diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65b0930f7a1d5b976df0f11395f9d2c5d50f1e3f..75d7fd7a59c43174c17ffc2e7505125786d03ee3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [4.1.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/node/compare/4.0.3...4.1.0) (2024-11-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **lint:** enforce GitLab integration ([44cc3c3](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/node/commit/44cc3c30b1211f35c428edfc5e4165aaae086fbc))
+
 ## [4.0.3](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/node/compare/4.0.2...4.0.3) (2024-11-02)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4009b9e23f2f1ecdf7372c27d3a4c88b9b35ea7b..c81c1ab48b627ea71fdc9b17e58486b90dcd1fcf 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@4.0.3
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node@4.1.0
     # 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: "4.0.3"
+    ref: "4.1.0"
     file: "/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml"
 
 variables:
@@ -518,9 +518,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node@4.0.3
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node@4.1.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node-vault@4.0.3
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/node/gitlab-ci-node-vault@4.1.0
     inputs:
       # audience claim for JWT
       vault-oidc-aud: "https://vault.acme.host"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-node-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-node-vault.yml
index 4e151c89c22c747418baf87ffe73a486f852e1ef..fa5c2f531223c3a109c825590cd9812d074f2d99 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-node-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-node-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .node-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "node", "4.0.3"]
+      command: ["--service", "node", "4.1.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
index 9cae13d4d3b2a364889c8c8a05e4c9b195df4c4a..69169818f479056654e65f50cb0d84fe67ba11d8 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ stages:
   image: $NODE_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "node", "4.0.3"]
+      command: ["--service", "node", "4.1.0"]
   variables:
     # Yarn cache (better than --cache-folder option, deprecated)
     YARN_CACHE_FOLDER: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/$NODE_PROJECT_DIR/.yarn"