diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-12/Dockerfile
index 75a059ce6809..df58b3aa9834 100644
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:c50c90cfd9d12b445b011e6ad529f1ad3daea45c26d20b00732fae3cd71f6a83" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-02-21T11:31:22Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-02-21T17:32:42Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="7.17.18-debian-12-r5" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="7.17.18-debian-12-r6" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="elasticsearch" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="7.17.18"
diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/elasticsearch/postunpack.sh b/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/elasticsearch/postunpack.sh
index 8dd410773c92..902fa6f0ebff 100755
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/elasticsearch/postunpack.sh
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/elasticsearch/postunpack.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ elasticsearch_install_plugins
 # Copy all initially generated configuration files to the default directory
 # (this is to avoid breaking when entrypoint is being overridden)
 cp -r "${DB_CONF_DIR}/"* "$DB_DEFAULT_CONF_DIR"
-
+chmod o+rX -R "$DB_DEFAULT_CONF_DIR"
 if ! is_dir_empty "$DB_PLUGINS_DIR"; then
     # Move all initially installed plugins to the default plugins directory.
     for plugin_path in "${DB_PLUGINS_DIR}"/*; do
@@ -45,4 +45,5 @@ if ! is_dir_empty "$DB_PLUGINS_DIR"; then
         plugin_moved_path="${DB_DEFAULT_PLUGINS_DIR}/${plugin_name}"
         mv "$plugin_path" "$plugin_moved_path"
     done
+    chmod o+rX -R "$DB_DEFAULT_PLUGINS_DIR"
 fi