diff --git a/bitnami/kafka-exporter/1/debian-9/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kafka-exporter/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
index 25f76f93d639..9f7adb065979 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka-exporter/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kafka-exporter/1/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ RUN wget -nc -P /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ https://downloads.bitnami.com/files/stac
     echo "6291d3d8d8964f9308426dc6328e5c1b5bd4b716a8ea2bd227ea3e84f991495b  /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/kafka-exporter-1.2.0-1-linux-amd64-debian-9.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c - && \
     tar -zxf /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/kafka-exporter-1.2.0-1-linux-amd64-debian-9.tar.gz -P --transform 's|^[^/]*/files|/opt/bitnami|' --wildcards '*/files' && \
     rm -rf /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/kafka-exporter-1.2.0-1-linux-amd64-debian-9.tar.gz
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && \
+    rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="kafka-exporter" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.2.0-debian-9-r125" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.2.0-debian-9-r126" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/kafka-exporter/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 9308
diff --git a/bitnami/kafka-exporter/README.md b/bitnami/kafka-exporter/README.md
index 71b807df6063..c0d33cad8451 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka-exporter/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kafka-exporter/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ 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/containers/how-to/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).
 
 
-* [`1-debian-9`, `1.2.0-debian-9-r125`, `1`, `1.2.0`, `1.2.0-r125`, `latest` (1/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kafka-exporter/blob/1.2.0-debian-9-r125/1/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`1-debian-9`, `1.2.0-debian-9-r126`, `1`, `1.2.0`, `1.2.0-r126`, `latest` (1/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kafka-exporter/blob/1.2.0-debian-9-r126/1/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 
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