diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b169b8b51eab1d71ef0d162d7777cc1ab1fe3a4..30debd07913e8045a5df88bb2b1238c3ad9b970a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [4.1.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/sonar/compare/4.0.1...4.1.0) (2023-12-8)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* use centralized service images (gitlab.com) ([674c574](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/sonar/commit/674c5749b84a4d05cffdf76157129872e1d0b09d))
+
 ## [4.0.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/sonar/compare/4.0.0...4.0.1) (2023-10-16)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58817417483d01260f74a936ce25727b278ec502..a6f82f6c3085cddc5443741f5b50429741049ff8 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: '4.0.1'
+    ref: '4.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ With:
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/sonar'
-    ref: '4.0.1'
+    ref: '4.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml'
   # Vault variant
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/sonar'
-    ref: '4.0.1'
+    ref: '4.1.0'
     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 f7dbcc19b75a55ad5214d3db5b263ab24fb9067c..1b8129dee4f163de99dc74ac3048e362fa440823 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ variables:
 sonar:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.0.1" ]
+      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.1.0" ]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
index db89230dbfe160e7927952763d0e6a2973c200c8..699cdae9425d7a5743d1aaebed296a3d9329b310 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ sonar:
     entrypoint: [""]
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.0.1" ]
+      command: ["--service", "sonar", "4.1.0" ]
   variables:
     # see: https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/analysis/gitlab-integration/#header-4
     SONAR_USER_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.sonar" # Defines the location of the analysis task cache