diff --git a/docker/modsec/apache2/conf.d/50-defaults.conf b/docker/modsec/apache2/conf.d/50-defaults.conf
index e6e0a1681f10a60050b260d623d05a41a1ff2bb6..3ad8517f0d6afd842aabff3e4d74eec543b527a7 100644
--- a/docker/modsec/apache2/conf.d/50-defaults.conf
+++ b/docker/modsec/apache2/conf.d/50-defaults.conf
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ KeepAliveTimeout 5
 UseCanonicalName Off
 AccessFileName .htaccess
 HostnameLookups Off
+
+AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
diff --git a/docker/waf-modsec.dockerfile b/docker/waf-modsec.dockerfile
index d5f3a8dbfba62ab5db5e5b282e8f99a38136ccc4..df1f87b8e26c661e73c7185a5c6d0040166ab760 100644
--- a/docker/waf-modsec.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/waf-modsec.dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG ALPINE_VERSION="3.20"
 ARG MODSECURITY_VERSION="2.9.7"
 ARG CORERULESET_VERSION="3.3/dev"
 ARG PROCFUSION_VERSION="0.2.2"
-ARG EC_RPS_CONFIG_CONTROLLER_VERSION="0.19.0"
+ARG EC_RPS_CONFIG_CONTROLLER_VERSION="0.20.0"
 
 ###############################################################################
 ## BUILD MOSECURITY APACHE PLUGIN
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5f9d8e800980db0d7aa5212d3885163c7c616a53..cd30a639e4301d41c38075edd2087e0da6b61b20 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "ec-waf"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 description = ""
 authors = ["European Commission"]
 readme = "README.md"