diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e64bc026752ea4e3f11c53b36a976446b6dcc742..def62faefc6e3348f100be1940439247b22af1f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [7.10.2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.10.1...7.10.2) (2025-05-03)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add python cmd when python3 is present ([e6c8d7f](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/e6c8d7f98cd785d2a4ccaf777a9c3d0016a3da19))
+
 ## [7.10.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.10.0...7.10.1) (2025-05-02)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d8d4d62641a6c434260f0ab16b90bb8bcc6cd9e..ec85fe273215bec31b5894168ab053d0e467a1ad 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@7.10.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.2
     # 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: '7.10.1'
+    ref: '7.10.2'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -640,9 +640,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.2
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.10.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.10.2
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
@@ -681,13 +681,13 @@ The variant requires the additional configuration parameters:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.2
     # 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@7.10.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.10.2
     inputs:
       # common OIDC config for non-prod envs
       gcp-oidc-provider: "projects/<gcp_nonprod_proj_id>/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/<pool_id>/providers/<provider_id>"
@@ -747,13 +747,13 @@ then set the required configuration.
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.10.2
     # 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@7.10.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-aws-codeartifact@7.10.2
     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 81135bde71995772498b095e8b67a3ad533b5947..37aec7a2f965a8357ddd4a3be7ccf44ba48932bc 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", "7.10.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.2"]
   id_tokens:
     GCP_JWT:
       aud: "$GCP_OIDC_AUD"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index da95591750ce37ad1de1f0f230781aeaf619c92a..1d49fdc6b3826b137f0c3fb4e97e3e60e1b98f21 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.2"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 0f07fb64600592c1cd28716db4ecaf2f48624c3b..8dbed0025568abed396355ec5e48448df6f03370 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.10.2"]
   variables:
     # set local cache dir; most Python tools honour XDG specs
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"