diff --git a/bumpversion.sh b/bumpversion.sh
index ed44d7b68b0e09f6d2cf557f7a15e52553246341..329e866dac988c049574a0a9f26ba89979c523a8 100755
--- a/bumpversion.sh
+++ b/bumpversion.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if [[ "$curVer" ]]; then
   # replace in template and variants
   for tmpl in templates/*.yml
   do
-    sed -e "s/command: *\[\"--service\", \"\(.*\)\", \"$curVer\"\]/command: [\"--service\", \"\1\", \"$nextVer\"]/" "$tmpl" > "$tmpl.next"
+    sed -e "s/command: *\[ *\"--service\", *\"\(.*\)\", *\"$curVer\" *\]/command: [\"--service\", \"\1\", \"$nextVer\"]/" "$tmpl" > "$tmpl.next"
     mv -f "$tmpl.next" "$tmpl"
   done
 else
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
index 58a8456ab6ac7df23115b5ff08b41bf214c0aa6e..3e713b41d20c7c321c3c40fed407fd2ca9b50e9c 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .semrel-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.7.1" ]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.8.2"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
index 6e8c412c9f3608bf7dd47235db83f709526abf40..0196795dadb106a6df0d7a7ca3cd7861fb2d87d0 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ stages:
   image: $SEMREL_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.7.1" ]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.8.2"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.semrel-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"