diff --git a/bitnami/nats/2/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/nats/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
index c9967df12b3e..b7f1235dc040 100644
--- a/bitnami/nats/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/nats/2/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN chown -R 1001:root /opt/bitnami/nats && chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami/nats
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="nats" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.1.4-debian-10-r39" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="2.1.4-debian-10-r40" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/nats/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 4222 6222 8222
diff --git a/bitnami/nats/README.md b/bitnami/nats/README.md
index 34e4dfff8b49..ba8494e55cbf 100644
--- a/bitnami/nats/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/nats/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ 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/).
 
 
-* [`2-debian-10`, `2.1.4-debian-10-r39`, `2`, `2.1.4`, `latest` (2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-nats/blob/2.1.4-debian-10-r39/2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`2-debian-10`, `2.1.4-debian-10-r40`, `2`, `2.1.4`, `latest` (2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-nats/blob/2.1.4-debian-10-r40/2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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