diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de61579114027f6422a5021ea2b83407df33b9b2..db1970aa9328ec43e21088c94a5092a965aef221 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [3.7.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.6.0...3.7.0) (2023-12-8)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* use centralized service images (gitlab.com) ([6b117cc](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/commit/6b117cc0cca69deed7d8c62429482555673c8181))
+
 # [3.6.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.5.2...3.6.0) (2023-11-02)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fa52cd0b4cb1f2f511db02ae58263cfa1ba7315..b3b3fe58383ff6bc106db41ab8e22b8ce9504d35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ In order to include this template in your project, add the following to your `gi
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/semantic-release'
-    ref: '3.6.0'
+    ref: '3.7.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ With:
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/semantic-release'
-    ref: '3.6.0'
+    ref: '3.7.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml'
   # Vault variant
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/semantic-release'
-    ref: '3.6.0'
+    ref: '3.7.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
index 5c5c7397f4960b71b9f9ebacbcc041fdc6e6e1ec..9d4d4c3acec3900ddf692579b642fc7637ec0277 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ variables:
 .semrel-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.6.0" ]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.7.0" ]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
index b2439a38cb2b269873168ec70921ba8804965a37..43b4e1ef7d389756888fc3cb9321c8dfcee8db77 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ stages:
   image: $SEMREL_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.6.0" ]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.7.0" ]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.semrel-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"