diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index f2f540c..a817f96 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -103,3 +103,6 @@ inputs:
   actor:
     description: "The account that will be used to perform git operations, defaults to the GITHUB_ACTOR"
     required: false
+  manual_version:
+    description: "Manually specify the version to bump to"
+    required: false
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 67c9c7e..40850ff 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ fi
 if [[ $INPUT_GIT_REDIRECT_STDERR == 'true' ]]; then
   CZ_CMD+=('--git-output-to-stderr')
 fi
+if [[ $INPUT_MANUAL_VERSION ]]; then
+  CZ_CMD+=("$INPUT_MANUAL_VERSION")
+fi
 if [[ $INPUT_CHANGELOG_INCREMENT_FILENAME ]]; then
   CZ_CMD+=('--changelog-to-stdout')
   echo "${CZ_CMD[@]}" ">$INPUT_CHANGELOG_INCREMENT_FILENAME"