diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91eebe2ee1cfcb3e9f303b9d11558df7e1fba7e7..9b03c3e10f5626e47ebf1562b15af1b9c9464234 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [7.0.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.0.0...7.0.1) (2024-05-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* remove useless apt commands ([469ebec](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/469ebece1e05b4748c3bd4e2ff793b058ea57bbf))
+
 # [7.0.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.11.1...7.0.0) (2024-05-17)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39e9ecba432cf7f81095b2f544ecd33bed140cd3..fda70ead3df721d8188407cffeda5aeeb6c33168 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: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.0.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.0.1
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.12-slim
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Add the following to your `gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/python'
-    ref: '7.0.0'
+    ref: '7.0.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -517,9 +517,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.0.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.0.1
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.0.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.0.1
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
@@ -559,13 +559,13 @@ The variant requires the additional configuration parameters:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.0.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.0.1
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.12-slim
       pytest-enabled: true
 
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.0.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.0.1
     inputs:
       # common OIDC config for non-prod envs
       gcp-oidc-provider: "projects/<gcp_nonprod_proj_id>/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/<pool_id>/providers/<provider_id>"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml
index a94e45efa0edf820e1f8f791ebf4d6c3b270b119..e0e2ee84d369131658cbe0f3ae26289bd5f15140 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ variables:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.0.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.0.1"]
   variables:
     GCP_JWT: $GCP_JWT
   before_script:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index 10bdaf76608b61ee6dd98d5133ec51fc6cca4541..394be18a1a515b1a94a6b7b66377889ce8a85e75 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.0.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.0.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index dce54ff05aea21fa2d1a344276347b7e3a7a3522..26e1c3b07e72c3b81bed9e61335eff8c5190ad89 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.0.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.0.1"]
   variables:
     # set local cache dir; most Python tools honour XDG specs
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"