diff --git a/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/14/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/14/debian-10/Dockerfile
index ef5bb101a26c..2f7265f76dbf 100644
--- a/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/14/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/14/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN mkdir /home/gitlab-runner && chmod -R g+rwX /home/gitlab-runner && ln -s /opt/bitnami/common/bin/dumb-init /usr/bin/dumb-init && ln -s /opt/bitnami/scripts/gitlab-runner-helper/entrypoint.sh /entrypoint
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="gitlab-runner-helper" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="14.8.0-debian-10-r2" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="14.8.0-debian-10-r3" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/bin:$PATH"
 
 USER 1001
diff --git a/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/14/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh b/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/14/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
index 1b504b1df458..21b964ff1cf4 100644
--- a/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/14/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
+++ b/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/14/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ is_dir_empty() {
 #   boolean
 #########################
 is_mounted_dir_empty() {
-    local dir="${1:?missing directory}"
-
+    local -r path="${1:?missing directory}"
+    # Calculate real path in order to avoid issues with symlinks
+    local -r dir="$(realpath "$path")"
     if is_dir_empty "$dir" || find "$dir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -not -name ".snapshot" -not -name "lost+found" -exec false {} +; then
         true
     else
diff --git a/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/README.md b/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/README.md
index ad4356b98e9d..e1bc416616c7 100644
--- a/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/gitlab-runner-helper/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ $ docker-compose up -d
 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/).
 
 
-* [`14`, `14-debian-10`, `14.8.0`, `14.8.0-debian-10-r2`, `latest` (14/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-gitlab-runner-helper/blob/14.8.0-debian-10-r2/14/debian-10/      Dockerfile)
+* [`14`, `14-debian-10`, `14.8.0`, `14.8.0-debian-10-r3`, `latest` (14/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-gitlab-runner-helper/blob/14.8.0-debian-10-r3/14/debian-10/      Dockerfile)
 
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