diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c68000fb7b46bec752387bcf3c9c648a245405ae..e1bbf7d4cffe5643bf142e2e907fc73d1ed7d718 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [4.0.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/compare/4.0.0...4.0.1) (2024-12-10)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add Git branch slug in SNAPSHOT versions for Merge Request ([afcc0b0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/commit/afcc0b0ccbc09118264412e3075ee8003bcb1dbc))
+
 # [4.0.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/compare/3.11.4...4.0.0) (2024-11-26)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 766b264e73c3781b1cccee7e2e41985a0b418ddf..40f61f64318a90ff27a478f41a54137524ebe9bc 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: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/maven/gitlab-ci-maven@4.0.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/maven/gitlab-ci-maven@4.0.1
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       # âš  this is only an example
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/maven'
-    ref: '4.0.0'
+    ref: '4.0.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ All authentication methods should use masked GitLab environment variables.
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/maven/gitlab-ci-maven@4.0.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/maven/gitlab-ci-maven@4.0.1
   # Jib is implemented as an extension to Maven, and uses supporting features of the TBC Maven template
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/maven/gitlab-ci-maven-jib@4.0.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/maven/gitlab-ci-maven-jib@4.0.1
 ```
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
index 2f7b1a16a094bcc337572c8814c8df06ada7e589..933b2c9c0cab370cf0efe3b8f5f243e9a4eb4233 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ stages:
   image: $MAVEN_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "maven", "4.0.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "maven", "4.0.1"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.mvn-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"