diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 237a88994623289ba9b6832b0319f15987a6c389..577b2abe61e8495a513731dddd6d1ed1a9d74973 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [5.1.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/openshift/compare/5.0.1...5.1.0) (2023-12-8)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* use centralized service images (gitlab.com) ([989589c](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/openshift/commit/989589c9da53c8fb6abec420c2bf2461ad57ed19))
+
 ## [5.0.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/openshift/compare/5.0.0...5.0.1) (2023-12-2)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b2236bde8708308d0054bd4ab4371da6d6c44f4..f4b0cb29596be9629523548d22349a01e7ea8a30 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ In order to include this template in your project, add the following to your `gi
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/openshift'
-    ref: '5.0.1'
+    ref: '5.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -505,11 +505,11 @@ With:
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/openshift'
-    ref: '5.0.1'
+    ref: '5.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml'
   # Vault variant
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/openshift'
-    ref: '5.0.1'
+    ref: '5.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift-vault.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ variables:
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/openshift'
-    ref: '5.0.1' 
+    ref: '5.1.0' 
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift-vault.yml
index c1533db40122593e28dc496def3b3e10ca4b0ce1..811f02e4a3fe7fe4fd66adeabe0617f828cdbd06 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift-vault.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ variables:
 .os-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "openshift", "5.0.1" ]
+      command: ["--service", "openshift", "5.1.0" ]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml
index 3c384ff73c2aa437bdeabc01888c666ce5732dca..eec093e549b759acc163d5d4bf3ba26ed2438e34 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ stages:
   image: $OS_CLI_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "openshift", "5.0.1" ]
+      command: ["--service", "openshift", "5.1.0" ]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.os-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"