diff --git a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/Dockerfile
index c8f198ed627a..5b92093ad78a 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:1e1b4657a77f0d47e9220f0c37b9bf7802581b93214fff7d1bd2364c8bf22e8e" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-01-12T14:34:08Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-01-22T10:34:30Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="4.5.0-debian-11-r1" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="4.5.0-debian-11-r2" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="pgpool" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="4.5.0"
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "errexit", "-o", "nounset", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl ldap-utils libaudit1 libbsd0 libcap-ng0 libcom-err2 libcrypt1 libedit2 libffi7 libgcc-s1 libgmp10 libgnutls30 libgssapi-krb5-2 libhogweed6 libicu67 libidn2-0 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 libldap-2.4-2 libldap-common liblzma5 libmd0 libnettle8 libnss-ldapd libp11-kit0 libpam-ldapd libpam0g libpq5 libsasl2-2 libssl1.1 libstdc++6 libtasn1-6 libtinfo6 libunistring2 libuuid1 libxml2 libxslt1.1 nslcd procps zlib1g
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; \
     COMPONENTS=( \
-      "postgresql-client-14.10.0-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
       "wait-for-port-1.0.7-5-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
+      "postgresql-client-14.10.0-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
       "pgpool-4.5.0-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-11" \
     ) ; \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
@@ -43,13 +43,14 @@ RUN apt-get autoremove --purge -y curl && \
     apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
 RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
+RUN find / -perm /6000 -type f -exec chmod a-s {} \; || true
 
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/pgpool/postunpack.sh
 ENV APP_VERSION="4.5.0" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="pgpool" \
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/lib:/opt/bitnami/common/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
-    PATH="/opt/bitnami/postgresql/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/sbin:/opt/bitnami/pgpool/bin:$PATH"
+    PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/postgresql/bin:/opt/bitnami/common/sbin:/opt/bitnami/pgpool/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 5432
 
diff --git a/bitnami/pgpool/README.md b/bitnami/pgpool/README.md
index f52dffb402cf..eaa614555c06 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/README.md
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective tradema
 ### Docker Compose
 
 ```console
-curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/containers/main/bitnami/pgpool/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
-docker-compose up -d
+docker run --name pgpool bitnami/pgpool:latest
 ```
 
 You can find the default credentials and available configuration options in the [Environment Variables](#environment-variables) section.
@@ -604,6 +603,12 @@ docker-compose up pgpool
 * `4.1.0-centos-7-r8` is considered the latest image based on CentOS.
 * Standard supported distros: Debian & OEL.
 
+## Using `docker-compose.yaml`
+
+Please be aware this file has not undergone internal testing. Consequently, we advise its use exclusively for development or testing purposes.
+
+If you detect any issue in the `docker-compose.yaml` file, feel free to report it or contribute with a fix by following our [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
 ## Contributing
 
 We'd love for you to contribute to this container. You can request new features by creating an [issue](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/issues) or submitting a [pull request](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/pulls) with your contribution.