diff --git a/.gitlab/README.md.template b/.gitlab/README.md.template
index b011690563683b7234aa0f94db978083c0923689..2dcca1d6e7bdfbff3e7e924fe69d5c2e41c86496 100644
--- a/.gitlab/README.md.template
+++ b/.gitlab/README.md.template
@@ -41,28 +41,29 @@ stages: [validate, build, deploy, cleanup]
 A concrete example may look like this:
 
 ```yaml
-# Using `latest`
+# Using version `0.10.0`:
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@~latest
+  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@0.10.0
     inputs:
       # The version must currently be specified explicitly as an input,
       # to find the correctly associated images. # This can be removed
       # once https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/438275 is solved.
-      version: latest
+      version: 0.10.0
       opentofu_version: 1.6.1
 
 stages: [validate, build, deploy, cleanup]
 
 ---
 
-# ... or using `0.0.0-alpha1`:
+# ... in case you absolutely know what you are doing and are
+# aware that this may introduce breaking changes, you may use the latest release:
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@0.0.0-alpha1
+  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@~latest
     inputs:
       # The version must currently be specified explicitly as an input,
       # to find the correctly associated images. # This can be removed
       # once https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/438275 is solved.
-      version: 0.0.0-alpha1
+      version: latest
       opentofu_version: 1.6.1
 
 stages: [validate, build, deploy, cleanup]
@@ -85,12 +86,12 @@ and compose your own pipeline, for example, to just run the `fmt` job you can do
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/fmt@latest
+  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/fmt@<VERSON>
     inputs:
       # The version must currently be specified explicitly as an input,
       # to find the correctly associated images. # This can be removed
       # once https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/438275 is solved.
-      version: latest
+      version: <VERSION>
       opentofu_version: 1.6.1
       root_dir: tofu/
 ```
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ and then use the component as you would from GitLab.com, but change the domain,
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.example.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@~latest
+  - component: gitlab.example.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@<VERSION>
     inputs:
       ...
 ```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3bc88efa15a029e49c24cc63ecfd41b12b3f44c0..cf060266909397e9e8b18662926d16bcc3afe5e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,28 +43,29 @@ stages: [validate, build, deploy, cleanup]
 A concrete example may look like this:
 
 ```yaml
-# Using `latest`
+# Using version `0.10.0`:
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@~latest
+  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@0.10.0
     inputs:
       # The version must currently be specified explicitly as an input,
       # to find the correctly associated images. # This can be removed
       # once https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/438275 is solved.
-      version: latest
+      version: 0.10.0
       opentofu_version: 1.6.1
 
 stages: [validate, build, deploy, cleanup]
 
 ---
 
-# ... or using `0.0.0-alpha1`:
+# ... in case you absolutely know what you are doing and are
+# aware that this may introduce breaking changes, you may use the latest release:
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@0.0.0-alpha1
+  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@~latest
     inputs:
       # The version must currently be specified explicitly as an input,
       # to find the correctly associated images. # This can be removed
       # once https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/438275 is solved.
-      version: 0.0.0-alpha1
+      version: latest
       opentofu_version: 1.6.1
 
 stages: [validate, build, deploy, cleanup]
@@ -87,12 +88,12 @@ and compose your own pipeline, for example, to just run the `fmt` job you can do
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/fmt@latest
+  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/fmt@<VERSON>
     inputs:
       # The version must currently be specified explicitly as an input,
       # to find the correctly associated images. # This can be removed
       # once https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/438275 is solved.
-      version: latest
+      version: <VERSION>
       opentofu_version: 1.6.1
       root_dir: tofu/
 ```
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ and then use the component as you would from GitLab.com, but change the domain,
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: gitlab.example.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@~latest
+  - component: gitlab.example.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@<VERSION>
     inputs:
       ...
 ```
diff --git a/backports/.Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml b/backports/.Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
index 70d7a0ec7e6ef5e175674ae16860799fcafd9f92..5e7066f04266d3f91b4bdfa72c674506b694dda0 100644
--- a/backports/.Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/backports/.Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ opentofu:use-component-instead-of-template:
       echo "The OpenTofu CI/CD component with a default configuration can be included as follows:"
       echo " "
       echo "include:"
-      echo "  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@~latest"
+      echo "  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@<VERSION>"
       echo "    inputs:"
-      echo "      version: latest"
+      echo "      version: <VERSION>"
       echo "      opentofu_version: 1.6.0"
       echo ""
       echo "stages: [validate, build, deploy, cleanup]"
diff --git a/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml b/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2672ebe12c9d56d7f83960b184300455b427f8f1..4e978fc1f6b5432d9f702bc8d9d86187ecfb54a4 100644
--- a/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ opentofu:use-component-instead-of-template:
       echo "The OpenTofu CI/CD component with a default configuration can be included as follows:"
       echo " "
       echo "include:"
-      echo "  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@~latest"
+      echo "  - component: gitlab.com/components/opentofu/full-pipeline@<VERSION>"
       echo "    inputs:"
-      echo "      version: latest"
+      echo "      version: <VERSION>"
       echo "      opentofu_version: 1.6.0"
       echo ""
       echo "stages: [validate, build, deploy, cleanup]"