diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 03cfc18998fe..6fe2731ff4c5 100644
--- a/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/ghost/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-client/postunpack.sh
 ENV ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD="no" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="ghost" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.42.8-debian-10-r2" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.42.8-debian-10-r3" \
     MARIADB_HOST="mariadb" \
     MARIADB_PORT_NUMBER="3306" \
     MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD="" \
diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh b/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
index 6bd564773acb..0a1a92a747f9 100644
--- a/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
@@ -446,3 +446,19 @@ generate_sha_hash() {
     echo -n "$str" | "sha${algorithm}sum" | awk '{print $1}'
 }
 
+########################
+# Converts a string to its hexadecimal representation
+# Arguments:
+#   $1 - string
+# Returns:
+#   hexadecimal representation of the string
+#########################
+convert_to_hex() {
+    local -r str=${1:?missing input string}
+    local -i iterator
+    local char
+    for ((iterator=0; iterator<${#str}; iterator++)); do
+        char=${str:iterator:1}
+        printf '%x' "'${char}"
+    done
+}
diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libwebserver.sh b/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libwebserver.sh
index 459f99c7d1cd..503650210583 100644
--- a/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libwebserver.sh
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libwebserver.sh
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ web_server_reload() {
 #   --document-root - Path to document root directory
 # Apache-specific flags:
 #   --apache-additional-configuration - Additional vhost configuration (no default)
+#   --apache-additional-http-configuration - Additional HTTP vhost configuration (no default)
+#   --apache-additional-https-configuration - Additional HTTPS vhost configuration (no default)
 #   --apache-before-vhost-configuration - Configuration to add before the <VirtualHost> directive (no default)
 #   --apache-allow-override - Whether to allow .htaccess files (only allowed when --move-htaccess is set to 'no' and type is not defined)
 #   --apache-extra-directory-configuration - Extra configuration for the document root directory
@@ -224,6 +226,8 @@ ensure_web_server_app_configuration_exists() {
 
             # Specific Apache flags
             --apache-additional-configuration \
+            | --apache-additional-http-configuration \
+            | --apache-additional-https-configuration \
             | --apache-before-vhost-configuration \
             | --apache-allow-override \
             | --apache-extra-directory-configuration \
diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh b/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh
index bdd7cae7eff7..d16e036df0a4 100644
--- a/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ mysql_upgrade() {
     else
         mysql_start_bg
         is_boolean_yes "${ROOT_AUTH_ENABLED:-false}" && args+=("-p$(get_master_env_var_value ROOT_PASSWORD)")
-        debug_execute "${DB_BIN_DIR}/mysql_upgrade" "${args[@]}"
+        debug_execute "${DB_BIN_DIR}/mysql_upgrade" "${args[@]}" --force
     fi
 }
 
diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/README.md b/bitnami/ghost/README.md
index e192414f0811..2ae50c8cca55 100644
--- a/bitnami/ghost/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 
 - [`4`, `4-debian-10`, `4.32.0`, `4.32.0-debian-10-r0`, `latest` (4/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-ghost/blob/4.32.0-debian-10-r0/4/debian-10/Dockerfile)
-- [`3`, `3-debian-10`, `3.42.8`, `3.42.8-debian-10-r2` (3/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-ghost/blob/3.42.8-debian-10-r2/3/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+- [`3`, `3-debian-10`, `3.42.8`, `3.42.8-debian-10-r3` (3/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-ghost/blob/3.42.8-debian-10-r3/3/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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