diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea0aa60fa4dab59b06fb970822a09639aff9173f..7a118c47f2da0c3eac39432170a8227abe0967e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [2.1.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/compare/2.0.1...2.1.0) (2021-09-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* auto-detect Maven settings file ([70f04e3](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/commit/70f04e3c4e9fb50b471fd1d832ffcfec1d76f411))
+
 ## [2.0.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/compare/2.0.0...2.0.1) (2021-09-07)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 453d89243027b7f0d2a7a14083e17cd6904371a1..3242b95d1c41e9b8071ede5eac4946ed5e732dc4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ In order to include this template in your project, add the following to your `gi
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/maven'
-    ref: '2.0.1'
+    ref: '2.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml'
 ```
 
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
index 79eb32c211af23fcb1d8b3aa7048fcfa91baf2c4..31bfdd042a993aba0831f359a1c1ec387b8a8e00 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ stages:
     esac
   }
 
-  if [[ "$TEMPLATE_CHECK_UPDATE_DISABLED" != "true" ]]; then check_for_update maven "2.0.1"; fi
+  if [[ "$TEMPLATE_CHECK_UPDATE_DISABLED" != "true" ]]; then check_for_update maven "2.1.0"; fi
   unscope_variables
 
   # ENDSCRIPT
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ stages:
   image: $MAVEN_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
-      command: ["--service", "maven", "2.0.1" ]
+      command: ["--service", "maven", "2.1.0" ]
   before_script:
     - *mvn-scripts
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"