diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ab7b31d8e457601841ab7ef5292b2a058b2fa50c..dcde1c16b3da7f7162d08c8ad8eca355f09ff681 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [3.9.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.9.0...3.9.1) (2024-05-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* semantic-release don't run on prod_ref ([49217b4](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/commit/49217b4dfcfe2cb6f5bea72cce10cb2af2a95d59))
+
 # [3.9.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.8.3...3.9.0) (2024-05-10)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f19ec5f7111b21da430d950944fd8eba4d5b341d..f2b57c7e6a32167a75071680078dae428de60c4d 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@3.9.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.9.1
     # 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: '3.9.0'
+    ref: '3.9.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.9.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.9.1
   # Vault variant
-  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault@3.9.0
+  - component: gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault@3.9.1
     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 a31fa29900dd912b9b7a3aed105ba085e65d63ea..a37452e9adacc13f0436e13ea891f887d6ae4821 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .semrel-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.9.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.9.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
index d581144d1d493d93c617a5b04ee2525a43d80181..cf99a2a6648d02167ca894368dd3475eaeb5ac1b 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ stages:
   image: $SEMREL_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.9.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.9.1"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.semrel-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"