diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 978f73168f4c4e6d72b9a186176c887b177808b6..85efdc9e8cc6e56a63a3b5410f13f8f13e49aad8 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 312ab4880c4c25078f9433446bf95468abcfbf91..c6006f484a3ec93e5335a6bbcc35743598f97403 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ workflow:
     - when: on_success
 
 variables:
-  # variabilized tracking image
-  TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE: registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master
-
   # Default Docker image (can be overridden)
   GITLEAKS_IMAGE: $[[ inputs.image ]]
   GITLEAKS_ARGS: $[[ inputs.args ]]
@@ -230,7 +227,7 @@ gitleaks:
     entrypoint: [""]
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "gitleaks", "2.6.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "gitleaks", "2.7.0"]
   stage: test
   needs: []
   variables: