diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index a72157d4..82d83b00 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ inputs:
     description: "The identifier to use for pre-releases"
     default: "rc"
     required: false
+  
+  skip-bump:
+    description: "Skips the version bump"
+    default: "false"
+    required: false
 
 outputs:
   changelog:
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 3fa67bed..1223390c 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -34738,7 +34738,7 @@ const changelog = __nccwpck_require__(1749)
 const requireScript = __nccwpck_require__(4492)
 const { loadPreset, loadPresetConfig } = __nccwpck_require__(6921)
 
-async function handleVersioningByExtension(ext, file, versionPath, releaseType) {
+async function handleVersioningByExtension(ext, file, versionPath, releaseType, skipBump) {
   const versioning = getVersioning(ext)
 
   // File type isn't supported
@@ -34749,7 +34749,9 @@ async function handleVersioningByExtension(ext, file, versionPath, releaseType)
   versioning.init(path.resolve(process.cwd(), file), versionPath)
 
   // Bump the version in the package.json
-  await versioning.bump(releaseType)
+  if(!skipBump){
+    await versioning.bump(releaseType)
+  }
 
   return versioning
 }
@@ -34781,6 +34783,7 @@ async function run() {
     const skipCi = core.getBooleanInput('skip-ci')
     const createSummary = core.getBooleanInput('create-summary')
     const prerelease = core.getBooleanInput('pre-release')
+    const skipBump = core.getBooleanInput('skip-bump')
 
     if (skipCi) {
       gitCommitMessage += ' [skip ci]'
@@ -34812,6 +34815,10 @@ async function run() {
       core.info(`Using "${preChangelogGenerationFile}" as pre-changelog-generation script`)
     }
 
+    if(skipBump) {
+      core.info('Skipping bumping the version')
+    }
+
     core.info(`Skipping empty releases is "${skipEmptyRelease ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}"`)
     core.info(`Skipping the update of the version file is "${skipVersionFile ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}"`)
 
@@ -34850,11 +34857,12 @@ async function run() {
         'git',
         versionFile,
         versionPath,
-        recommendation.releaseType
+        recommendation.releaseType,
+        skipBump
       )
 
-      newVersion = versioning.newVersion
       oldVersion = versioning.oldVersion
+      newVersion = skipBump ? oldVersion : versioning.newVersion
 
     } else {
       const files = versionFile.split(',').map((f) => f.trim())
@@ -34865,12 +34873,12 @@ async function run() {
           const fileExtension = file.split('.').pop()
           core.info(`Bumping version to file "${file}" with extension "${fileExtension}"`)
 
-          return handleVersioningByExtension(fileExtension, file, versionPath, recommendation.releaseType)
+          return handleVersioningByExtension(fileExtension, file, versionPath, recommendation.releaseType, skipBump)
         })
       )
 
-      newVersion = versioning[0].newVersion
       oldVersion = versioning[0].oldVersion
+      newVersion = skipBump ? oldVersion : versioning[0].newVersion
     }
 
     let gitTag = `${tagPrefix}${newVersion}`
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 04b55d9d..2e01e443 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "conventional-changelog-action",
-  "version": "5.0.0",
+  "version": "5.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "conventional-changelog-action",
-      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "version": "5.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",