diff --git a/bitnami/express/Dockerfile b/bitnami/express/Dockerfile
index 4214d3e7eb7c..b6e81e5f52d5 100644
--- a/bitnami/express/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/express/Dockerfile
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ COPY rootfs/ /
 # so the entrypoint does not have any permission issues
 RUN chown -R bitnami:bitnami /app_template
 
+RUN mkdir /app && chown bitnami: /app
+
 USER bitnami
 # This will add an specific version of Express that will validate the package.json requirement
 # so we will not download any other version
diff --git a/bitnami/express/docker-compose.yml b/bitnami/express/docker-compose.yml
index fadf0ffe8bdf..ad1e8a2c69dd 100644
--- a/bitnami/express/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/bitnami/express/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ version: '2'
 
 services:
   mongodb:
-    image: bitnami/mongodb:3.2.7-r2
+    image: bitnami/mongodb:latest
 
   myapp:
     tty: true # Enables debugging capabilities when attached to this container.
-    image: bitnami/express:4.14.0-r1
+    image: bitnami/express:latest
     environment:
       - DATABASE_URL=mongodb://mongodb:27017/my_app_development
     depends_on: