diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09219f435218d0ebbb88a9650a680bdf64f4d8b9..db0556a11a5ff44c7fc5e78cd7932bc11833d805 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+# [6.11.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.10.0...6.11.0) (2024-04-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **cache:** always keep cache ([8cf171e](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/8cf171edde7577b4179530192169730eff122ff2))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add mypy job ([cc22e8c](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/cc22e8c0eda56d2df00e22b8034da40fd2cfc937))
+
 # [6.10.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.9.0...6.10.0) (2024-04-14)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e065b76e4835020775989ccb1683039376091362..7747ce77ac1624ff8f9f6c7f30f257f52234f6e3 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@6.10.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.11.0
     # 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: '6.10.0'
+    ref: '6.11.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -511,9 +511,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.10.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.11.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.10.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.11.0
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
@@ -553,13 +553,13 @@ The variant requires the additional configuration parameters:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.10.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.11.0
     # 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@6.10.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@6.11.0
     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 731ee7710b9271086429aa651150a91df2fea9c8..5394e0c4774a8b475eceee7b35d0384b6b11e976 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", "6.10.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.11.0"]
   variables:
     GCP_JWT: $GCP_JWT
   before_script:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index 3de2f67394edac27d062850483e6c459bbf63235..cf2be784d858e72f9c80103f58e180bb23d94e84 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.10.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.11.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 1cc04b9454666d812aa68152ca54f5a4d9558a4e..d79eb2c5d218c1f42cb2896e95df27dffd32e177 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.10.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.11.0"]
   variables:
     # set local cache dir; most Python tools honour XDG specs
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"