diff --git a/bitnami/ksql/6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/ksql/6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile
index 68b662250296..7f6aa9deef7b 100644
--- a/bitnami/ksql/6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/ksql/6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://bitnami.com/contact" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Bitnami" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="6.1.8-debian-11-r17" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="6.1.8-debian-11-r18" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/ksql" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="ksql" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ENV HOME="/" \
 COPY prebuildfs /
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
-RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl netcat-traditional procps zlib1g
+RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl netcat procps zlib1g
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && \
     COMPONENTS=( \
       "java-11.0.17-7-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \