diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee38e779c221190bde64abd332cd405bc0171a18..230754dfcb025dbf514abde6ee99864869ed95f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# [6.9.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.8.1...6.9.0) (2024-04-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add ⚡ Ruff linter job ([ef364ef](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/ef364ef65dad8034b7c7af60bb25195cf20ba466))
+* some log improvement ([aef5a05](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/aef5a056d09b22e2c6ce2fa8038632c912e11637))
+
 ## [6.8.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.8.0...6.8.1) (2024-04-03)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7147a36836aee04b20efe9fecec852dce6a117a2..70999deb2d202e5d75f810b8bc15626d9d775f6a 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@6.8.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.9.0
     # 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: '6.8.1'
+    ref: '6.9.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -481,9 +481,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.8.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.9.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.8.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.9.0
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
@@ -523,13 +523,13 @@ The variant requires the additional configuration parameters:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.8.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.9.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.10
       pytest-enabled: true
 
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@6.8.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@6.9.0
     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 c35050daf7a5329763eabbbd9967096ebdc888d2..111d5a1d7cf5803a12ff48bc84040efeca0f0e85 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", "6.8.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.9.0"]
   variables:
     GCP_JWT: $GCP_JWT
   before_script:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index b6034a497a9f1b12a3830ef450d99e5f49bd7634..8c7bb33e0e111f80d59de549f496fda6eba0cad6 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.8.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.9.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index b2e2becf544c29c1f339fa79973de1c315db12c8..b7482e7d920f2e6853a8ee8310a40b7f6e9c182b 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.8.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.9.0"]
   # Cache downloaded dependencies and plugins between builds.
   # To keep cache across branches add 'key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"'
   cache: