diff --git a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/Dockerfile
index 3ad4c7069450..49efd3736082 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:1e1b4657a77f0d47e9220f0c37b9bf7802581b93214fff7d1bd2364c8bf22e8e" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-10-09T17:45:33Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-11-30T06:43:22Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="4.4.4-debian-11-r45" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="4.4.5-debian-11-r0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="pgpool" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="4.4.4"
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="4.4.5"
 
 ENV HOME="/" \
     OS_ARCH="${TARGETARCH:-amd64}" \
@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@ ENV HOME="/" \
     OS_NAME="linux"
 
 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 ldap-utils libaudit1 libbsd0 libcap-ng0 libcom-err2 libcrypt1 libedit2 libffi7 libgcc-s1 libgmp10 libgnutls30 libgssapi-krb5-2 libhogweed6 libicu67 libidn2-0 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 libldap-2.4-2 libldap-common liblzma5 libmd0 libnettle8 libnss-ldapd libp11-kit0 libpam-ldapd libpam0g libpq5 libsasl2-2 libssl1.1 libstdc++6 libtasn1-6 libtinfo6 libunistring2 libuuid1 libxml2 libxslt1.1 nslcd 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=( \
-      "postgresql-client-14.9.0-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
-      "wait-for-port-1.0.7-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
-      "pgpool-4.4.4-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
-    ) && \
+      "postgresql-client-14.10.0-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
+      "wait-for-port-1.0.7-3-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
+      "pgpool-4.4.5-0-linux-${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 && \
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
 
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/pgpool/postunpack.sh
-ENV APP_VERSION="4.4.4" \
+ENV APP_VERSION="4.4.5" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="pgpool" \
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/lib:/opt/bitnami/common/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/postgresql/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/sbin:/opt/bitnami/pgpool/bin:$PATH"
diff --git a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index b23caede1156..9d1c5ff3763e 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-11",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "4.4.4-1"
+        "version": "4.4.5-0"
     },
     "postgresql-client": {
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-11",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "14.9.0-1"
+        "version": "14.10.0-0"
     },
     "wait-for-port": {
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-11",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "1.0.7-1"
+        "version": "1.0.7-3"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libbitnami.sh b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libbitnami.sh
index 184de8a117e2..3853c789b2ea 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libbitnami.sh
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libbitnami.sh
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ print_welcome_page() {
 print_image_welcome_page() {
     local github_url="https://github.com/bitnami/containers"
 
-    log ""
-    log "${BOLD}Welcome to the Bitnami ${BITNAMI_APP_NAME} container${RESET}"
-    log "Subscribe to project updates by watching ${BOLD}${github_url}${RESET}"
-    log "Submit issues and feature requests at ${BOLD}${github_url}/issues${RESET}"
-    log ""
+    info ""
+    info "${BOLD}Welcome to the Bitnami ${BITNAMI_APP_NAME} container${RESET}"
+    info "Subscribe to project updates by watching ${BOLD}${github_url}${RESET}"
+    info "Submit issues and feature requests at ${BOLD}${github_url}/issues${RESET}"
+    info ""
 }
 
diff --git a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script
index 4ca0f897277e..b7a5bf1e50bf 100755
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/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/pgpool/4/debian-11/tags-info.yaml b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
index 7416b9249b91..d6aa73227c3f 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/tags-info.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 rolling-tags:
 - "4"
 - 4-debian-11
-- 4.4.4
+- 4.4.5
 - latest
diff --git a/bitnami/pgpool/README.md b/bitnami/pgpool/README.md
index 23ef4d4c8fd7..dafd51e41d97 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Pgpool-II packaged by Bitnami
+# Bitnami package for Pgpool-II
 
 ## What is Pgpool-II?
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ You can find the default credentials and available configuration options in the
 * 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.