diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aec0be47d923826ec1e98893d4fdc0ef4915f919..160abb58a62c03b13e6214e3a5e47a902bcacda9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [7.9.2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.9.1...7.9.2) (2025-04-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **sbom:** disable file catalogers for Syft SBOM (to minimize SBOM file) ([d83edb0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/d83edb06767741edd400ed195981df778414e9cd))
+
 ## [7.9.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.9.0...7.9.1) (2025-03-11)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72154efaf9b9decb455066cb693e775158929699..010507171fae96a7c15fa56670f278fa8b5b0a72 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@7.9.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.9.2
     # 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: '7.9.1'
+    ref: '7.9.2'
     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@7.9.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.9.2
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.9.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.9.2
     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@7.9.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.9.2
     # 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@7.9.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.9.2
     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@7.9.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.9.2
     # 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@7.9.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-aws-codeartifact@7.9.2
     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 87b10877c9541c5aaf4d509eece2f96f527db00f..d6aa1f5449e3d616d5703f82c430651c63274c7b 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", "7.9.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.9.2"]
   id_tokens:
     GCP_JWT:
       aud: "$GCP_OIDC_AUD"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index 34085f712e6e76058e09613ed1a5309fd035e9e4..5162a0fdd324b87152b626d409a3b31495da8d59 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.9.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.9.2"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 3e859620146b0c9c4f825cdd2228cbc70b2a0cd6..fb23cf3804b981e854de8d33cbd7a9d872b7472e 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.9.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.9.2"]
   variables:
     # set local cache dir; most Python tools honour XDG specs
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"