diff --git a/bitnami/rabbitmq/4.2/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/rabbitmq/4.2/debian-12/Dockerfile
index a5edf92ada16..ae1d054761b6 100644
--- a/bitnami/rabbitmq/4.2/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/rabbitmq/4.2/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ARG DOWNLOADS_URL="downloads.bitnami.com/files/stacksmith"
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2025-10-30T11:28:23Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2025-11-13T14:54:41Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Broadcom, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/rabbitmq/README.md" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/rabbitmq" \
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/rabbitmq/postunpack.sh
 ENV APP_VERSION="4.2.0" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="rabbitmq" \
-    IMAGE_REVISION="0" \
+    IMAGE_REVISION="1" \
     LANG="en_US.UTF-8" \
     LANGUAGE="en_US:en"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/rabbitmq/4.2/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/rabbitmq/setup.sh b/bitnami/rabbitmq/4.2/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/rabbitmq/setup.sh
index 3651f916a2ca..b1e05b94faf6 100755
--- a/bitnami/rabbitmq/4.2/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/rabbitmq/setup.sh
+++ b/bitnami/rabbitmq/4.2/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/rabbitmq/setup.sh
@@ -11,18 +11,27 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 # Load libraries
 . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
+. /opt/bitnami/scripts/liblog.sh
 . /opt/bitnami/scripts/librabbitmq.sh
 
 # Load RabbitMQ environment variables
 . /opt/bitnami/scripts/rabbitmq-env.sh
 
-# Ensure RabbitMQ environment variables settings are valid
-rabbitmq_validate
-# Ensure RabbitMQ is stopped when this script ends.
-trap "rabbitmq_stop" EXIT
-# Ensure 'daemon' user exists when running as 'root'
-am_i_root && ensure_user_exists "$RABBITMQ_DAEMON_USER" --group "$RABBITMQ_DAEMON_GROUP"
-# Ensure RabbitMQ is initialized
-rabbitmq_initialize
-# Load custom init scripts
-rabbitmq_custom_init_scripts
+# Check whether we are deployed by the RabbitMQ Cluster Operator. This can be done by
+# checking if the /operator folder exists
+# https://github.com/rabbitmq/cluster-operator/blob/main/internal/resource/statefulset.go#L478
+if [[ -d "/operator" ]]; then
+    info "Container deployed by the RabbitMQ Cluster Operator. Skipping setup"
+else
+    # Ensure RabbitMQ environment variables settings are valid
+    rabbitmq_validate
+    # Ensure RabbitMQ is stopped when this script ends.
+    trap "rabbitmq_stop" EXIT
+    # Ensure 'daemon' user exists when running as 'root'
+    am_i_root && ensure_user_exists "$RABBITMQ_DAEMON_USER" --group "$RABBITMQ_DAEMON_GROUP"
+    # Ensure RabbitMQ is initialized
+    rabbitmq_initialize
+    # Load custom init scripts
+    rabbitmq_custom_init_scripts
+fi
+