diff --git a/bitnami/matomo/5/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/matomo/5/debian-12/Dockerfile
index 5b3ef820d1af..bcc520a266bb 100644
--- a/bitnami/matomo/5/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/matomo/5/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:c50c90cfd9d12b445b011e6ad529f1ad3daea45c26d20b00732fae3cd71f6a83" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-08-09T14:42:36Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-08-13T13:32:48Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Broadcom, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/matomo/README.md" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="5.1.0-debian-12-r7" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="5.1.0-debian-12-r8" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/matomo" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="matomo" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="Broadcom, Inc." \
diff --git a/bitnami/matomo/5/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/matomo/postunpack.sh b/bitnami/matomo/5/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/matomo/postunpack.sh
index 99291c6bc6ff..2c5f7351ef4e 100755
--- a/bitnami/matomo/5/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/matomo/postunpack.sh
+++ b/bitnami/matomo/5/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/matomo/postunpack.sh
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@ ensure_web_server_app_configuration_exists "matomo" --type php --apache-move-hta
 # Copy all initially generated configuration files to the default directory
 # (this is to avoid breaking when entrypoint is being overridden)
 cp -r "/opt/bitnami/$(web_server_type)/conf"/* "/opt/bitnami/$(web_server_type)/conf.default"
+
+# This is necessary for the libpersistence.sh scripts to work when running as non-root
+chmod g+w "$BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR"