diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5262387334c28ebb95c36f1d2a6d6225a2f69299..1765e03b95f95a9de06dbd7db426709770e4b0e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [6.1.4](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/kubernetes/compare/6.1.3...6.1.4) (2024-06-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* skip k8s-jobs when *_SPACE variables are empty ([83404bf](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/kubernetes/commit/83404bf4cccfd113b3e7daf7adb657e70e0c3b1a))
+
 ## [6.1.3](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/kubernetes/compare/6.1.2...6.1.3) (2024-05-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 575c7758e144446e3001b3a45331327e51bcc703..887ab826f52ff252649cbc65865d123ede507872 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Add the following to your `gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/kubernetes/gitlab-ci-k8s@6.1.3
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/kubernetes/gitlab-ci-k8s@6.1.4
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Add the following to your `gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/kubernetes'
-    ref: '6.1.3'
+    ref: '6.1.4'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -532,12 +532,12 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/kubernetes/gitlab-ci-k8s@6.1.3
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/kubernetes/gitlab-ci-k8s@6.1.4
     inputs:
       # ⚠ oc-container image (includes required curl)
       kubectl-image: registry.hub.docker.com/docker.io/appuio/oc:v4.14
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/kubernetes/gitlab-ci-k8s-vault@6.1.3
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/kubernetes/gitlab-ci-k8s-vault@6.1.4
     inputs:
       # audience claim for JWT
       vault-oidc-aud: "https://vault.acme.host"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s-vault.yml
index 6a07c0f2863c5c12acc8425b9850bc3d0d2dada7..871f8eff1ed4255706f2801f9a43c92430024bbb 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .k8s-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "--port", "8082", "kubernetes", "6.1.3"]
+      command: ["--service", "--port", "8082", "kubernetes", "6.1.4"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s.yml
index fb1ccb0bb13d072cc6553b8d237b27eae5686ed0..ad6fd2ad41550a08995aea6aa6ce7ac87cb65ff8 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s.yml
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ stages:
     entrypoint: [""]
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "kubernetes", "6.1.3"]
+      command: ["--service", "kubernetes", "6.1.4"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.k8s-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"