diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f173fa106a34d4687534208cd8b9501125009ad..6b9d9226d22173d019162f2395df814e90bdd954 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [3.6.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/bash/compare/3.5.2...3.6.0) (2025-01-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* disable tracking service by default ([7e68c16](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/bash/commit/7e68c16950e7dfee33c2204e69181212bf0490a7))
+
 ## [3.5.2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/bash/compare/3.5.1...3.5.2) (2024-09-29)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f318362efa4396378ed3334d0bf1e50a41767f15..50d5c2cb1d47f7b4ffd64a0db3c23aedd202b18b 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@3.5.2
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/bash/gitlab-ci-bash@3.6.0
     # 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: '3.5.2'
+    ref: '3.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml
index b3094a8163ae703ed9b0f6c4f28da644540da9cc..b6ae98cdfe88167adbd5fd037f6cd5992ea21bc9 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ workflow:
     - when: on_success
 
 variables:
-  # variabilized tracking image
-  TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE: registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master
-
   BASH_BATS_IMAGE: $[[ inputs.bats-image ]]
   BASH_BATS_TESTS: $[[ inputs.bats-tests ]]
 
@@ -413,7 +410,7 @@ stages:
   stage: build
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "bash", "3.5.2"]
+      command: ["--service", "bash", "3.6.0"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.bash-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"