diff --git a/bitnami/jasperreports/8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/jasperreports-env.sh b/bitnami/jasperreports/8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/jasperreports-env.sh
index 26bc06ea94ff..61d7400964c7 100644
--- a/bitnami/jasperreports/8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/jasperreports-env.sh
+++ b/bitnami/jasperreports/8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/jasperreports-env.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_USER="${JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_USER:-}" # only used during
 JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PASSWORD="${JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PASSWORD:-"${SMTP_PASSWORD:-}"}"
 export JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PASSWORD="${JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PASSWORD:-}" # only used during the first initialization
 JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL="${JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL:-"${SMTP_PROTOCOL:-}"}"
-export JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL="${JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL:-}" # only used during the first initialization
+export JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL="${JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL:-smtp}" # only used during the first initialization
 
 # Database configuration
 export JASPERREPORTS_DATABASE_TYPE="${JASPERREPORTS_DATABASE_TYPE:-mariadb}" # only used during the first initialization
diff --git a/bitnami/jasperreports/8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libjasperreports.sh b/bitnami/jasperreports/8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libjasperreports.sh
index 3210761cd19e..4bcd7736c88c 100644
--- a/bitnami/jasperreports/8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libjasperreports.sh
+++ b/bitnami/jasperreports/8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libjasperreports.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jasperreports_validate() {
         done
         is_empty_value "$JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PORT_NUMBER" && print_validation_error "The JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PORT_NUMBER environment variable is empty or not set."
         ! is_empty_value "$JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PORT_NUMBER" && check_valid_port "JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PORT_NUMBER"
-        ! is_empty_value "$JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL" && check_multi_value "JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL" "ssl tls"
+        ! is_empty_value "$JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL" && check_multi_value "JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL" "smtp smtps ssl tls"
     fi
 
     return "$error_code"
diff --git a/bitnami/jasperreports/README.md b/bitnami/jasperreports/README.md
index 73096cf0fb05..b1e3fbaece62 100644
--- a/bitnami/jasperreports/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/jasperreports/README.md
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ To configure JasperReports to send email using SMTP you can set the following en
 - `JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PORT_NUMBER`: SMTP port.
 - `JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_USER`: SMTP account user.
 - `JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PASSWORD`: SMTP account password.
-- `JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL`: If specified, SMTP protocol to use. Allowed values: *tls*, *ssl*. No default.
+- `JASPERREPORTS_SMTP_PROTOCOL`: If specified, SMTP protocol to use. Allowed values: *smtp*, *smtps*, *tls*, *ssl*. Default: **smtp**.
 
 ##### JasperReports base URL configuration