diff --git a/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/2/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
index f5e5b2d0a38c..7c2ee5bc9484 100644
--- a/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/spring-cloud-dataflow/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="spring-cloud-dataflow" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.9.0-debian-10-r6" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.9.0-debian-10-r7" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/java/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/bin:$PATH"
 
 USER 1001
diff --git a/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/2/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libnet.sh b/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/2/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libnet.sh
index 4391dacc7853..8bbf165e3e2a 100644
--- a/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/2/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libnet.sh
+++ b/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/2/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libnet.sh
@@ -140,3 +140,24 @@ parse_uri() {
     esac
     [[ "$uri" =~ $URI_REGEX ]] && echo "${BASH_REMATCH[${index}]}"
 }
+
+########################
+# Wait for a HTTP connection to succeed
+# Globals:
+#   *
+# Arguments:
+#   $1 - URL to wait for
+#   $2 - Maximum amount of retries (optional)
+#   $3 - Time between retries (optional)
+# Returns:
+#   true if the HTTP connection succeeded, false otherwise
+#########################
+wait_for_http_connection() {
+    local url="${1:?missing url}"
+    local retries="${2:-}"
+    local sleep_time="${3:-}"
+    if ! retry_while "debug_execute curl --silent ${url}" "$retries" "$sleep_time"; then
+        error "Could not connect to ${url}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/README.md b/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/README.md
index 799343f81034..b838e1fd35ce 100644
--- a/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/spring-cloud-dataflow/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-10`, `2.9.0`, `2.9.0-debian-10-r6`, `latest` (2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-spring-cloud-dataflow/blob/2.9.0-debian-10-r6/2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`2`, `2-debian-10`, `2.9.0`, `2.9.0-debian-10-r7`, `latest` (2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-spring-cloud-dataflow/blob/2.9.0-debian-10-r7/2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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