diff --git a/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/Dockerfile
index f8d740bfd540..81c1b30354e4 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kong/3/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ARG DOWNLOADS_URL="downloads.bitnami.com/files/stacksmith"
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2026-03-23T23:03:59Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2026-04-01T18:20:02Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Broadcom, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/kong/README.md" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/kong" \
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/kong/postunpack.sh
 ENV APP_VERSION="3.9.1" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="kong" \
-    IMAGE_REVISION="35" \
+    IMAGE_REVISION="36" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/kong/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/luajit/bin:/opt/bitnami/kong/openresty/nginx/sbin:/opt/bitnami/kong/luarocks/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000 8001 8443 8444
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/README.md b/bitnami/kong/README.md
index 90cc8e992e20..33e4448bf495 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kong/README.md
@@ -38,25 +38,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 ## Get this image
 
-The recommended way to get the Bitnami Kong Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the [Docker Hub Registry](https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/kong).
-
-```console
-docker pull bitnami/kong:latest
-```
-
-To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the [list of available versions](https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/kong/tags/) in the Docker Hub Registry.
-
-```console
-docker pull bitnami/kong:[TAG]
-```
-
-If you wish, you can also build the image yourself by cloning the repository, changing to the directory containing the Dockerfile and executing the `docker build` command. Remember to replace the `APP`, `VERSION` and `OPERATING-SYSTEM` path placeholders in the example command below with the correct values.
-
-```console
-git clone https://github.com/bitnami/containers.git
-cd bitnami/APP/VERSION/OPERATING-SYSTEM
-docker build -t bitnami/APP:latest .
-```
+The Bitnami Kong Docker image is only available to [Bitnami Secure Images](https://bitnami.com) customers.
 
 ## Using `docker-compose.yaml`