diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d90c9eb38bde72f3147f249076577e4bfd51483..4e309e41f77b1f93c6d7bad2518eee39b019f522 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [7.8.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.8.0...7.8.1) (2025-01-31)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **sbom:** only generate SBOMs on prod branches, integ branches and release tags ([8da756f](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/8da756f273cb22dbd12c866ba1e6f7f07b52cb4a))
+
 # [7.8.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.7.1...7.8.0) (2025-01-27)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d233b8df60b9c805107f6e34c42417e2b8eb4b40..5bf7bc0620a5b9c5f220a110001749e24fa9b295 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: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.8.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.8.1
     # 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: '7.8.0'
+    ref: '7.8.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -563,9 +563,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.8.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.8.1
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.8.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.8.1
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
@@ -604,13 +604,13 @@ The variant requires the additional configuration parameters:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.8.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.8.1
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.12-slim
       pytest-enabled: true
 
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.8.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.8.1
     inputs:
       # common OIDC config for non-prod envs
       gcp-oidc-provider: "projects/<gcp_nonprod_proj_id>/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/<pool_id>/providers/<provider_id>"
@@ -670,13 +670,13 @@ then set the required configuration.
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.8.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.8.1
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.12-slim
       pytest-enabled: true
 
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-aws-codeartifact@7.8.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-aws-codeartifact@7.8.1
     inputs:
       aws-region: "us-east-1"
       aws-codeartifact-domain: "acme"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml
index 2ac425fbd57de08ef3956a99f54ea647ad4e239b..4fdaaf55479622f44402cecda6ed88059dfa85f0 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", "7.8.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.8.1"]
   variables:
     GCP_JWT: $GCP_JWT
   before_script:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index e9ec807653e98c977d562bd4247d5b8e6f43c5c7..d5d474132d86c2659896f42f4670f724dcd04333 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.8.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.8.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index b8354076fe2d403b740840ca5a8f1d12a1ec76b0..96c2b2a40fe1f7b69fcd146e1abcb61aae4a78cd 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.8.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.8.1"]
   variables:
     # set local cache dir; most Python tools honour XDG specs
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"