diff --git a/bitnami/percona-mysql/8.1/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/percona-mysql/8.1/debian-11/Dockerfile
index b310b59affb0..0c4e89dc9ea1 100644
--- a/bitnami/percona-mysql/8.1/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/percona-mysql/8.1/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:1e1b4657a77f0d47e9220f0c37b9bf7802581b93214fff7d1bd2364c8bf22e8e" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-02-15T10:03:02Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-02-15T19:25:28Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="8.1.0-1-debian-11-r19" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="8.1.0-1-debian-11-r20" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="percona-mysql" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="8.1.0-1"
diff --git a/bitnami/percona-mysql/8.1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-env.sh b/bitnami/percona-mysql/8.1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-env.sh
index 4ace16a41b76..9b9036a9af96 100644
--- a/bitnami/percona-mysql/8.1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-env.sh
+++ b/bitnami/percona-mysql/8.1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-env.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export DB_DATA_DIR="${DB_VOLUME_DIR}/data"
 export DB_BIN_DIR="${DB_BASE_DIR}/bin"
 export DB_SBIN_DIR="${DB_BASE_DIR}/bin"
 export DB_CONF_DIR="${DB_BASE_DIR}/conf"
+export DB_DEFAULT_CONF_DIR="${DB_BASE_DIR}/conf.default"
 export DB_LOGS_DIR="${DB_BASE_DIR}/logs"
 export DB_TMP_DIR="${DB_BASE_DIR}/tmp"
 export DB_CONF_FILE="${DB_CONF_DIR}/my.cnf"
diff --git a/bitnami/percona-mysql/README.md b/bitnami/percona-mysql/README.md
index 5d5e834dce68..88846aca932d 100644
--- a/bitnami/percona-mysql/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/percona-mysql/README.md
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ docker build -t bitnami/APP:latest .
 | `DB_BIN_DIR`                  | Percona Server for MySQL directory where executable binary files are located. | `${DB_BASE_DIR}/bin`          |
 | `DB_SBIN_DIR`                 | Percona Server for MySQL directory where service binary files are located.    | `${DB_BASE_DIR}/bin`          |
 | `DB_CONF_DIR`                 | Percona Server for MySQL configuration directory.                             | `${DB_BASE_DIR}/conf`         |
+| `DB_DEFAULT_CONF_DIR`         | Percona Server for MySQL default configuration directory.                     | `${DB_BASE_DIR}/conf.default` |
 | `DB_LOGS_DIR`                 | Percona Server for MySQL logs directory.                                      | `${DB_BASE_DIR}/logs`         |
 | `DB_TMP_DIR`                  | Percona Server for MySQL directory for temporary files.                       | `${DB_BASE_DIR}/tmp`          |
 | `DB_CONF_FILE`                | Main Percona Server for MySQL configuration file.                             | `${DB_CONF_DIR}/my.cnf`       |