diff --git a/bitnami/contour/1.26/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/contour/1.26/debian-11/Dockerfile
index cbd4aecf3843..f3e385fe43c8 100644
--- a/bitnami/contour/1.26/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/contour/1.26/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:1e1b4657a77f0d47e9220f0c37b9bf7802581b93214fff7d1bd2364c8bf22e8e" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-01-10T03:48:27Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-01-19T17:35:53Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="1.26.1-debian-11-r6" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="1.26.1-debian-11-r7" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="contour" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="1.26.1"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ RUN apt-get autoremove --purge -y curl && \
     apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
 RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
+RUN find / -perm /6000 -type f -exec chmod a-s {} \; || true
 RUN ln -s /opt/bitnami/contour/bin/contour /bin/contour
 
 ENV APP_VERSION="1.26.1" \
diff --git a/bitnami/contour/1.26/debian-11/docker-compose.yml b/bitnami/contour/1.26/debian-11/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 061d8173f697..000000000000
--- a/bitnami/contour/1.26/debian-11/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright VMware, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: APACHE-2.0
-
-version: '2'
-
-services:
-  contour:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/contour:1.26
-    volumes:
-      - contour_data:/bitnami/contour
-volumes:
-  contour_data:
-    driver: local
diff --git a/bitnami/contour/README.md b/bitnami/contour/README.md
index 3151ff46f274..487e91d02877 100644
--- a/bitnami/contour/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/contour/README.md
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective tradema
 docker run --name contour bitnami/contour:latest
 ```
 
-### Docker Compose
-
-```console
-curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/containers/main/bitnami/contour/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
-docker-compose up -d
-```
-
 ## Why use Bitnami Images?
 
 * Bitnami closely tracks upstream source changes and promptly publishes new versions of this image using our automated systems.
@@ -77,16 +70,6 @@ docker run \
     bitnami/contour:latest
 ```
 
-You can also do this with a minor change to the [`docker-compose.yml`](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/contour/docker-compose.yml) file present in this repository:
-
-```yaml
-contour:
-  ...
-  volumes:
-    - /path/to/contour-persistence:/bitnami/contour
-  ...
-```
-
 ## Connecting to other containers
 
 Using [Docker container networking](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/networking/), a different server running inside a container can easily be accessed by your application containers and vice-versa.
@@ -163,6 +146,10 @@ docker run --name contour bitnami/contour:latest
 
 ## Notable Changes
 
+### Starting January 16, 2024
+
+* The `docker-compose.yaml` file has been removed, as it was solely intended for internal testing purposes.
+
 ### 1.20.0-debian-10-r8 Rename branch 1.20
 
 * Branch 1 has been renamed into branch 1.20 in order to follow the upstream [Contour major versions](https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/releases).