diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 968fcba4372afc125824260000e752a12213dfd1..8203d09b453b62b2e28e724cc3c09e8612b47db5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [2.6.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.5.2...2.6.0) (2024-07-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* default gitleaks arguments to avoid secret exposure ([595fc7d](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/commit/595fc7dfe42fd00c8c5dc6647779bed24955e0f4))
+
 ## [2.5.2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.5.1...2.5.2) (2024-05-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72f6b1a7277c0957726781796e9c39afe5eee49d..4d59f73e45287419c67c0fa47b83bfc019e5b718 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: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/gitlab-ci-gitleaks@2.5.2
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/gitlab-ci-gitleaks@2.6.0
     # 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: '2.5.2'
+    ref: '2.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
index cbe96e70ab63959ee1dc6718b1a4ca97427c8372..71a324192c906407fa4fea753caa36b99ad1ef0c 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", "2.5.2"]
+      command: ["--service", "gitleaks", "2.6.0"]
   stage: test
   needs: []
   variables: