diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 873c0878419142dd1f046d8e7589329e0c9a36e2..ac6a623b91d23e1d6c267aad7fdf1187d045f1d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/sonar/gitlab-ci-sonar@4.2.4
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/sonar/gitlab-ci-sonar@4.3.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       host-url: https://sonarqube.acme.host # âš  this is only an example
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/sonar'
-    ref: '4.2.4'
+    ref: '4.3.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/sonar/gitlab-ci-sonar@4.2.4
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/sonar/gitlab-ci-sonar@4.3.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/sonar/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault@4.2.4
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/sonar/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault@4.3.0
     inputs:
        # audience claim for JWT
       vault-oidc-aud: "https://vault.acme.host"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
index 3f7754b5eb11e4d1a833aa317dce9c1ae83cd62b..7b496b2b6bd5d111ae58df2c2f3c0539413a59c6 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 sonar:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.2.4"]
+      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.3.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
index 756cba00dab9ce8671083546320f9df211bdc389..c31c5d4aee89e7ed750783930adc5a4b095ea31c 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ workflow:
     - when: on_success
 
 variables:
-  # variabilized tracking image
-  TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE: registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master
-
   # Sonar
   SONAR_SCANNER_IMAGE: $[[ inputs.scanner-image ]]
   SONAR_HOST_URL: $[[ inputs.host-url ]]
@@ -398,7 +395,7 @@ sonar:
     entrypoint: [""]
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.2.4"]
+      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.3.0"]
   variables:
     # see: https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/latest/devops-platform-integration/gitlab-integration/setting-up-at-project-level/
     SONAR_USER_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.sonar" # Defines the location of the analysis task cache