diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/6/rhel-7/Dockerfile b/bitnami/elasticsearch/6/rhel-7/Dockerfile
index 03cafb8092e6..a3e08ecc4eaa 100644
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/6/rhel-7/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/6/rhel-7/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RUN . ./libcomponent.sh && component_unpack "elasticsearch" "6.6.1-1" --checksum
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /prepare.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="elasticsearch" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="6.6.1-rhel-7-r15" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="6.6.1-rhel-7-r16" \
     ELASTICSEARCH_BIND_ADDRESS="" \
     ELASTICSEARCH_CLUSTER_HOSTS="" \
     ELASTICSEARCH_CLUSTER_NAME="elasticsearch-cluster" \
diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/README.md b/bitnami/elasticsearch/README.md
index 105e1a95edd4..28d70a00c7e1 100644
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ 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/containers/how-to/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).
 
 
-* [`6-rhel-7`, `6.6.1-rhel-7-r15` (6/rhel-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-elasticsearch/blob/6.6.1-rhel-7-r15/6/rhel-7/Dockerfile)
+* [`6-rhel-7`, `6.6.1-rhel-7-r16` (6/rhel-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-elasticsearch/blob/6.6.1-rhel-7-r16/6/rhel-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`6-ol-7`, `6.6.1-ol-7-r15` (6/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-elasticsearch/blob/6.6.1-ol-7-r15/6/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`6-debian-9`, `6.6.1-debian-9-r11`, `6`, `6.6.1`, `6.6.1-r11`, `latest` (6/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-elasticsearch/blob/6.6.1-debian-9-r11/6/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`5-ol-7`, `5.6.15-ol-7-r16` (5/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-elasticsearch/blob/5.6.15-ol-7-r16/5/ol-7/Dockerfile)