diff --git a/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/Dockerfile
index 7493feb76b6c..27b91837bbac 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:c50c90cfd9d12b445b011e6ad529f1ad3daea45c26d20b00732fae3cd71f6a83" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-03-13T22:00:54Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-03-18T12:16:30Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.6.1-debian-12-r4" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.6.1-debian-12-r5" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="kong" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="3.6.1"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl libabsl20220623 libaom3 libavif15 libb
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; \
     COMPONENTS=( \
       "render-template-1.0.6-10-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
-      "kong-3.6.1-4-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
+      "kong-3.6.1-5-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
     ) ; \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
       if [ ! -f "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" ]; then \
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index 62f77b482ddc..3b91c93a9cfd 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-12",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "3.6.1-4"
+        "version": "3.6.1-5"
     },
     "render-template": {
         "arch": "amd64",
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/README.md b/bitnami/kong/README.md
index f94f2864b085..9f3dabdf0d95 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kong/README.md
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ We can launch another containers using the same flag (`--network NETWORK`) in th
 | `KONG_ADMIN_LISTEN`            | Kong admin listen address.                         | `${KONG_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS}:${KONG_ADMIN_HTTP_PORT_NUMBER}, ${KONG_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS}:${KONG_ADMIN_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER} ssl` |
 | `KONG_ADMIN_LISTEN_OVERRIDE`   | Override admin listen.                             | `no`                                                                                                                            |
 | `KONG_DATABASE`                | Select database for Kong.                          | `postgres`                                                                                                                      |
-| `KONG_DATABASE`                | Select database for Kong.                          | `postgres`                                                                                                                      |
-| `KONG_NGINX_USER`              | Set nginx user.                                    | `${KONG_DAEMON_USER} ${KONG_DAEMON_GROUP}`                                                                                      |
 
 #### Read-only environment variables
 
@@ -123,7 +121,6 @@ We can launch another containers using the same flag (`--network NETWORK`) in th
 | `KONG_PREFIX`             | Kong installation directory.                          | `${KONG_SERVER_DIR}`                 |
 | `KONG_DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR` | Directory with default Kong Openresty instance files. | `${KONG_BASE_DIR}/server.default`    |
 | `KONG_LOGS_DIR`           | Directory where Kong logs are stored.                 | `${KONG_SERVER_DIR}/logs`            |
-| `KONG_PID_FILE`           | Path to the PID file for Kong.                        | `${KONG_SERVER_DIR}/pids/nginx.pid`  |
 | `KONG_DAEMON_USER`        | Kong system user.                                     | `kong`                               |
 | `KONG_DAEMON_GROUP`       | Kong system group.                                    | `kong`                               |