diff --git a/bitnami/ruby/3.0/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/ruby/3.0/debian-11/Dockerfile
index 96de0ac7890a..181b09f1309d 100644
--- a/bitnami/ruby/3.0/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/ruby/3.0/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://bitnami.com/contact" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Bitnami" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.0.4-debian-11-r39" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.0.4-debian-11-r40" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/ruby" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="ruby" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && \
     tar -zxf ruby-3.0.4-153-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11.tar.gz -C /opt/bitnami --strip-components=2 --no-same-owner --wildcards '*/files' && \
     rm -rf ruby-3.0.4-153-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11.tar.gz ruby-3.0.4-153-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11.tar.gz.sha256
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
-    rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
+    apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
 RUN sed -i 's/^PASS_MAX_DAYS.*/PASS_MAX_DAYS    90/' /etc/login.defs && \
     sed -i 's/^PASS_MIN_DAYS.*/PASS_MIN_DAYS    0/' /etc/login.defs && \
     sed -i 's/sha512/sha512 minlen=8/' /etc/pam.d/common-password
diff --git a/bitnami/ruby/3.0/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/install_packages b/bitnami/ruby/3.0/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/install_packages
index c9577647443b..2c915f265c9d 100755
--- a/bitnami/ruby/3.0/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/install_packages
+++ b/bitnami/ruby/3.0/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/install_packages
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ until [ $n -gt $max ]; do
     echo "apt failed, retrying"
     n=$(($n + 1))
 done
-rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
+apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
diff --git a/bitnami/ruby/README.md b/bitnami/ruby/README.md
index 3b553e0eb0d4..8b687c2dc824 100644
--- a/bitnami/ruby/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/ruby/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 
 * [`3.1`, `3.1-debian-11`, `3.1.2`, `3.1.2-debian-11-r40`, `latest` (3.1/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/ruby/3.1/debian-11/Dockerfile)
-* [`3.0`, `3.0-debian-11`, `3.0.4`, `3.0.4-debian-11-r39` (3.0/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/ruby/3.0/debian-11/Dockerfile)
+* [`3.0`, `3.0-debian-11`, `3.0.4`, `3.0.4-debian-11-r40` (3.0/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/ruby/3.0/debian-11/Dockerfile)
 * [`2.7`, `2.7-debian-11`, `2.7.6`, `2.7.6-debian-11-r40` (2.7/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/ruby/2.7/debian-11/Dockerfile)
 
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