diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b7cb194ea46878a9ccdaccc7f6b1dd763b9f832d..ac20f0a3e01d0d179f7a83d5117299a39789246d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include:
     inputs:
       shellcheck-files: "*.sh"
   - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/gitleaks/gitlab-ci-gitleaks@2.7
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.15
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@4.0
 
 variables:
   GITLAB_CI_FILES: "templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml"