diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eba38d549aa6c479950b979a7ae6acc95e51e6fc..e1170d486d161b887767154f4c18fa585671be14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [2.5.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.4.1...2.5.0) (2024-03-31)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **verbose:** verbose is no longer the default ([4db5301](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/commit/4db5301a24cb7f7f87d040be3e3234d13b4b7754)), closes [#17](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/issues/17)
+
 ## [2.4.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.4.0...2.4.1) (2024-1-31)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d67f81c2455efc62145a898bb7c6b2866c3b7c1a..f8202d4c4b50b24e5c94687bd7e49aeeb405666f 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@2.4.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/gitlab-ci-gitleaks@2.5.0
     # 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: '2.4.1'
+    ref: '2.5.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
index c8489eb63e114990989d528562e15504e4555ab4..8f23dfdf59bb58cf82c3df067936af7af1ca659d 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", "2.4.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "gitleaks", "2.5.0"]
   stage: test
   needs: []
   variables: