diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9eb53ac79df11f4b8d8e65af77067231ebb387a8..e13438f268fa712253257232608f2e09e732b68f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ include:
     ref: 'master'
     file: '/templates/validation.yml'
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/bash'
-    ref: '1.0.0'
+    ref: '2.0.0'
     file: 'templates/gitlab-ci-bash.yml'
+  - project: 'to-be-continuous/semantic-release'
+    ref: '2.0.2'
+    file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml'
 
 stages:
   - build
@@ -30,15 +33,7 @@ extract-script:
     paths:
       - script.sh
 
-release:
-  image: node:12
-  stage: publish
-  before_script:
-    - npm install -g semantic-release @semantic-release/gitlab @semantic-release/exec @semantic-release/git
-  script:
-    - semantic-release
-  only:
-    refs:
-      - master
-    variables:
-      - $TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED
+semantic-release:
+  rules:
+    # on production branch(es): auto if SEMREL_AUTO_RELEASE_ENABLED
+    - if: '$TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED == "true" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ $PROD_REF'
diff --git a/.releaserc.yml b/.releaserc.yml
index 9c6cd27c633ab2bc3b748ed46ec7bf4ef935725c..232509d1ede90a6afd45618ae951a4af6632f59a 100644
--- a/.releaserc.yml
+++ b/.releaserc.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ plugins: [
   "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
   "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
   "@semantic-release/gitlab",
+  "@semantic-release/changelog",    
   [
     "@semantic-release/exec",
     {
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d9043b4d0e2dc186c2727429b99fd2cfe7dadf09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+## [2.0.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/1.3.0...2.0.0) (2021-09-08)
+
+### Features
+
+* Change boolean variable behaviour ([4bb11b9](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/4bb11b9e2f971ba75fe1c4a36b9c1d475a6f1cb6))
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* boolean variable now triggered on explicit 'true' value
+
+## [1.3.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/1.2.3...1.3.0) (2021-09-03)
+
+### Features
+
+* add Poetry extras support (PYTHON_POETRY_EXTRAS variable) ([e079e30](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/e079e305ddaf508d3105394df3fab1be92d6e38c))
+
+## [1.2.3](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3) (2021-07-26)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **poetry:** add option to disable poetry ([dbfe6f6](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/dbfe6f6b9abee4bf4aa68b603d015283a5e0bcc1))
+
+## [1.2.2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/1.2.1...1.2.2) (2021-06-24)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* permission on reports directory ([f44e03a](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/f44e03a3afbad8c68babf51bc883da52bdf1c5b7))
+
+## [1.2.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/1.2.0...1.2.1) (2021-06-23)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* \"Missing git package for py-release job\" ([082f308](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/082f308330eb16a42704370190c66ba5a7823671))
+
+## [1.2.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/1.1.0...1.2.0) (2021-06-10)
+
+### Features
+
+* move group ([688d6f2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/688d6f26374c4bc0610a0f979ed836c5e46c7754))
+
+## [1.1.0](https://gitlab.com/Orange-OpenSource/tbc/python/compare/1.0.0...1.1.0) (2021-05-18)
+
+### Features
+
+* add scoped variables support ([73dbac6](https://gitlab.com/Orange-OpenSource/tbc/python/commit/73dbac6b81dcbe22b3fcfdbd34493b43fe8464a2))
+
+## 1.0.0 (2021-05-06)
+
+### Features
+
+* initial release ([a1a8677](https://gitlab.com/Orange-OpenSource/tbc/python/commit/a1a867713c55fdc0ac17c3e7bd5540a7aee314cd))