diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 525b023d5e8030c8efef35e2cdfe424ed6bd9c6e..c588f47a8afc60aecb8214d179c4d81d57cdf2f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [4.2.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/compare/4.1.0...4.2.0) (2025-01-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* disable tracking service by default ([965198b](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/commit/965198bcd45fe574843222bb919b3ccb62795a40))
+
 # [4.1.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/compare/4.0.2...4.1.0) (2025-01-20)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26e05e0b27efb66737273cfb5b544d8bb52375c8..17dbfd4d559c04776446f1ee976ffe115a23dd27 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@4.1.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/maven/gitlab-ci-maven@4.2.0
     # 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: '4.1.0'
+    ref: '4.2.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ All authentication methods should use masked GitLab environment variables.
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/maven/gitlab-ci-maven@4.1.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/maven/gitlab-ci-maven@4.2.0
   # 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@4.1.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/maven/gitlab-ci-maven-jib@4.2.0
 ```
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
index 883c75c1766552658416c1db19cc86e4c7a52e26..3d2abe190c1a02d5837aa54c08639459b3715503 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ stages:
   image: $MAVEN_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "maven", "4.1.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "maven", "4.2.0"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.mvn-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"