diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2747da4711efeebf8b4f723b8ec8f17d540e3608..207876db2aa847d1975233b6ff280d37dce0eb4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [4.10.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/golang/compare/4.9.2...4.10.0) (2024-07-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* optional installation of Go tools ([5a78d9d](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/golang/commit/5a78d9d8000b45edf165940eba35b6f196e97bf5))
+
 ## [4.9.2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/golang/compare/4.9.1...4.9.2) (2024-07-02)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 005175434cf3073903016830c4b73710284f8f12..cb016b6b50bdbd6ed589437ccacc0b2e39381e78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following to your `gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/golang/gitlab-ci-golang@4.9.2
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/golang/gitlab-ci-golang@4.10.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: "registry.hub.docker.com/library/golang:buster" # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Add the following to your `gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/golang'
-    ref: '4.9.2'
+    ref: '4.10.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml
index 7c1e5e4afa9315c5db68b1ff474353bd5a506f84..af4baf4015fbfab8d90de93e6f9631b53a3224fd 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ stages:
   image: $GO_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "golang", "4.9.2"]
+      command: ["--service", "golang", "4.10.0"]
   variables:
     # The directory where 'go install' will install a command.
     GOBIN: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/$GO_PROJECT_DIR/bin"