diff --git a/.versions.json b/.versions.json
index 9cb53bb..eae41ac 100644
--- a/.versions.json
+++ b/.versions.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "DEBIAN_VERSION": "buster-20231120-slim",
-  "IMAGE_RELEASE_VERSION": "7",
+  "IMAGE_RELEASE_VERSION": "8",
   "PGBOUNCER_VERSION": "1.21.0"
 }
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b9ac032..70c59a0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 LABEL name="PgBouncer Container Images" \
       vendor="The CloudNativePG Contributors" \
       version="1.21.0" \
-      release="7" \
+      release="8" \
       summary="Container images for PgBouncer (connection pooler for PostgreSQL)." \
       description="This Docker image contains PgBouncer based on Debian ${DEBIAN_VERSION}."
 
diff --git a/packages.txt b/packages.txt
index da4772f..03b2c17 100644
--- a/packages.txt
+++ b/packages.txt
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ libmailutils5/now 1:3.5-4 amd64 [installed,local]
 libmariadb3/now 1:10.3.39-0+deb10u1 amd64 [installed,local]
 libmount1/now 2.33.1-0.1 amd64 [installed,local]
 libmpdec2/now 2.4.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
-libncurses6/now 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u4 amd64 [installed,local]
-libncursesw6/now 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u4 amd64 [installed,local]
+libncurses6/now 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5 amd64 [installed,local]
+libncursesw6/now 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5 amd64 [installed,local]
 libnettle6/now 3.4.1-1+deb10u1 amd64 [installed,local]
 libntlm0/now 1.5-1+deb10u1 amd64 [installed,local]
 libp11-kit0/now 0.23.15-2+deb10u1 amd64 [installed,local]
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ libssl1.1/now 1.1.1n-0+deb10u6 amd64 [installed,local]
 libstdc++6/now 8.3.0-6 amd64 [installed,local]
 libsystemd0/now 241-7~deb10u10 amd64 [installed,local]
 libtasn1-6/now 4.13-3+deb10u1 amd64 [installed,local]
-libtinfo6/now 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u4 amd64 [installed,local]
+libtinfo6/now 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5 amd64 [installed,local]
 libudev1/now 241-7~deb10u10 amd64 [installed,local]
 libudns-dev/now 0.4-1+b1 amd64 [installed,local]
 libudns0/now 0.4-1+b1 amd64 [installed,local]
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ mawk/now 1.3.3-17+b3 amd64 [installed,local]
 mime-support/now 3.62 all [installed,local]
 mount/now 2.33.1-0.1 amd64 [installed,local]
 mysql-common/now 5.8+1.0.5 all [installed,local]
-ncurses-base/now 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u4 all [installed,local]
-ncurses-bin/now 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u4 amd64 [installed,local]
+ncurses-base/now 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5 all [installed,local]
+ncurses-bin/now 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5 amd64 [installed,local]
 netbase/now 5.6 all [installed,local]
 openssl/now 1.1.1n-0+deb10u6 amd64 [installed,local]
 passwd/now 1:4.5-1.1 amd64 [installed,local]