diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d7985a9df31434e01c4a44d2ca94c5814b0abdb..48b4d815a3818a2e12a44547d5d95c4652c5ea09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [4.3.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/sonar/compare/4.2.4...4.3.0) (2025-01-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* disable tracking service by default ([f126617](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/sonar/commit/f126617552daa61071096d299f69fab631b1ecdb))
+
 ## [4.2.4](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/sonar/compare/4.2.3...4.2.4) (2024-10-20)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a2c3eb0d02a37b3e6b17042df638f11d562f2e0..334c3c440afc636c57cc495c3c78d8a0ffa63787 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:
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ 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: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
index 2cc1f1a09ac11365f087cb72af8e721ea2f38888..3d070e45fd39eb9de20498b3dfcce72e6a612271 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ sonar:
     entrypoint: [""]
   services:
     - name: "$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