diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/Dockerfile
index 598238cb1699..1451ae1f4aef 100644
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ARG JAVA_EXTRA_SECURITY_DIR="/bitnami/java/extra-security"
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2026-05-27T07:14:36Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2026-05-27T16:43:15Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Broadcom, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/elasticsearch/README.md" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/elasticsearch" \
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=downloads_url,env=SECRET_DOWNLOADS_URL \
     COMPONENTS=( \
       "yq-4.53.2-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
       "java-21.0.11-11-2-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
-      "elasticsearch-9.4.1-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
+      "elasticsearch-9.4.1-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
     ) ; \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
       if [ ! -f "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" ]; then \
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/elasticsearch/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/java/postunpack.sh
 ENV APP_VERSION="9.4.1" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="elasticsearch" \
-    IMAGE_REVISION="4" \
+    IMAGE_REVISION="5" \
     JAVA_HOME="/opt/bitnami/java" \
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/bitnami/elasticsearch/jdk/lib:/opt/bitnami/elasticsearch/jdk/lib/server:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-0-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256 b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-0-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
deleted file mode 100644
index b076685f6e7d..000000000000
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-0-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-984705b900956886bd44a9884a3ab8c9ac1b84dc8c0eec1ae50392547f4e3ada  elasticsearch-9.4.1-0-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz
diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-0-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256 b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-0-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
deleted file mode 100644
index 6724269454e0..000000000000
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-0-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2cfdda56c0dc46645770a754d16dbe9d83c3c2a5acd15ca696f71802b5b60815  elasticsearch-9.4.1-0-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz
diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-1-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256 b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-1-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e43c3dbdc17f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-1-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9ae4c2486fb7b7930e5e9bb781da4ad345978b1a2fe2ec0670fa55b47abec00e  elasticsearch-9.4.1-1-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz
diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-1-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256 b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-1-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a06df011938b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/elasticsearch-9.4.1-1-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+590fe860fa39b7e79339d9fa785900409a38302c1eadd53acca761cd62193439  elasticsearch-9.4.1-1-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz
diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
index 1337f6c2dd59..b16efabd3230 100644
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ relativize() {
 #   -d|--dir-mode - mode for files.
 #   -u|--user - user
 #   -g|--group - group
+#   -n|--no-dereference - do not follow symlinks (use for runtime root chown of daemon-writable dirs)
 # Returns:
 #   None
 #########################
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ configure_permissions_ownership() {
     local file_mode=""
     local user=""
     local group=""
+    local follow_symlinks="yes"
 
     # Validate arguments
     shift 1
@@ -161,6 +163,9 @@ configure_permissions_ownership() {
             shift
             group="${1:?missing group}"
             ;;
+        -n | --no-dereference)
+            follow_symlinks="no"
+            ;;
         *)
             echo "Invalid command line flag $1" >&2
             return 1
@@ -169,22 +174,29 @@ configure_permissions_ownership() {
         shift
     done
 
+    # -L: follow symlinks and emits the target path
+    # This is dangerous at runtime, given a co-located lower-privileged process with write access
+    # to the target path can redirect the chown/chmod to arbitrary paths. Example:
+    # Lower-privileged process run: ln -s /etc /tmp/etc
+    # Then, setup.sh runs: configure_permissions_ownership --dir-mode 775 /tmp
+    local find_L_flag=(); [[ "$follow_symlinks" == "yes" ]] && find_L_flag=("-L")
+    # -h: changes symlink inode ownership without touching the target.
+    local chown_flags=(); [[ "$follow_symlinks" == "no" ]] && chown_flags=("-h")
     read -r -a filepaths <<<"$paths"
     for p in "${filepaths[@]}"; do
         if [[ -e "$p" ]]; then
-            find -L "$p" -printf ""
             if [[ -n $dir_mode ]]; then
-                find -L "$p" -type d ! -perm "$dir_mode" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chmod "$dir_mode"
+                find "${find_L_flag[@]}" "$p" -not -type l -type d ! -perm "$dir_mode" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chmod "$dir_mode"
             fi
             if [[ -n $file_mode ]]; then
-                find -L "$p" -type f ! -perm "$file_mode" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chmod "$file_mode"
+                find "${find_L_flag[@]}" "$p" -not -type l -type f ! -perm "$file_mode" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chmod "$file_mode"
             fi
             if [[ -n $user ]] && [[ -n $group ]]; then
-                find -L "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chown "${user}:${group}"
+                find "${find_L_flag[@]}" "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chown "${chown_flags[@]}" "${user}:${group}"
             elif [[ -n $user ]] && [[ -z $group ]]; then
-                find -L "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chown "${user}"
+                find "${find_L_flag[@]}" "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chown "${chown_flags[@]}" "${user}"
             elif [[ -z $user ]] && [[ -n $group ]]; then
-                find -L "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chgrp "${group}"
+                find "${find_L_flag[@]}" "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chgrp "${chown_flags[@]}" "${group}"
             fi
         else
             stderr_print "$p does not exist"
diff --git a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libelasticsearch.sh b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libelasticsearch.sh
index a5274d5ee2eb..ec9c0afcc3f7 100644
--- a/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libelasticsearch.sh
+++ b/bitnami/elasticsearch/9.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libelasticsearch.sh
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ elasticsearch_healthcheck() {
         user_file="$(credential_to_temp_file "${DB_USERNAME}:${DB_PASSWORD}")"
         curl_args+=("--user" "$(<"$user_file")")
         if is_boolean_yes "$DB_ENABLE_REST_TLS"; then
+            protocol="https"
             # TODO: use the CA certificate to verify the server certificate
             # Currently it's not trivial given keystores / truststores are mounted
             curl_args+=("-k")