diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea59bc9a5236e1f033e9cf2ce3d72cf0c80916ff..23f36c90780efb785c189777d88d7561cf2e2312 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [3.6.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/compare/3.5.0...3.6.0) (2023-07-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **jib:** add Maven Jib variant to build container images for your Java applications ([96c2920](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/commit/96c2920b8da419cedefe67e9cd497df146f94b49))
+
 # [3.5.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/compare/3.4.0...3.5.0) (2023-05-28)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6b0458e4b4e511a92ad2c20fc604940b92c7a61..630528a26bf4075acdbf7064162606ddff3c7a43 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ In order to include this template in your project, add the following to your `gi
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/maven'
-    ref: '3.5.0'
+    ref: '3.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -439,11 +439,11 @@ All authentication methods should use masked GitLab environment variables.
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/maven'
-    ref: '3.5.0'
+    ref: '3.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml'
   # Jib is implemented as an extension to Maven, and uses supporting features of the TBC Maven template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/maven'
-    ref: '3.5.0'
+    ref: '3.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-maven-jib.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
index f3631744ea157077ebd0a0ae38f7adab7b8d62e4..f4f697c1ef09c79f2258c982ae06e7399cedb767 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ stages:
   image: $MAVEN_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "maven", "3.5.0" ]
+      command: ["--service", "maven", "3.6.0" ]
   before_script:
     - *mvn-scripts
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"