diff --git a/bitnami/kong/2/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kong/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 88c9eb8957a3..5f8a88f0095c 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kong/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ ENV HOME="/" \
 
 COPY prebuildfs /
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
-RUN install_packages acl ca-certificates curl gzip libc6 libgcc1 libpcre3 libssl1.1 libyaml-0-2 perl procps tar zlib1g zlib1g-dev
-RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "kong" "2.8.1-3" --checksum 8d69a018ea1f09286f5659a15939676a8ffec5f6d71e4c946757450092cb8d2a
+RUN install_packages acl ca-certificates curl gzip libc6 libgcc1 libpcre3 libprotobuf-dev libssl1.1 libyaml-0-2 perl procps tar zlib1g zlib1g-dev
+RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "kong" "2.8.1-4" --checksum c2b5d5f4cd4ab276008f2d2c8ead60aacf67dc08379df327388cb0c575bdeb97
 RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "gosu" "1.14.0-7" --checksum d6280b6f647a62bf6edc74dc8e526bfff63ddd8067dcb8540843f47203d9ccf1
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
     rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/2/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/kong/2/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index 13f0c3cc85fa..b44acbe7a138 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/2/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/kong/2/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     },
     "kong": {
         "arch": "amd64",
-        "digest": "8d69a018ea1f09286f5659a15939676a8ffec5f6d71e4c946757450092cb8d2a",
+        "digest": "c2b5d5f4cd4ab276008f2d2c8ead60aacf67dc08379df327388cb0c575bdeb97",
         "distro": "debian-10",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "2.8.1-3"
+        "version": "2.8.1-4"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/README.md b/bitnami/kong/README.md
index 5ecc4948ea46..38b5d9c5ee05 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kong/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ 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/).
 
 
-* [`2`, `2-debian-10`, `2.8.1`, `2.8.1-debian-10-r27`, `latest` (2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/2.8.1-debian-10-r27/2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`2`, `2-debian-10`, `2.8.1`, `2.8.1-debian-10-r28`, `latest` (2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/2.8.1-debian-10-r28/2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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