diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 455db48007dc49186c4cf5220704e91b7a5e5a75..39404dd0ffe43803d56cf741cc69f8e18121830f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.5.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/renovate/compare/1.4.1...1.5.0) (2025-01-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* disable tracking service by default ([0193166](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/renovate/commit/0193166ef576061753d4cd9c80ac4cfd84c96109))
+
 ## [1.4.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/renovate/compare/1.4.0...1.4.1) (2024-12-09)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb1680249d0a789135716abfb78cbabb7450a586..b6058b6ca7c1669083a99b71ae94cc4a4294e716 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # include the component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/renovate/gitlab-ci-renovate@1.4.1
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/renovate/gitlab-ci-renovate@1.5.0
 ```
 
 ### Use as a CI/CD template (legacy)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # include the template
   - project: "to-be-continuous/renovate"
-    ref: "1.4.1"
+    ref: "1.5.0"
     file: "/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml"
 ```
 
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
index 053873405213da2df8438f1b616de0a2a335460f..3502ca32fc7d2915941c7a6e067912afec69480f 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ stages:
   image: $RENOVATE_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "renovate", "1.4.1"]
+      command: ["--service", "renovate", "1.5.0"]
   variables:
     RENOVATE_BASE_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR
     RENOVATE_CACHE_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/renovate