diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0b70b1d983d3dc6db5e0cd4b9827484fff40e85..cf0be03e9f1500ae0bca387188da1b240ae3a26c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.2.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/compare/1.1.0...1.2.0) (2025-01-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* disable tracking service by default ([0b801d2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/commit/0b801d2394924c6df9143c16137a0f6e74aa2117))
+
 # [1.1.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/compare/1.0.2...1.1.0) (2024-12-30)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3707d7b782a5506715f7d851f6b5e2c7b8643d6..af0fdd4883093339cf07b2ae93f78446077f85e5 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/docker-compose/gitlab-ci-docker-compose@1.1.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/gitlab-ci-docker-compose@1.2.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker-compose'
-    ref: '1.1.0'
+    ref: '1.2.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-compose.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-compose.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-compose.yml
index 9ccc984ab5e71e1b56ca3b36dabd02cd8119a12b..431a3ad8e569b9c137700849ca3c9ab2387b454e 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-compose.yml
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ stages:
   image: $DCMP_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker-compose", "1.1.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker-compose", "1.2.0"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.compose-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"