diff --git a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 8b0b83c85340..62d944cde390 100644
--- a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/fluentd/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="fluentd" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.12.3-debian-10-r16" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.12.3-debian-10-r17" \
     GEM_HOME="/opt/bitnami/fluentd" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/ruby/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/fluentd/bin:$PATH"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpersistence.sh b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpersistence.sh
index 264a9291d634..55e1bef8d71d 100644
--- a/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpersistence.sh
+++ b/bitnami/fluentd/1/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpersistence.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 persist_app() {
     local -r app="${1:?missing app}"
     local -a files_to_restore
-    read -r -a files_to_persist <<< "$2"
+    read -r -a files_to_persist <<< "$(tr ',;:' ' ' <<< "$2")"
     local -r install_dir="${BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR}/${app}"
     local -r persist_dir="${BITNAMI_VOLUME_DIR}/${app}"
     # Persist the individual files
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ persist_app() {
 restore_persisted_app() {
     local -r app="${1:?missing app}"
     local -a files_to_restore
-    read -r -a files_to_restore <<< "$2"
+    read -r -a files_to_restore <<< "$(tr ',;:' ' ' <<< "$2")"
     local -r install_dir="${BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR}/${app}"
     local -r persist_dir="${BITNAMI_VOLUME_DIR}/${app}"
     # Restore the individual persisted files
diff --git a/bitnami/fluentd/README.md b/bitnami/fluentd/README.md
index 6faeb3e08aa7..e64cff0b88c3 100644
--- a/bitnami/fluentd/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/fluentd/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ 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/).
 
 
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+* [`1`, `1-debian-10`, `1.12.3`, `1.12.3-debian-10-r17`, `latest` (1/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-fluentd/blob/1.12.3-debian-10-r17/1/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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