diff --git a/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/Dockerfile
index f2ba995c0cf2..cbfec4116345 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://bitnami.com/contact" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Bitnami" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="2.8.1-debian-11-r54" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="2.8.1-debian-11-r55" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/kong" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="kong" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ENV HOME="/" \
 COPY prebuildfs /
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
-RUN install_packages acl ca-certificates curl gzip libc6 libcrypt1 libgcc-s1 libpcre3 libprotobuf-dev libssl1.1 libyaml-0-2 perl procps tar zlib1g zlib1g-dev
+RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl libc6 libcrypt1 libgcc-s1 libpcre3 libprotobuf-dev libssl1.1 libyaml-0-2 perl procps zlib1g zlib1g-dev
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ && \
     if [ ! -f gosu-1.14.0-154-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11.tar.gz ]; then \
       curl -SsLf https://downloads.bitnami.com/files/stacksmith/gosu-1.14.0-154-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11.tar.gz -O ; \
diff --git a/bitnami/kong/README.md b/bitnami/kong/README.md
index 06ea0ffd04e8..02d6fb8d7f2d 100644
--- a/bitnami/kong/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kong/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recom
 Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags [in our documentation page](https://docs.bitnami.com/tutorials/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).
 
 
-* [`2`, `2-debian-11`, `2.8.1`, `2.8.1-debian-11-r54`, `latest` (2/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/Dockerfile)
+* [`2`, `2-debian-11`, `2.8.1`, `2.8.1-debian-11-r55`, `latest` (2/debian-11/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/kong/2/debian-11/Dockerfile)
 
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