diff --git a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile
index 03dfaf1e98dc..d46c028da357 100644
--- a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:1e1b4657a77f0d47e9220f0c37b9bf7802581b93214fff7d1bd2364c8bf22e8e" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-12-24T07:56:52Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-01-09T12:07:48Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.9.1-debian-11-r4" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.9.1-debian-11-r5" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="zookeeper" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="3.9.1"
diff --git a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script
index b7a5bf1e50bf..4ca0f897277e 100755
--- a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script
+++ b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/run-script
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fi
 
 script=$1
 exit_code="${2:-96}"
-fail_if_not_present="${3:-y}"
+fail_if_not_present="${3:-n}"
 
 if test -f "$script"; then
   sh $script
diff --git a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
index a16c4a0e0351..e0d1aa22825c 100644
--- a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
+++ b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
@@ -581,3 +581,50 @@ is_zookeeper_running() {
 is_zookeeper_not_running() {
     ! is_zookeeper_running
 }
+
+########################
+# Check Zookeeper health
+# Globals:
+#   ZOOKEEPER_*
+# Arguments:
+#   None
+# Returns:
+#   0 when healthy
+#   1 when unhealthy
+#########################
+zookeeper_healthcheck() {
+    local command=""
+    local args=()
+    local port="$ZOO_PORT_NUMBER"
+
+    if [[ "$ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_ENABLE" = true ]]; then
+        port="$ZOO_TLS_PORT_NUMBER"
+        command="openssl"
+        args+=("s_client" "-quiet" "-crlf" "-connect" "localhost:${port}")
+
+        debug "Running healthcheck command: 'echo \"ruok\" | timeout ${ZOO_HC_TIMEOUT} ${command} ${args[*]} \
+            -key <(openssl pkcs12 -in ${ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_KEYSTORE_FILE} -nodes -nocerts -passin pass:\$ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD) \
+            -cert <(openssl pkcs12 -in ${ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_KEYSTORE_FILE} -nodes -nokeys -passin pass:\$ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD)'"
+        response=$(echo "ruok" | timeout "$ZOO_HC_TIMEOUT" "$command" "${args[@]}" \
+            -key <(openssl pkcs12 -in "$ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_KEYSTORE_FILE" -nodes -nocerts -passin pass:"$ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD") \
+            -cert <(openssl pkcs12 -in "$ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_KEYSTORE_FILE" -nodes -nokeys -passin pass:"$ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD") 2> /dev/null
+        )
+    else
+        command="nc"
+        # Only add flag '-q' if OpenBSD netcat is used
+        if nc -help 2>&1 | grep -q "\[-q seconds\]"; then
+            args+=("-q" "1")
+        fi
+        args+=("-w" "$ZOO_HC_TIMEOUT" "localhost" "$port")
+        debug "Running healthcheck command: 'echo \"ruok\" | timeout ${ZOO_HC_TIMEOUT} ${command} ${args[*]}'"
+        response=$(echo "ruok" | timeout "$ZOO_HC_TIMEOUT" "$command" "${args[@]}")
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$response" =~ "imok" ]]; then
+        info "Zookeeper healthcheck succeeded"
+        return 0
+    else
+        error "Zookeeper healthcheck failed."
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/zookeeper-env.sh b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/zookeeper-env.sh
index 259b4967ebc3..4e525cdabfa3 100644
--- a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/zookeeper-env.sh
+++ b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/zookeeper-env.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ zookeeper_env_vars=(
     ZOO_MAX_SESSION_TIMEOUT
     ZOO_PRE_ALLOC_SIZE
     ZOO_SNAPCOUNT
+    ZOO_HC_TIMEOUT
     ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_ENABLE
     ZOO_TLS_PORT_NUMBER
     ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_KEYSTORE_FILE
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ export ZOO_PROMETHEUS_METRICS_PORT_NUMBER="${ZOO_PROMETHEUS_METRICS_PORT_NUMBER:
 export ZOO_MAX_SESSION_TIMEOUT="${ZOO_MAX_SESSION_TIMEOUT:-40000}"
 export ZOO_PRE_ALLOC_SIZE="${ZOO_PRE_ALLOC_SIZE:-65536}"
 export ZOO_SNAPCOUNT="${ZOO_SNAPCOUNT:-100000}"
+export ZOO_HC_TIMEOUT="${ZOO_HC_TIMEOUT:-5}"
 
 # ZooKeeper TLS settings
 export ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_ENABLE="${ZOO_TLS_CLIENT_ENABLE:-false}"
diff --git a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/zookeeper/healthcheck.sh b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/zookeeper/healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..7fa8b3c3ea60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/zookeeper/healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright VMware, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: APACHE-2.0
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+# set -o xtrace # Uncomment this line for debugging purposes
+
+# Load libraries
+. /opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
+
+# Load Zookeeper environment variables
+. /opt/bitnami/scripts/zookeeper-env.sh
+
+zookeeper_healthcheck