diff --git a/bumpversion.sh b/bumpversion.sh
index ed44d7b68b0e09f6d2cf557f7a15e52553246341..329e866dac988c049574a0a9f26ba89979c523a8 100755
--- a/bumpversion.sh
+++ b/bumpversion.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if [[ "$curVer" ]]; then
   # replace in template and variants
   for tmpl in templates/*.yml
   do
-    sed -e "s/command: *\[\"--service\", \"\(.*\)\", \"$curVer\"\]/command: [\"--service\", \"\1\", \"$nextVer\"]/" "$tmpl" > "$tmpl.next"
+    sed -e "s/command: *\[ *\"--service\", *\"\(.*\)\", *\"$curVer\" *\]/command: [\"--service\", \"\1\", \"$nextVer\"]/" "$tmpl" > "$tmpl.next"
     mv -f "$tmpl.next" "$tmpl"
   done
 else
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml
index dc0660bba230b224ff1bf423183656661cd5cc6a..f73e2eea961d0295783da785535ee7c027ce2867 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ stages:
   image: $GO_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "golang", "4.7.0" ]
+      command: ["--service", "golang", "4.9.0"]
   variables:
     # The directory where 'go install' will install a command.
     GOBIN: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/$GO_PROJECT_DIR/bin"