diff --git a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 67c9677c7345..b790664e372b 100644
--- a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RUN ln -s /opt/bitnami/scripts/mongodb-sharded/run.sh /run.sh
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/mongodb-sharded/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="mongodb-sharded" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="4.4.12-debian-10-r34" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="4.4.12-debian-10-r35" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/mongodb/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 27017
diff --git a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/4.4/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/4.4/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
index 1b504b1df458..21b964ff1cf4 100644
--- a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/4.4/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/4.4/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/mongodb-sharded/README.md b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/README.md
index eda1e4ff7edd..0703ad4aea8d 100644
--- a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 
 * [`5.0`, `5.0-debian-10`, `5.0.6`, `5.0.6-debian-10-r26` (5.0/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mongodb/blob/5.0.6-debian-10-r26/5.0/debian-10/Dockerfile)
-* [`4.4`, `4.4-debian-10`, `4.4.12`, `4.4.12-debian-10-r34`, `latest` (4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mongodb/blob/4.4.12-debian-10-r34/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`4.4`, `4.4-debian-10`, `4.4.12`, `4.4.12-debian-10-r35`, `latest` (4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mongodb/blob/4.4.12-debian-10-r35/4.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`4.2`, `4.2-debian-10`, `4.2.18`, `4.2.18-debian-10-r39` (4.2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mongodb/blob/4.2.18-debian-10-r39/4.2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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