diff --git a/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/Dockerfile
index d16da5fe65d1..4f5045e9a8ff 100644
--- a/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ENV HOME="/" \
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://bitnami.com/contact" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Bitnami" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="2.6.3-debian-11-r17" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="2.6.3-debian-11-r18" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/openldap" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="openldap" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
diff --git a/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh b/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh
index f850249c1ee0..9dbb22d7dd6c 100644
--- a/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh
+++ b/bitnami/openldap/2.6/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libopenldap.sh
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ is_ldap_not_running() {
 ldap_start_bg() {
     local -r retries="${1:-12}"
     local -r sleep_time="${2:-1}"
-
     local -a flags=("-h" "ldap://:${LDAP_PORT_NUMBER}/ ldapi:/// " "-F" "${LDAP_CONF_DIR}/slapd.d" "-d" "$LDAP_LOGLEVEL")
+
     if is_ldap_not_running; then
         info "Starting OpenLDAP server in background"
         ulimit -n "$LDAP_ULIMIT_NOFILES"
         am_i_root && flags=("-u" "$LDAP_DAEMON_USER" "${flags[@]}")
-        debug_execute slapd "${flags[@]}"&
+        debug_execute slapd "${flags[@]}" &
         if ! retry_while is_ldap_running "$retries" "$sleep_time"; then
             error "OpenLDAP failed to start"
             return 1
diff --git a/bitnami/openldap/README.md b/bitnami/openldap/README.md
index 79e5858dcca0..b80069b2af2c 100644
--- a/bitnami/openldap/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/openldap/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/).
 
 
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