diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1170d486d161b887767154f4c18fa585671be14..fc47d938cef2eb1d06213808520416ec507a94c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [2.5.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.5.0...2.5.1) (2024-03-31)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **verbose:** restore verbose by default as otherwise found secrets aren't printed in the console ([367a84c](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/commit/367a84ce6548f0c529e7b555ca16a821474c3472))
+
 # [2.5.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/compare/2.4.1...2.5.0) (2024-03-31)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4219cc1d8c11fa32f9d2c484fc762b98fe1a2935..621bd426ce7b7117f6fdc3782e19894c8803503a 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@2.5.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/gitlab-ci-gitleaks@2.5.1
     # 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: '2.5.0'
+    ref: '2.5.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
index aec064a043f1ded793187683bdc325e1b8bda1d5..0e93820cd5d1664cd5ba9a0bc90c1d023ab587cb 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", "2.5.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "gitleaks", "2.5.1"]
   stage: test
   needs: []
   variables: