diff --git a/bitnami/express/4/debian-9/Dockerfile b/bitnami/express/4/debian-9/Dockerfile
index ed9757efd4aa..34398dde3819 100644
--- a/bitnami/express/4/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/express/4/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM bitnami/minideb-extras:stretch-r366
+FROM bitnami/minideb-extras:stretch-r367
 LABEL maintainer "Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>"
 
 ENV BITNAMI_PKG_CHMOD="-R g+rwX" \
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /dist /app /.npm /.config /.cache /.local && chmod g+rwx /dist /app
 
 COPY rootfs /
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="express" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="4.17.0-debian-9-r4" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="4.17.0-debian-9-r5" \
     NAMI_PREFIX="/.nami" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/sequelize-cli/bin:/opt/bitnami/node/bin:/opt/bitnami/git/bin:/opt/bitnami/express/bin:/opt/bitnami/bower/bin:$PATH"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/express/README.md b/bitnami/express/README.md
index d538a19e067e..85258b528848 100644
--- a/bitnami/express/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/express/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 
 * [`4-ol-7`, `4.17.0-ol-7-r4` (4/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-express/blob/4.17.0-ol-7-r4/4/ol-7/Dockerfile)
-* [`4-debian-9`, `4.17.0-debian-9-r3`, `4`, `4.17.0`, `4.17.0-r3`, `latest` (4/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-express/blob/4.17.0-debian-9-r3/4/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`4-debian-9`, `4.17.0-debian-9-r5`, `4`, `4.17.0`, `4.17.0-r5`, `latest` (4/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-express/blob/4.17.0-debian-9-r5/4/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 
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diff --git a/bitnami/express/docker-compose-postgresql.yml b/bitnami/express/docker-compose-postgresql.yml
index dc88082e9774..f1a4b1669eba 100644
--- a/bitnami/express/docker-compose-postgresql.yml
+++ b/bitnami/express/docker-compose-postgresql.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
     image: bitnami/postgresql:11
     environment:
       - POSTGRESQL_DATABASE=myapp
-
+      - ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes
   express:
     tty: true # Enables debugging capabilities when attached to this container.
     image: bitnami/express:4