diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-helm-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-helm-vault.yml
index ac6fb0a22972dd59d04b7f991d88a7443d273577..c00c1cf851210bc72f42c3b7fe2ffbba34420c36 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-helm-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-helm-vault.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables:
 
 .helm-base:
   services:
-    - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
+    - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
       command: ["--service", "helm", "2.2.0" ]
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml
index 6826f3a3c889be5ab064b7410a2aba443b903c6d..160496eca67f15ce1a0de50a2dd49c30073d3a65 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 # Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 # =========================================================================================
 variables:
+  # variabilized tracking image
+  TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
+
   # Docker Image with Helm CLI tool (can be overridden)
   HELM_CLI_IMAGE: "alpine/helm"
   HELM_YAMLLINT_IMAGE: "cytopia/yamllint"
@@ -452,7 +455,7 @@ stages:
       apk add --no-cache curl
     fi
   }
-  
+
   unscope_variables
   eval_all_secrets
 
@@ -465,7 +468,7 @@ stages:
     name: $HELM_CLI_IMAGE
     entrypoint: [""]
   services:
-    - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
+    - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
       command: ["--service", "helm", "2.2.0" ]
   before_script:
     - *helm-scripts