diff --git a/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/Dockerfile
index 114455ae7c59..c2f576069990 100644
--- a/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:c50c90cfd9d12b445b011e6ad529f1ad3daea45c26d20b00732fae3cd71f6a83" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-07-08T21:53:38Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-07-24T15:23:24Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Broadcom, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/neo4j/README.md" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="4.4.35-debian-12-r0" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="4.4.36-debian-12-r0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/neo4j" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="neo4j" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="Broadcom, Inc." \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="4.4.35"
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="4.4.36"
 
 ENV HOME="/opt/bitnami/neo4j/.home" \
     OS_ARCH="${TARGETARCH:-amd64}" \
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "errexit", "-o", "nounset", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl jq procps zlib1g
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; \
     COMPONENTS=( \
-      "java-11.0.23-12-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
-      "neo4j-4.4.35-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
+      "java-11.0.24-9-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
+      "neo4j-4.4.36-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
     ) ; \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
       if [ ! -f "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" ]; then \
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RUN find / -perm /6000 -type f -exec chmod a-s {} \; || true
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/java/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/neo4j/postunpack.sh
-ENV APP_VERSION="4.4.35" \
+ENV APP_VERSION="4.4.36" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="neo4j" \
     JAVA_HOME="/opt/bitnami/java" \
     JAVA_OPTS="-Duser.home=/opt/bitnami/neo4j/.home" \
diff --git a/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index 7dde08bb15ff..7cb765dbdd1c 100644
--- a/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-12",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "11.0.23-12-0"
+        "version": "11.0.24-9-0"
     },
     "neo4j": {
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-12",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "4.4.35-0"
+        "version": "4.4.36-0"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libneo4j.sh b/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libneo4j.sh
index 0efaefa98f54..2577cc9ba474 100644
--- a/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libneo4j.sh
+++ b/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libneo4j.sh
@@ -238,26 +238,18 @@ neo4j_initialize() {
         info "Found mounted apoc.conf file in ${NEO4J_MOUNTED_CONF_DIR}/apoc.conf. The APOC plugin configuration will be skipped"
     fi
 
-    local -r app_name="neo4j"
-    if ! is_app_initialized "$app_name"; then
+    if is_mounted_dir_empty "$NEO4J_DATA_DIR"; then
         info "Deploying Neo4j from scratch"
         neo4j_create_admin_user
     else
         info "Deploying Neo4j with persisted data"
     fi
 
-    # When running as 'root' user, ensure the Neo4j user has ownership and minimum permissions are set
+    # When running as 'root' user, ensure the Neo4j user has ownership
     if am_i_root; then
         info "Configuring file permissions for Neo4j"
-        ## Directories that should have read-only permissions
-        for dir in "$NEO4J_IMPORT_DIR" "${NEO4J_BASE_DIR}/lib" "$NEO4J_CERTIFICATES_DIR" "$NEO4J_MOUNTED_CONF_DIR" "$NEO4J_MOUNTED_PLUGINS_DIR" "$NEO4J_INITSCRIPTS_DIR" "$NEO4J_PLUGINS_DIR" "$NEO4J_CONF_DIR"; do
-            ensure_dir_exists "$dir"
-            configure_permissions_ownership "$dir" -u "$NEO4J_DAEMON_USER" -g "$NEO4J_DAEMON_GROUP" -d 500 -f 400
-        done
-        ## Directories that should have write permissions
         for dir in "$NEO4J_LOGS_DIR" "$NEO4J_DATA_DIR" "$NEO4J_RUN_DIR" "$NEO4J_METRICS_DIR"; do
-            ensure_dir_exists "$dir"
-            configure_permissions_ownership "$dir" -u "$NEO4J_DAEMON_USER" -g "$NEO4J_DAEMON_GROUP" -d 700 -f 600
+            configure_permissions_ownership "$dir" -u "$NEO4J_DAEMON_USER" -g "$NEO4J_DAEMON_GROUP" -d 755 -f 644
         done
     fi
 }
diff --git a/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/tags-info.yaml b/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/tags-info.yaml
index b8d98d62032b..b8eaad54bc4e 100644
--- a/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/tags-info.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/neo4j/4/debian-12/tags-info.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 rolling-tags:
 - "4"
 - 4-debian-12
-- 4.4.35
+- 4.4.36