diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57a2d46118d0760568369ec77c2759e89efa9929..6e624b39177faf85ffdb584aec71136572308613 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:
@@ -527,9 +527,9 @@ 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 fda4a34f10f50b5518db3261fc15d49a3a61eaf3..707f27cc076d84e42968185f6778dc66e27d7a01 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ workflow:
     - when: on_success
 
 variables:
-  # variabilized tracking image
-  TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE: registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master
   # Default docker image for Node
   NODE_IMAGE: $[[ inputs.image ]]
   # Default Node project root directory
@@ -635,7 +633,7 @@ 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"