diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bae4829588e4f6831c952947dadb86f8438fb9e8..70574cd8ca6d8ba0d862bec14dfd8235023ed068 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [1.2.2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/compare/1.2.1...1.2.2) (2025-04-11)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **envsubst:** leave lines with '# nosubst' unchanged when substituting (used to be simply dropped) ([392e60d](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/commit/392e60d69d47130f7f1a249ef8001c1fe6b234d0))
+
 ## [1.2.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/compare/1.2.0...1.2.1) (2025-02-01)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f5cabde3a1c1235044df8088b78fb803ddcbe3aa..e893d4e1df907c9bbc06c394fe1245e03e575b05 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@1.2.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/gitlab-ci-docker-compose@1.2.2
     # 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: '1.2.1'
+    ref: '1.2.2'
     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 90522639b10b9e584de0a5d5d57df20b30062278..cf61088bc946d8927593b8dcae653408667e20c3 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-compose.yml
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ stages:
   image: $DCMP_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker-compose", "1.2.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker-compose", "1.2.2"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.compose-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"