diff --git a/bitnami/python/3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/python/3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile
index d30b54479a83..4738ad4d07f0 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/python/3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://bitnami.com/contact" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Bitnami" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.9.14-debian-11-r5" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="3.9.14-debian-11-r6" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/python" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="python" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && \
     tar -zxf python-3.9.14-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11.tar.gz -C /opt/bitnami --strip-components=2 --no-same-owner --wildcards '*/files' && \
     rm -rf python-3.9.14-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11.tar.gz python-3.9.14-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11.tar.gz.sha256
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
-    rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
+    apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
 RUN sed -i 's/^PASS_MAX_DAYS.*/PASS_MAX_DAYS    90/' /etc/login.defs && \
     sed -i 's/^PASS_MIN_DAYS.*/PASS_MIN_DAYS    0/' /etc/login.defs && \
     sed -i 's/sha512/sha512 minlen=8/' /etc/pam.d/common-password
diff --git a/bitnami/python/3.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/install_packages b/bitnami/python/3.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/install_packages
index c9577647443b..77857a1a57f2 100755
--- a/bitnami/python/3.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/install_packages
+++ b/bitnami/python/3.9/debian-11/prebuildfs/usr/sbin/install_packages
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-set -e
-set -u
-export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+set -eu
+
 n=0
 max=2
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
 until [ $n -gt $max ]; do
     set +e
     (
@@ -21,4 +22,4 @@ until [ $n -gt $max ]; do
     echo "apt failed, retrying"
     n=$(($n + 1))
 done
-rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
+apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
diff --git a/bitnami/python/README.md b/bitnami/python/README.md
index 03e8825232a3..cba49caa1d47 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/python/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 
 * [`3.10`, `3.10-debian-11`, `3.10.7`, `3.10.7-debian-11-r6`, `latest` (3.10/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/python/3.10/debian-11/Dockerfile)
-* [`3.9`, `3.9-debian-11`, `3.9.14`, `3.9.14-debian-11-r5` (3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/python/3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile)
+* [`3.9`, `3.9-debian-11`, `3.9.14`, `3.9.14-debian-11-r6` (3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/python/3.9/debian-11/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.8`, `3.8-debian-11`, `3.8.14`, `3.8.14-debian-11-r6` (3.8/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/python/3.8/debian-11/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.7`, `3.7-debian-11`, `3.7.14`, `3.7.14-debian-11-r6` (3.7/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/python/3.7/debian-11/Dockerfile)