diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5403484c79f8a8b59a4173f72c6f9ceedb875f4a..4014dc566e69116739b00e70e4aa01a5a66ce48f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [2.7.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.6.1...2.7.0) (2025-01-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* disable tracking service by default ([8d614e4](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/commit/8d614e42b2c9747e6e1d816ffc80c19b165e2364))
+
 ## [2.6.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.6.0...2.6.1) (2024-09-23)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6dbb5f34a82ddd1e2c3d72aced00cbef3ad2998..51725d640b34a893cd45501030e61dc61599b818 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@2.6.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/gitlab-ci-gitleaks@2.7.0
     # 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: '2.6.1'
+    ref: '2.7.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
index 9b5f1032cab955b04208f219e3eb9900de1adead..563a81b321d019c4a831f2b3020753811c853a01 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", "2.6.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "gitleaks", "2.7.0"]
   stage: test
   needs: []
   variables: