diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30debd07913e8045a5df88bb2b1238c3ad9b970a..961a08791d338e89af7618ad416c519437516715 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [4.1.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/sonar/compare/4.1.0...4.1.1) (2024-1-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* support secret evaluation for vault usage ([f4bcd24](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/sonar/commit/f4bcd240ec01f3fc21ea2b8bdee8a81ad22d31e3))
+
 # [4.1.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/sonar/compare/4.0.1...4.1.0) (2023-12-8)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6f82f6c3085cddc5443741f5b50429741049ff8..34337fc261c89014427988d080fdac45c8dd6015 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ In order to include this template in your project, add the following to your `gi
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/sonar'
-    ref: '4.1.0'
+    ref: '4.1.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ With:
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/sonar'
-    ref: '4.1.0'
+    ref: '4.1.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml'
   # Vault variant
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/sonar'
-    ref: '4.1.0'
+    ref: '4.1.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
index 1b8129dee4f163de99dc74ac3048e362fa440823..3746bad020f58e0e5ae107163031e25f8e4cb4f4 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ variables:
 sonar:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.1.0" ]
+      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.1.1" ]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
index 2be1e911a856e7bb9c272567ac7c0c1c0694cf81..4d7fd8481f24efdf4dd3438a6041c632ba2bfb30 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ sonar:
     entrypoint: [""]
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.1.0" ]
+      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.1.1" ]
   variables:
     # see: https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/analysis/gitlab-integration/#header-4
     SONAR_USER_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.sonar" # Defines the location of the analysis task cache