diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eee9f5b348ab7d6f1156b3f4dc25b74519a12c02..02b1916462f11c4f19c86fc035a22a4081cf5106 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.5.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/playwright/compare/1.4.0...1.5.0) (2025-01-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* disable tracking service by default ([982af16](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/playwright/commit/982af167ca50b767fe964702fea08aed1f91ba9f))
+
 # [1.4.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/playwright/compare/1.3.1...1.4.0) (2024-05-06)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6cf02109241393e3dcdece468faa95f21051da4..ab135e7d8776faa77ca38dca41fc93e2b4e1d197 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/playwright/gitlab-ci-playwright@1.4.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/playwright/gitlab-ci-playwright@1.5.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/playwright'
-    ref: '1.4.0'
+    ref: '1.5.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-playwright.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-playwright.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-playwright.yml
index 991f1b5200b4e586b82ddcbacf2c9b4c12b7bfdc..ad877c240d53d11e7ebd1990625bedcc1c0d47a3 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-playwright.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-playwright.yml
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ playwright:
   image: $PLAYWRIGHT_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "playwright", "1.4.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "playwright", "1.5.0"]
   stage: acceptance
   variables:
     # NPM cache