diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac3712bcb79eb55ad136e2c2e819f6c2ab73f959..48249f6d5cdf3d4c979711e9cc10f9b03cbdb5e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [7.5.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.4.0...7.5.0) (2024-11-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **Ruff:** add `ruff-format` job for code formatting ([142589f](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/142589f2c260336d3a703af3e149c1c666fd5373))
+
 # [7.4.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.3.3...7.4.0) (2024-11-08)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11e9d647c50e0a131c01c793456f724b4a321bcf..1e2d44b6ebff76daeb1983ca7a53cc9055880953 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@7.4.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.5.0
     # 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: '7.4.0'
+    ref: '7.5.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -530,9 +530,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.4.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.5.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.4.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.5.0
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
@@ -572,13 +572,13 @@ The variant requires the additional configuration parameters:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.4.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.5.0
     # 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@7.4.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.5.0
     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 f7b6ede3e87c4c2a9d9f8f7ba1ce080519c25090..216e056c5474ac41e08a121b58bb717e26ce1d9f 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", "7.4.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.5.0"]
   variables:
     GCP_JWT: $GCP_JWT
   before_script:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index 274274406cc934e2d896e854f3600fef740295b5..0232f1105f04e7504770fd6c641a3b961d2de811 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.4.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.5.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index f8b670885d39db80f51e463a2b010501fc38bb10..cce997c170ba5b041a78e8fc468316db97c9c928 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.4.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.5.0"]
   variables:
     # set local cache dir; most Python tools honour XDG specs
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"