diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d72634a8ccb9669b8f9999cb8df0a08a5d364564..0e1663fe913f6ca57f18b6dab5139eea167a417c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [3.12.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.11.5...3.12.0) (2025-01-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* disable tracking service by default ([9d93a8b](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/commit/9d93a8bbe235ac0c43667dccd0d7018eeeac53ff))
+
 ## [3.11.5](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.11.4...3.11.5) (2024-11-17)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5a96968d70e4fdd4bb2d45bb4b1bf2ab505cbf1..8ddd3f61beedcbbd2877deb0e4307ef7f3527433 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: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.11.5
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.12.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       changelog-enabled: true # âš  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: '3.11.5'
+    ref: '3.12.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -381,9 +381,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.11.5
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.12.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault@3.11.5
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault@3.12.0
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
index aeeaeb2ccea7b116316bc35511af7b0ac66f588d..ba9e553b6b82a621d2b1e9c822319c62d99c4c64 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .semrel-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.11.5"]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.12.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
index 61f00ca409673031814ee4b9c2f3085d58ba54ec..867a2d13ea0c90582a3de0552f5eb8d2499f98bd 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ stages:
   image: $SEMREL_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.11.5"]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.12.0"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.semrel-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"