diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8203d09b453b62b2e28e724cc3c09e8612b47db5..5403484c79f8a8b59a4173f72c6f9ceedb875f4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [2.6.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.6.0...2.6.1) (2024-09-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* detect subcommand is now deprecated ([9860a4c](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/commit/9860a4c2d0096ef3e647b2051fd9d2410a0f1a53))
+
 # [2.6.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.5.2...2.6.0) (2024-07-15)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25aad01f1b42941d6ff1caf1555b66970c5b38e1..b6dbb5f34a82ddd1e2c3d72aced00cbef3ad2998 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@2.6.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/gitlab-ci-gitleaks@2.6.1
     # 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: '2.6.0'
+    ref: '2.6.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
index 0a04acb0b87a5c764890364abb5aec037af9035d..e473fa071f409d05602d0cf82f17a4212b020dc6 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ gitleaks:
     entrypoint: [""]
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "gitleaks", "2.6.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "gitleaks", "2.6.1"]
   stage: test
   needs: []
   variables: