diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0370d3d95c9ec707449a7b8e140a67356b23d97..7d7a1b67fe3008d34524af8166053d396029dda9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [6.6.2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.6.1...6.6.2) (2024-1-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* avoid rate limiting for latest syft url query ([21ce764](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/21ce76493510502c1e654ca50cfc8913f2928712))
+
 ## [6.6.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/6.6.0...6.6.1) (2023-12-19)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3703d2bb661cbc3be6b03f0c718a11642301a5b..ad21f0ee55d727c7eabc5ab9deaabecfa5ad0862 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@6.6.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.6.2
     # 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: '6.6.1'
+    ref: '6.6.2'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -454,9 +454,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.6.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@6.6.2
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.6.1
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@6.6.2
     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 6c0f247293ff8afd73cd6a742a13ba87faeaeb91..d999b6e44ab9873c6139fc32246f78846ac58243 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.6.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.6.2"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 079b6361849468fba205a38f81510ffe8a2f8e20..6d85d1fb66d91ec7744719c56f96fe81709a627d 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "6.6.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "6.6.2"]
   # Cache downloaded dependencies and plugins between builds.
   # To keep cache across branches add 'key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"'
   cache: