diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf0be03e9f1500ae0bca387188da1b240ae3a26c..bae4829588e4f6831c952947dadb86f8438fb9e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [1.2.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/compare/1.2.0...1.2.1) (2025-02-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* homogenize new TBC envsubst mechanism ([63bca5c](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/commit/63bca5c391b44614a0e34edcc4dcdc82f55e6c4d))
+
 # [1.2.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/compare/1.1.0...1.2.0) (2025-01-27)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af0fdd4883093339cf07b2ae93f78446077f85e5..8a8cf420a16cebf586a159acaae1edadc4f6ae17 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@1.2.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker-compose/gitlab-ci-docker-compose@1.2.1
     # 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: '1.2.0'
+    ref: '1.2.1'
     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 95e46550e145f582f4941e270c8fa7154314f08c..6dcfd0d8cfb0ad3f68df50271bbaf93b21e4c581 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-compose.yml
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ stages:
   image: $DCMP_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker-compose", "1.2.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker-compose", "1.2.1"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.compose-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"