diff --git a/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/Dockerfile
index 20b1733777da..4fb988e3fc30 100644
--- a/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ FROM docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-04-13T10:15:14Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-04-16T10:40:40Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="2023.4.12-debian-11-r0" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="2023.4.12-debian-11-r1" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="minio-client" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="2023.4.12"
diff --git a/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libminioclient.sh b/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libminioclient.sh
index c9f84f3729f6..e6616ac610b9 100644
--- a/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libminioclient.sh
+++ b/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libminioclient.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ minio_client_execute() {
     local exec
     exec=$(command -v mc)
 
-    "${exec}" "${args[@]}"
+    if am_i_root; then
+        gosu "$MINIO_DAEMON_USER" "${exec}" "${args[@]}"
+    else
+        "${exec}" "${args[@]}"
+    fi
 }
 
 ########################
@@ -50,7 +54,11 @@ minio_client_execute_timeout() {
     local exec
     exec=$(command -v mc)
 
-    timeout 5s "${exec}" "${args[@]}"
+    if am_i_root; then
+        timeout 5s gosu "$MINIO_DAEMON_USER" "${exec}" "${args[@]}"
+    else
+        timeout 5s "${exec}" "${args[@]}"
+    fi
 }
 
 ########################
diff --git a/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/minio-client-env.sh b/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/minio-client-env.sh
index 3c05384b09bf..eb24664681be 100644
--- a/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/minio-client-env.sh
+++ b/bitnami/minio-client/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/minio-client-env.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export BITNAMI_DEBUG="${BITNAMI_DEBUG:-false}"
 # By setting an environment variable matching *_FILE to a file path, the prefixed environment
 # variable will be overridden with the value specified in that file
 minio_client_env_vars=(
+    MINIO_CLIENT_CONF_DIR
     MINIO_SERVER_HOST
     MINIO_SERVER_PORT_NUMBER
     MINIO_SERVER_SCHEME
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ unset minio_client_env_vars
 # Paths
 export MINIO_CLIENT_BASE_DIR="${BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR}/minio-client"
 export MINIO_CLIENT_BIN_DIR="${MINIO_CLIENT_BASE_DIR}/bin"
-export MINIO_CLIENT_CONF_DIR="/.mc"
+export MINIO_CLIENT_CONF_DIR="${MINIO_CLIENT_CONF_DIR:-/.mc}"
 export PATH="${MINIO_CLIENT_BIN_DIR}:${PATH}"
 
 # MinIO Client configuration
@@ -64,4 +65,8 @@ MINIO_SERVER_ROOT_PASSWORD="${MINIO_SERVER_ROOT_PASSWORD:-"${MINIO_CLIENT_SECRET
 MINIO_SERVER_ROOT_PASSWORD="${MINIO_SERVER_ROOT_PASSWORD:-"${MINIO_SERVER_SECRET_KEY:-}"}"
 export MINIO_SERVER_ROOT_PASSWORD="${MINIO_SERVER_ROOT_PASSWORD:-}"
 
+# System users (when running with a privileged user)
+export MINIO_DAEMON_USER="minio"
+export MINIO_DAEMON_GROUP="minio"
+
 # Custom environment variables may be defined below