diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b604e44991ab8f7da642f68e23680ac447d29589..4702cf4862b2bdb3c233a49d998f1f12325d1398 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [2.1.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gcloud/compare/2.0.0...2.1.0) (2022-10-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* authenticate with OpenID Connect ([b5342c4](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gcloud/commit/b5342c447cb34a61af613fed724d24e4043a6eaa))
+
 # [2.0.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gcloud/compare/1.8.0...2.0.0) (2022-08-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dccba4782fffde089694cc3402d7f07685de50d5..febfea8cb494d5989b89a83889f773f9b571be5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ In order to include this template in your project, add the following to your `gi
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/gcloud'
-    ref: '2.0.0'
+    ref: '2.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Let's imagine a backend service:
 include:
   # Include Google Cloud template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/gcloud'
-    ref: '2.0.0'
+    ref: '2.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml'
   ...
 
@@ -411,11 +411,11 @@ With:
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/gcloud'
-    ref: '2.0.0'
+    ref: '2.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml'
   # Vault variant
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/gcloud'
-    ref: '2.0.0'
+    ref: '2.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml
index 5cde8887aaa26d2552a5bd6e590cb6788a130ea3..9a4411e18f09f18617fd9ec74c6ee78f84897392 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ variables:
 .gcp-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "gcloud", "2.0.0" ]
+      command: ["--service", "gcloud", "2.1.0" ]
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml
index bddba5535698066c248e56e0340ce3d088cc23ff..459021481d14f574fa99de6cf73f5b70a856a61f 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ stages:
   image: $GCP_CLI_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "gcloud", "2.0.0" ]
+      command: ["--service", "gcloud", "2.1.0" ]
   before_script:
     - *gcp-scripts
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"