diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ccccaf2..7ec2c37 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 ---
 
-# gitLab ci stages
+# gitlab stages
 stages:
   - "gitleaks"
   - "linting"
 
-# include jobs
+# include components
 include:
-
-  # code plumbing
-  - local: ".gitlab/gitleaks.yaml"
-
-  # linting
   - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/ansible/linting@v3.0.3"
+  - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/gitleaks/gitleaks@v1.0.0"
   - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/markdownlint/markdownlint@1.0.0"
   - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/yamllint/yamllint@1.0.2"
diff --git a/.gitlab/gitleaks.yaml b/.gitlab/gitleaks.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b369d97..0000000
--- a/.gitlab/gitleaks.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
----
-
-# gitleaks
-gitleaks:
-  stage: "gitleaks"
-  image:
-    name: "ghcr.io/gitleaks/gitleaks:latest"
-  variables:
-    GIT_DEPTH: 1
-  rules:
-
-    # run only on push to default branch
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
-    - when: "never"
-
-  # start linting
-  script:
-    - "gitleaks detect --source . --verbose --redact"