diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 55791521d678da1855616668a6bed5a9f7f9d120..cb6eb089e515403bfa0f6e46eac78df3cbeed63a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.7.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gcloud/compare/1.6.2...1.7.0) (2022-05-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* configurable tracking image ([8a34c53](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gcloud/commit/8a34c537990e9fcbf9a0a9a7cac602d54bc6bfb8))
+
 ## [1.6.2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/gcloud/compare/1.6.1...1.6.2) (2022-02-24)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dba7fa7f0abf675d2d57e0db528ae83f0134d401..2d6a7d8b2127a570e98e9ed9b55b183950f0ab9e 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: '1.6.2'
+    ref: '1.7.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Let's imagine a backend service:
 include:
   # Include Google Cloud template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/gcloud'
-    ref: '1.6.2'
+    ref: '1.7.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml'
   ...
 
@@ -375,11 +375,11 @@ With:
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/gcloud'
-    ref: '1.6.2'
+    ref: '1.7.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml'
   # Vault variant
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/gcloud'
-    ref: '1.6.2'
+    ref: '1.7.0'
     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 e13883ca119009b33405e2d8a876ebdf0d614c03..fafa347528aa2ea0b66f7dc38e352b9a1519334d 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud-vault.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ variables:
 .gcp-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "gcloud", "1.6.2" ]
+      command: ["--service", "gcloud", "1.7.0" ]
     - name: "$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 c1205c596969ff599e7001679c60fa37b47d87c7..b95e48b4fb4e34905e9c4a4e4379fcab5e93d82c 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-gcloud.yml
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ stages:
   image: $GCP_CLI_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "gcloud", "1.6.2" ]
+      command: ["--service", "gcloud", "1.7.0" ]
   before_script:
     - *gcp-scripts
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"