diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-11/Dockerfile
index c539bf22ae97..355759652326 100644
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:1e1b4657a77f0d47e9220f0c37b9bf7802581b93214fff7d1bd2364c8bf22e8e" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-09-24T17:12:00Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-09-27T11:51:15Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="7.17.13-debian-11-r17" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="7.17.13-debian-11-r20" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="elasticsearch" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="7.17.13"
diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libelasticsearch.sh b/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libelasticsearch.sh
index f8dea107b3bf..4713bb5da79b 100644
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libelasticsearch.sh
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/7/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libelasticsearch.sh
@@ -910,8 +910,10 @@ elasticsearch_healthcheck() {
 
     host=$(get_elasticsearch_hostname)
 
-    is_boolean_yes "$DB_ENABLE_SECURITY" && command_args+=("-k" "--user" "${DB_USERNAME}:${DB_PASSWORD}")
-    is_boolean_yes "$DB_ENABLE_REST_TLS" && protocol="https"
+    if is_boolean_yes "$DB_ENABLE_SECURITY"; then
+        command_args+=("-k" "--user" "${DB_USERNAME}:${DB_PASSWORD}")
+        is_boolean_yes "$DB_ENABLE_REST_TLS" && protocol="https"
+    fi
 
     # Combination of --silent, --output and --write-out allows us to obtain both the status code and the request body
     output=$(mktemp)