diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f45bb77b320fa7db6c83c85223cc88bf71d9c17..9b97b479708a20b37a06bc66f38cacf3521d87dc 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 e48446fa91f6fb4bc3b3a122c71d779f93eb8ca5..1cb4129f61d83488469e0f79c0ed058faac28ffa 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ workflow:
 
 
 variables:
-  # variabilized tracking image
-  TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE: registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master
-
   RENOVATE_IMAGE: $[[ inputs.image ]]
 
   # those are native Renovate configuration variables
@@ -339,7 +336,7 @@ 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