diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/2/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kafka/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
index f381d945e727..64fbae10dadb 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN ln -s /opt/bitnami/scripts/kafka/run.sh /run.sh
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/kafka/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="kafka" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.8.0-debian-10-r67" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.8.0-debian-10-r68" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/java/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/kafka/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 9092
diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/2/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/kafka/setup.sh b/bitnami/kafka/2/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/kafka/setup.sh
index aedbe5b3216f..179ed302f2e8 100755
--- a/bitnami/kafka/2/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/kafka/setup.sh
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/2/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/kafka/setup.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ if [[ -z "${KAFKA_CFG_BROKER_ID:-}" ]]; then
         export KAFKA_CFG_BROKER_ID=-1
     fi
 fi
+# Set the default tuststore locations
+kafka_configure_default_truststore_locations
 # Ensure Kafka environment variables are valid
 kafka_validate
 # Ensure Kafka user and group exist when running as 'root'
diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/README.md b/bitnami/kafka/README.md
index ce014471bc98..526d11824cce 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recom
 ## Supported tags and respective `Dockerfile` links
 
 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`, `2.8.0`, `2.8.0-debian-10-r67`, `latest` (2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kafka/blob/2.8.0-debian-10-r67/2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`2`, `2-debian-10`, `2.8.0`, `2.8.0-debian-10-r68`, `latest` (2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kafka/blob/2.8.0-debian-10-r68/2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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