diff --git a/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/Dockerfile
index a622e0c0b98d..e0975a07741b 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 FROM docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye
-LABEL maintainer "Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>"
-
 ENV HOME="/" \
     OS_ARCH="amd64" \
     OS_FLAVOUR="debian-11" \
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ COPY prebuildfs /
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
 RUN install_packages acl ca-certificates curl gzip libc6 libcrypt1 libgcc-s1 libpcre3 libprotobuf-dev libssl1.1 libyaml-0-2 perl procps tar zlib1g zlib1g-dev
 RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "gosu" "1.14.0-150" --checksum da4a2f759ccc57c100d795b71ab297f48b31c4dd7578d773d963bbd49c42bd7b
-RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "kong" "2.8.1-152" --checksum 73d95c6d17061dfcd619aa59886ca0a0e92d9ff193df6333f943e7ccc2a2ead9
+RUN . /opt/bitnami/scripts/libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "kong" "2.8.1-153" --checksum 2e344e7d6f7398bc644e158f18d51dbf05573e482e278f01a1086d27acbe5b5d
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
     rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
 RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index 2fc4efdb850e..f6f52dd29ced 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     },
     "kong": {
         "arch": "amd64",
-        "digest": "73d95c6d17061dfcd619aa59886ca0a0e92d9ff193df6333f943e7ccc2a2ead9",
+        "digest": "2e344e7d6f7398bc644e158f18d51dbf05573e482e278f01a1086d27acbe5b5d",
         "distro": "debian-11",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "2.8.1-152"
+        "version": "2.8.1-153"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/README.md b/bitnami/kong/README.md
index 16f2bf07cb86..4633d6db342c 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kong/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recom
 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-11`, `2.8.1`, `2.8.1-debian-11-r8`, `latest` (2/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/2.8.1-debian-11-r8/2/debian-11/Dockerfile)
+* [`2`, `2-debian-11`, `2.8.1`, `2.8.1-debian-11-r9`, `latest` (2/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong/blob/2.8.1-debian-11-r9/2/debian-11/Dockerfile)
 
 Subscribe to project updates by watching the [bitnami/kong GitHub repo](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kong).
 
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ Here is an example of extending the image with the following modifications:
 
 ```Dockerfile
 FROM bitnami/kong
-LABEL maintainer "Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>"
 
 ### Change user to perform privileged actions
 USER 0