diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e05adcf5e055121e1e53ad7df509ce25c35584b2..d61695b88112d95c8b5c31a1e17a5b3f83f493cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.4.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/renovate/compare/1.3.0...1.4.0) (2024-08-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* standard TBC secrets decoding ([adf9450](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/renovate/commit/adf9450f9392d5ec7aced16a281e23346d190622))
+
 # [1.3.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/renovate/compare/1.2.2...1.3.0) (2024-08-23)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ac218bcb1f789e09b5294d9ae0e8a9ef705624e..c80347c55695d9cbd0fab43074ed6c6c1fa23a4a 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@1.3.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/renovate/gitlab-ci-renovate@1.4.0
 ```
 
 ### Use as a CI/CD template (legacy)
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
index 7a8061c9918dc48f72709f6232dc6f9b9188b091..245ed47223cc1dbee598670d2090b4e861fff2d1 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ stages:
   image: $RENOVATE_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "renovate", "1.3.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "renovate", "1.4.0"]
   variables:
     RENOVATE_BASE_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR
     RENOVATE_CACHE_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/renovate