diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bdab86d..deccaf0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 GitHub Action for automated npm version bump.
 
-This Action bumps the version in package.json and pushes it back to the repo. 
-It is meant to be used on every successful merge to master but 
+This Action bumps the version in package.json and pushes it back to the repo.
+It is meant to be used on every successful merge to master but
 you'll need to configured that workflow yourself. You can look to the
 [`.github/workflows/push.yml`](./.github/workflows/push.yml) file in this project as an example.
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Make sure you use the `actions/checkout@v2` action!
 ### Workflow
 
 * Based on the commit messages, increment the version from the latest release.
-  * If the string "BREAKING CHANGE", "major" or the Attention pattern `refactor!: drop support for Node 6` is found anywhere in any of the commit messages or descriptions the major 
+  * If the string "BREAKING CHANGE", "major" or the Attention pattern `refactor!: drop support for Node 6` is found anywhere in any of the commit messages or descriptions the major
     version will be incremented.
   * If a commit message begins with the string "feat" or includes "minor" then the minor version will be increased. This works
     for most common commit metadata for feature additions: `"feat: new API"` and `"feature: new API"`.
@@ -107,3 +107,13 @@ Make sure you use the `actions/checkout@v2` action!
   with:
     commit-message: 'CI: bumps version to {{version}} [skip ci]'
 ```
+
+**push:** Set false you want to avoid pushing the new version tag/package.json. Example:
+```yaml
+- name:  'Automated Version Bump'
+  uses:  'phips28/gh-action-bump-version@master'
+  env:
+    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  with:
+    push: false
+```
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 7d874a3..59c8979 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Set a custom commit message for version bump commit'
     default: ''
     required: false
+  push:
+    description: 'Set to false to skip pushing the new tag'
+    default: 'true'
+    required: false
 outputs:
   newTag:
     description: 'The newly created tag'
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5ad32ff..02db002 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ Toolkit.run(async (tools) => {
     return;
   }
 
+  // case: if user sets push to false, to skip pushing new tag/package.json
+  const push = process.env['INPUT_PUSH']
+  if ( push === "false" || push === false ) {
+    tools.exit.success('User requested to skip pushing new tag and package.json. Finished.');
+    return;
+  }
+
   // GIT logic
   try {
     const current = pkg.version.toString();