diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0edd8ca3de22818341b9e16c2bddb7a8fcd10b8e..f7f6609f37205603461fdee239bc3feef4f81c2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [4.2.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/node/compare/4.1.1...4.2.0) (2025-01-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* disable tracking service by default ([8823fa4](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/node/commit/8823fa457209e3f38e09d70f0a3b755611394ed4))
+
 ## [4.1.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/node/compare/4.1.0...4.1.1) (2024-12-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3670289916bd3e8d202df41d1b0217220847484c..0d7019dccb2c4433ccd02bec5ff57e1b890fe2f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node@4.1.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node@4.2.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: "registry.hub.docker.com/library/node:20" # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: "to-be-continuous/node"
-    ref: "4.1.1"
+    ref: "4.2.0"
     file: "/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml"
 
 variables:
@@ -520,9 +520,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node@4.1.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node@4.2.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node-vault@4.1.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node-vault@4.2.0
     inputs:
       # audience claim for JWT
       vault-oidc-aud: "https://vault.acme.host"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-node-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-node-vault.yml
index deb0989104097a355d2934e0bc167b85180a2ba3..5744eeef6ffa48a6f41def651e6703b2c72edfac 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-node-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-node-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .node-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "node", "4.1.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "node", "4.2.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
index eca341f618a207fc163cff8cf67e49d8c9c226cd..b206ba1d1bd15e46cc71be0d820a33a5ad2768e0 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ stages:
   image: $NODE_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "node", "4.1.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "node", "4.2.0"]
   variables:
     # Yarn cache (better than --cache-folder option, deprecated)
     YARN_CACHE_FOLDER: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/$NODE_PROJECT_DIR/.yarn"