
 ENV COUCHDB_PORT_NUMBER=1234 # It is also possible to change this environment variable at runtime