diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ddbb16cb0af87bdc861ac96ba372fcb16b95d095..a12216d22ecd342d78c3e3cdc33cf6ddb24d80e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [3.11.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.10.3...3.11.0) (2024-06-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add support for configuring a commit specification (e.g. "conventional commits") ([c4519fd](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/commit/c4519fdb1100437dced3ba2bf93c8c069545f303))
+
 ## [3.10.3](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.10.2...3.10.3) (2024-06-02)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bbdfe3b21f4b40563fb962fd12b76e0dee2684ed..f1f0efaa1808ba1ef4efc447050846ed45497cc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Add the following to your `gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.10.3
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.11.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       changelog-enabled: true # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Add the following to your `gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/semantic-release'
-    ref: '3.10.3'
+    ref: '3.11.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.10.3
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.11.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault@3.10.3
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault@3.11.0
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
index 3fb7c9870c717a4f26c4004edc10d5cc6cba030c..eb68b1a5855a43e72768db09b78c46cd3e8b6c68 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .semrel-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.10.3"]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.11.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
index 4c21159837b47c835fd200c9d4b66fbe6acf2f58..b4fe8fdfd124e30a37d3191fa3c2027c415e1a24 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ stages:
   image: $SEMREL_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.10.3"]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.11.0"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.semrel-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"