diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d6259a196c21af581825dbff0060e66962a62a2..e64bc026752ea4e3f11c53b36a976446b6dcc742 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## [7.10.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.10.0...7.10.1) (2025-05-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* change to pytest bin instead of module ([19be433](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/19be433bf16097a98ae5de4f633ebd9fe807e4ef)), closes [#109](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/issues/109)
+* exclude venv on py-lint ([d459124](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/d45912485cd7e8a1d802dda72eca6b6bfe1860b8))
+* py-package remove reports dir ([300d31f](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/300d31f51e6670cc6f09d6af01531b77e9d270af)), closes [#98](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/issues/98)
+
 # [7.10.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.9.2...7.10.0) (2025-04-16)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b8bba4ba93759cbd28922e4854b934f3a7ae0496..3d8d4d62641a6c434260f0ab16b90bb8bcc6cd9e 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@7.10.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.1
     # 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: '7.10.0'
+    ref: '7.10.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -640,9 +640,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.1
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.10.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.10.1
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
@@ -681,13 +681,13 @@ The variant requires the additional configuration parameters:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.1
     # 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@7.10.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.10.1
     inputs:
       # common OIDC config for non-prod envs
       gcp-oidc-provider: "projects/<gcp_nonprod_proj_id>/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/<pool_id>/providers/<provider_id>"
@@ -747,13 +747,13 @@ then set the required configuration.
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.1
     # 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@7.10.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-aws-codeartifact@7.10.1
     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 384e644bcc4b7798bda1169398eb4549185d9833..81135bde71995772498b095e8b67a3ad533b5947 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ variables:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.1"]
   id_tokens:
     GCP_JWT:
       aud: "$GCP_OIDC_AUD"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index 50300561c2726c897bc201084cc1592d5dde6cd3..da95591750ce37ad1de1f0f230781aeaf619c92a 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 7119d6e340517166069c98f3105662d93aaf6f45..6a37606efbdd0d7bf46f845a7cb5c56323fed1e2 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.1"]
   variables:
     # set local cache dir; most Python tools honour XDG specs
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"