diff --git a/bitnami/schema-registry/6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/schema-registry/6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile
index 086e8348eabc..a75e9b5e6a86 100644
--- a/bitnami/schema-registry/6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/schema-registry/6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://bitnami.com/contact" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Bitnami" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="6.1.8-debian-11-r0" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="6.1.8-debian-11-r1" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/schema-registry" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="schema-registry" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ENV HOME="/" \
 COPY prebuildfs /
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
-RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl gzip netcat-traditional procps tar zlib1g
+RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl netcat-traditional procps zlib1g
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && \
     if [ ! -f java-11.0.16-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11.tar.gz ]; then \
       curl -SsLf https://downloads.bitnami.com/files/stacksmith/java-11.0.16-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11.tar.gz -O ; \
diff --git a/bitnami/schema-registry/README.md b/bitnami/schema-registry/README.md
index 158b5987448a..8f05f99bdfea 100644
--- a/bitnami/schema-registry/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/schema-registry/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 * [`7.1`, `7.1-debian-11`, `7.1.4`, `7.1.4-debian-11-r0` (7.1/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/schema-registry/7.1/debian-11/Dockerfile)
 * [`7.0`, `7.0-debian-11`, `7.0.6`, `7.0.6-debian-11-r0` (7.0/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/schema-registry/7.0/debian-11/Dockerfile)
 * [`6.2`, `6.2-debian-11`, `6.2.7`, `6.2.7-debian-11-r0` (6.2/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/schema-registry/6.2/debian-11/Dockerfile)
-* [`6.1`, `6.1-debian-11`, `6.1.8`, `6.1.8-debian-11-r0` (6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/schema-registry/6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile)
+* [`6.1`, `6.1-debian-11`, `6.1.8`, `6.1.8-debian-11-r1` (6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/schema-registry/6.1/debian-11/Dockerfile)
 * [`6.0`, `6.0-debian-11`, `6.0.10`, `6.0.10-debian-11-r0` (6.0/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/schema-registry/6.0/debian-11/Dockerfile)
 
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@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ $ cd bitnami/APP/VERSION/OPERATING-SYSTEM
 $ docker build -t bitnami/APP:latest .
 ```
 
+## Branch Deprecation Notice
+
+Confluent Schema Registry's branch 6.0.x is no longer maintained by upstream and is now internally tagged as to be deprecated. This branch will no longer be released in our catalog a month after this notice is published, but already released container images will still persist in the registries. Valid to be removed starting on: 09-24-2022
+
 ## Contributing
 
 We'd love for you to contribute to this container. You can request new features by creating an [issue](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/issues), or submit a [pull request](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/pulls) with your contribution.