diff --git a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/5.0/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/5.0/debian-11/Dockerfile
index 9cd071cbacee..304c98b09407 100644
--- a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/5.0/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/5.0/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="2023-08-03T07:27:12Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-08-06T10:11:40Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="5.0.19-debian-11-r20" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="5.0.19-debian-11-r23" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="mongodb-sharded" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="5.0.19"
diff --git a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/5.0/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmongodb.sh b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/5.0/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmongodb.sh
index 0f8914ecbf31..75687dc120b9 100644
--- a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/5.0/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmongodb.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/5.0/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmongodb.sh
@@ -1397,6 +1397,15 @@ mongodb_initialize() {
     mongodb_set_storage_conf "$MONGODB_CONF_FILE"
     is_boolean_yes "$MONGODB_DISABLE_JAVASCRIPT" && mongodb_disable_javascript_conf "$MONGODB_CONF_FILE"
 
+    # Create the ReplicaSet keyFile before Mongo starts in case it is referenced in the $MONGODB_CONF_FILE
+    if [[ -n "$MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_MODE" ]]; then
+        if [[ -n "$MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_KEY" ]]; then
+            mongodb_create_keyfile "$MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_KEY"
+            mongodb_set_keyfile_conf "$MONGODB_CONF_FILE"
+        fi
+        mongodb_set_replicasetmode_conf "$MONGODB_CONF_FILE"
+    fi
+
     if is_dir_empty "$MONGODB_DATA_DIR/db"; then
         info "Deploying MongoDB from scratch..."
         ensure_dir_exists "$MONGODB_DATA_DIR/db"
@@ -1418,15 +1427,8 @@ mongodb_initialize() {
     else
         mongodb_set_auth_conf "$MONGODB_CONF_FILE"
         info "Deploying MongoDB with persisted data..."
-        if [[ -n "$MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_MODE" ]]; then
-            if [[ -n "$MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_KEY" ]]; then
-                mongodb_create_keyfile "$MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_KEY"
-                mongodb_set_keyfile_conf "$MONGODB_CONF_FILE"
-            fi
-            if [[ "$MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_MODE" = "dynamic" ]]; then
-                mongodb_ensure_dynamic_mode_consistency
-            fi
-            mongodb_set_replicasetmode_conf "$MONGODB_CONF_FILE"
+        if [[ -n "$MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_MODE" ]] && [[ "$MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_MODE" = "dynamic" ]]; then
+            mongodb_ensure_dynamic_mode_consistency
         fi
     fi