diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f43a943d048f5f69dcf4fe041c6acc6645d5dbe..f54b6137fff4a21bb1916750b086130eee8155c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [3.3.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/compare/3.2.3...3.3.0) (2023-03-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* support settings.xml to be passed as file-type variable ([7775c35](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/commit/7775c35814d687dfb00be60d813ffe5d189347f8))
+
 ## [3.2.3](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/compare/3.2.2...3.2.3) (2023-01-27)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48b132cb0a3e1b841a3bdaa53a77790069ad1d5f..404da817c16a2fa7078bf383d2c847588c448cc5 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: '3.2.3'
+    ref: '3.3.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml'
 ```
 
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
index 3f06c8015e661d6c7d580c732b25b9f97bb62589..7721d03e5a103680de9bcff0863d480b2325b578 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ stages:
   image: $MAVEN_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "maven", "3.2.3" ]
+      command: ["--service", "maven", "3.3.0" ]
   before_script:
     - *mvn-scripts
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"