diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f51354913a7ba33f67dc6d43d69aad82ee3ec25c..4a2461e95140686de7f0b338062b79cb40e321bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [3.5.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/bash/compare/3.4.1...3.5.0) (2024-08-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* standard TBC secrets decoding ([d9568c9](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/bash/commit/d9568c97298ba0f186d56b77404d4c9b06e021be))
+
 ## [3.4.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/bash/compare/3.4.0...3.4.1) (2024-05-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21b30af7863f67fdf14b91eb8028640392925937..a99254268a043c83a37ee9adf78a5387c7b7a8d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/bash/gitlab-ci-bash@3.4.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/bash/gitlab-ci-bash@3.5.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       bats-enabled: true # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/bash'
-    ref: '3.4.1'
+    ref: '3.5.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml
index d677791575fb5c170499f89b95117149b86f9c37..0666e45e726253ef9f663e7f4d9275c8111936bb 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ stages:
   stage: build
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "bash", "3.4.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "bash", "3.5.0"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.bash-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"