diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/ol-7/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/ol-7/Dockerfile
index a4d2a8c65cee..b016af8f20f1 100644
--- a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/ol-7/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/ol-7/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN mkdir /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="mysql" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="5.7.28-ol-7-r49" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="5.7.28-ol-7-r50" \
     NAMI_PREFIX="/.nami" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/mysql/bin:$PATH"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/ol-7/rootfs/libmysql.sh b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/ol-7/rootfs/libmysql.sh
index b1208d599251..1c78427a2528 100644
--- a/bitnami/mysql/5.7/ol-7/rootfs/libmysql.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mysql/5.7/ol-7/rootfs/libmysql.sh
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ mysql_install_db() {
     if [[ "$DB_FLAVOR" = "mysql" ]]; then
         command="${DB_BINDIR}/mysqld"
         args+=("--initialize-insecure")
+    else
+        args+=("--auth-root-authentication-method=normal")
     fi
     debug_execute "$command" "${args[@]}"
 }
diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/README.md b/bitnami/mysql/README.md
index baac61ad5459..ed15cfcc3f95 100644
--- a/bitnami/mysql/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/mysql/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 * [`8.0-ol-7`, `8.0.18-ol-7-r49` (8.0/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mysql/blob/8.0.18-ol-7-r49/8.0/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`8.0-debian-9`, `8.0.18-debian-9-r30`, `8.0`, `8.0.18`, `8.0.18-r30`, `latest` (8.0/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mysql/blob/8.0.18-debian-9-r30/8.0/debian-9/Dockerfile)
-* [`5.7-ol-7`, `5.7.28-ol-7-r49` (5.7/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mysql/blob/5.7.28-ol-7-r49/5.7/ol-7/Dockerfile)
+* [`5.7-ol-7`, `5.7.28-ol-7-r50` (5.7/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mysql/blob/5.7.28-ol-7-r50/5.7/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`5.7-debian-9`, `5.7.28-debian-9-r36`, `5.7`, `5.7.28`, `5.7.28-r36` (5.7/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mysql/blob/5.7.28-debian-9-r36/5.7/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 
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