diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4014dc566e69116739b00e70e4aa01a5a66ce48f..619eb12906391aa630ac363c4fe70150dbd6ca67 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [2.7.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.7.0...2.7.1) (2025-04-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* analyse branch or MR commits only ([0ed44f1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/commit/0ed44f1c596e840cacc79f072e265714cd503a21))
+
 # [2.7.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.6.1...2.7.0) (2025-01-27)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80a704f01c647e49346ba35173fa83c5cecbba66..253e8c303663b4481b420a30aa42949735d308a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/gitlab-ci-gitleaks@2.7.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/gitlab-ci-gitleaks@2.7.1
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       args: "--no-banner" # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/gitleaks'
-    ref: '2.7.0'
+    ref: '2.7.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
index 8cc0e3b5d6369c267cd420bbd5107de04e3dc6db..1dae755a2688e18643e6cb592338c168af5da8a2 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ gitleaks:
     entrypoint: [""]
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "gitleaks", "2.7.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "gitleaks", "2.7.1"]
   stage: test
   needs: []
   variables: