diff --git a/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile b/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile
index 3c314e4dc33f..8b87fb2711a5 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/python/3.6-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM bitnami/python:3.6.10-debian-9-r18 as development
+FROM bitnami/python:3.6.10-debian-9-r19 as development
 
 ######
 
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ LABEL maintainer "Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>"
 
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
 RUN install_packages ca-certificates libbz2-1.0 libc6 libffi6 libncurses5 libreadline7 libsqlite3-0 libssl1.1 libtinfo5 zlib1g
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && \
+    rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
 RUN sed -i 's/^PASS_MAX_DAYS.*/PASS_MAX_DAYS    90/' /etc/login.defs && \
     sed -i 's/^PASS_MIN_DAYS.*/PASS_MIN_DAYS    0/' /etc/login.defs && \
     sed -i 's/sha512/sha512 minlen=8/' /etc/pam.d/common-password
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's/^PASS_MAX_DAYS.*/PASS_MAX_DAYS    90/' /etc/login.defs && \
 COPY --from=development /opt/bitnami/python /opt/bitnami/python
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="python" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.6.10-debian-9-r22-prod" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.6.10-debian-9-r23-prod" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH"
 
 CMD [ "python" ]
diff --git a/bitnami/python/README.md b/bitnami/python/README.md
index 205b09a46c8b..8ead0fc216fc 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/python/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 * [`3.7-debian-9`, `3.7.6-debian-9-r19`, `3.7`, `3.7.6`, `3.7.6-r19`, `latest` (3.7/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.6-debian-9-r19/3.7/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.6-ol-7-prod`, `3.6.10-ol-7-r29-prod` (3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-ol-7-r29-prod/3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.6-ol-7`, `3.6.10-ol-7-r25` (3.6/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-ol-7-r25/3.6/ol-7/Dockerfile)
-* [`3.6-debian-9-prod`, `3.6.10-debian-9-r22-prod`, `3.6-prod`, `3.6.10-prod`, `3.6.10-r22-prod` (3.6-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-debian-9-r22-prod/3.6-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`3.6-debian-9-prod`, `3.6.10-debian-9-r23-prod`, `3.6-prod`, `3.6.10-prod`, `3.6.10-r23-prod` (3.6-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-debian-9-r23-prod/3.6-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.6-debian-9`, `3.6.10-debian-9-r19`, `3.6`, `3.6.10`, `3.6.10-r19` (3.6/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-debian-9-r19/3.6/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`2-ol-7`, `2.7.17-ol-7-r94` (2/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.17-ol-7-r94/2/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`2-ol-7-prod`, `2.7.17-ol-7-r93-prod` (2-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/2.7.17-ol-7-r93-prod/2-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)