diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcf5ac5228d2e4fc437422fad2b174eaadf1cab3..feeefe080c27a3ccedfca4a64992bd71ead3f9f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## [6.6.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.6.0...6.6.1) (2023-12-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add an info message when pyproject.toml found with no 'build-backend' ([b4d95fb](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/b4d95fb0a8d3dfe442abd94e7c419d6ef86e4d4b)), closes [#57](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/issues/57)
+* **bandit:** exclude .cache/ dir ([d62f2a2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/d62f2a2dcf24af9feebe6483579589d59ff2c3b5)), closes [#58](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/issues/58)
+
 # [6.6.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.5.0...6.6.0) (2023-12-8)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d2be4a067d0ddeacefab00171df442ed5671638..92e18660cbf109166896736258197f3c33dace43 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@6.6.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.6.1
     # 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: '6.6.0'
+    ref: '6.6.1'
     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@6.6.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.6.1
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.6.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.6.1
     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 af874dc879bb8ec4558f2dd2375b5550812fa35b..6c0f247293ff8afd73cd6a742a13ba87faeaeb91 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.6.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.6.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 3ea790947f3d2bc32c64c20bf454f15e513cdf10..62d42ae57f6374f44c6c99ae98819c06851ffcb6 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.6.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.6.1"]
   # Cache downloaded dependencies and plugins between builds.
   # To keep cache across branches add 'key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"'
   cache: