diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7c65cc2b1878fab73713b2e4d695afb27651510..6dee539865e8d7df2186f2b6cb5539b18d0e802d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [6.5.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.4.1...6.5.0) (2023-12-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* support CI/CD component design ([0166bd4](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/0166bd43891f4bab8934e4379e8c34f399d681f5))
+
 ## [6.4.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.4.0...6.4.1) (2023-11-25)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b25f4021768716a4a361d82be1eb504f4b0a2e9..6fdf337e51bbeae50c5f3516481c6ad7fe2074a7 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@6.4.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.5.0
     # 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: '6.4.1'
+    ref: '6.5.0'
     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@6.4.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.5.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.4.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.5.0
     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 f444b1f82b9dba6198b360b9fc6278c46fd66926..cee0ab51e37ab3c2abb5e894589ec9c14564aa83 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.4.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.5.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index e70df2eab6a4a6cf0f5e8bbfb89db698ff88c259..2619c6f64cb7a1f10fd719dee9d1908531cbf623 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", "6.4.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.5.0"]
   # Cache downloaded dependencies and plugins between builds.
   # To keep cache across branches add 'key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"'
   cache: