diff --git a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/Dockerfile
index 1be55a6924a2..51c4c8b08972 100644
--- a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/fluentd/1/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="2023-04-17T13:04:54Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-04-20T13:27:39Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="1.16.1-debian-11-r0" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="1.16.1-debian-11-r1" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="fluentd" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="1.16.1"
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl libcrypt1 libgcc-s1 libjemalloc-dev li
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && \
     COMPONENTS=( \
       "ruby-3.1.4-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
-      "gosu-1.16.0-5-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
       "fluentd-1.16.1-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
     ) && \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/fluentd/postunpack.sh
 ENV APP_VERSION="1.16.1" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="fluentd" \
     GEM_HOME="/opt/bitnami/fluentd" \
-    PATH="/opt/bitnami/ruby/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/fluentd/bin:$PATH"
+    PATH="/opt/bitnami/ruby/bin:/opt/bitnami/fluentd/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 5140 24224
 
diff --git a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index 73994193b240..476359e03da1 100644
--- a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@
         "type": "NAMI",
         "version": "1.16.1-0"
     },
-    "gosu": {
-        "arch": "amd64",
-        "distro": "debian-11",
-        "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "1.16.0-5"
-    },
     "ruby": {
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-11",
diff --git a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
index 5e141d4ce3f1..e573899abacb 100644
--- a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
+++ b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
@@ -553,3 +553,98 @@ get_root_disk_device_id() {
 get_root_disk_size() {
     fdisk -l "$(get_root_disk_device_id)" | grep 'Disk.*bytes' | sed -E 's/.*, ([0-9]+) bytes,.*/\1/' || true
 }
+
+########################
+# Run command as a specific user and group (optional)
+# Arguments:
+#   $1 - USER(:GROUP) to switch to
+#   $2..$n - command to execute
+# Returns:
+#   Exit code of the specified command
+#########################
+run_as_user() {
+    run_chroot "$@"
+}
+
+########################
+# Execute command as a specific user and group (optional),
+# replacing the current process image
+# Arguments:
+#   $1 - USER(:GROUP) to switch to
+#   $2..$n - command to execute
+# Returns:
+#   Exit code of the specified command
+#########################
+exec_as_user() {
+    run_chroot --replace-process "$@"
+}
+
+########################
+# Run a command using chroot
+# Arguments:
+#   $1 - USER(:GROUP) to switch to
+#   $2..$n - command to execute
+# Flags:
+#   -r | --replace-process - Replace the current process image (optional)
+# Returns:
+#   Exit code of the specified command
+#########################
+run_chroot() {
+    local userspec
+    local user
+    local homedir
+    local replace=false
+    local -r cwd="$(pwd)"
+
+    # Parse and validate flags
+    while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
+        case "$1" in
+            -r | --replace-process)
+                replace=true
+                ;;
+            --)
+                shift
+                break
+                ;;
+            -*)
+                stderr_print "unrecognized flag $1"
+                return 1
+                ;;
+            *)
+                break
+                ;;
+        esac
+        shift
+    done
+
+    # Parse and validate arguments
+    if [[ "$#" -lt 2 ]]; then
+        echo "expected at least 2 arguments"
+        return 1
+    else
+        userspec=$1
+        shift
+
+        # userspec can optionally include the group, so we parse the user
+        user=$(echo "$userspec" | cut -d':' -f1)
+    fi
+
+    if ! am_i_root; then
+        error "Could not switch to '${userspec}': Operation not permitted"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Get the HOME directory for the user to switch, as chroot does
+    # not properly update this env and some scripts rely on it
+    homedir=$(eval echo "~${user}")
+    if [[ ! -d $homedir ]]; then
+        homedir="${HOME:-/}"
+    fi
+
+    # Obtaining value for "$@" indirectly in order to properly support shell parameter expansion
+    if [[ "$replace" = true ]]; then
+        exec chroot --userspec="$userspec" / bash -c "cd ${cwd}; export HOME=${homedir}; exec \"\$@\"" -- "$@"
+    else
+        chroot --userspec="$userspec" / bash -c "cd ${cwd}; export HOME=${homedir}; exec \"\$@\"" -- "$@"
+    fi
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/fluentd/run.sh b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/fluentd/run.sh
index 23e13249631c..172729e72089 100755
--- a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/fluentd/run.sh
+++ b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/fluentd/run.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
-#set -o xtrace 
+#set -o xtrace
 
 # Load libraries
 . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libfluentd.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fi
 info "** Starting Fluentd **"
 if am_i_root && [[ "$FLUENTD_DAEMON_USER" != "root" ]]; then
     info "Switching daemon from root to $FLUENTD_DAEMON_USER..."
-    exec gosu "$FLUENTD_DAEMON_USER" "$EXEC" "${args[@]}"
+    exec_as_user "$FLUENTD_DAEMON_USER" "$EXEC" "${args[@]}"
 else
     exec "$EXEC" "${args[@]}"
 fi