diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 230754dfcb025dbf514abde6ee99864869ed95f0..09219f435218d0ebbb88a9650a680bdf64f4d8b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [6.10.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.9.0...6.10.0) (2024-04-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **ruff:** generate JSON report when SonarQube is detected ([81e711d](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/81e711d2cd6e23014c0eaef2ec098fe69b711885))
+
 # [6.9.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.8.1...6.9.0) (2024-04-13)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d406401efa206db22789d5c02080c4162270e723..888191b80b343952f0e1a560a493aa47f6d9c6f7 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@6.9.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.10.0
     # 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: '6.9.0'
+    ref: '6.10.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -490,9 +490,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.9.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.10.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.9.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.10.0
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
@@ -532,13 +532,13 @@ The variant requires the additional configuration parameters:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.9.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.10.0
     # 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@6.9.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@6.10.0
     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 111d5a1d7cf5803a12ff48bc84040efeca0f0e85..731ee7710b9271086429aa651150a91df2fea9c8 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", "6.9.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.10.0"]
   variables:
     GCP_JWT: $GCP_JWT
   before_script:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index 8c7bb33e0e111f80d59de549f496fda6eba0cad6..3de2f67394edac27d062850483e6c459bbf63235 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.9.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.10.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 9db6d40e8ad4f4acdfb02848a5e6eaa84b9967a8..1c81b51e46b363fc67afec5f1bbdd6e23317ce00 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", "6.9.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.10.0"]
   # Cache downloaded dependencies and plugins between builds.
   # To keep cache across branches add 'key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"'
   cache: