diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6dee539865e8d7df2186f2b6cb5539b18d0e802d..fcf5ac5228d2e4fc437422fad2b174eaadf1cab3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [6.6.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.5.0...6.6.0) (2023-12-8)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* use centralized service images (gitlab.com) ([046d949](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/046d949314260b029236a85f0141c81b828eea60))
+
 # [6.5.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.4.1...6.5.0) (2023-12-01)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3da492e2f9de32a329987d221c2a0c70cf1a09ee..1d2be4a067d0ddeacefab00171df442ed5671638 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@6.5.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.6.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.10
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Add the following to your `gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/python'
-    ref: '6.5.0'
+    ref: '6.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -465,9 +465,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.5.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.6.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.5.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.6.0
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index 25202de3af91581aae3d3458bc13b5077fee662d..af874dc879bb8ec4558f2dd2375b5550812fa35b 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.5.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.6.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 2dd59e4b8b5d5be53431304d2894b44a7825bd62..8f7c3a0fe072535a9d4e4126462fd5bc5b476b6a 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.5.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.6.0"]
   # Cache downloaded dependencies and plugins between builds.
   # To keep cache across branches add 'key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"'
   cache: