diff --git a/.cz.toml b/.cz.toml
index 11f80c7..efcd9be 100644
--- a/.cz.toml
+++ b/.cz.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.commitizen]
 name = "cz_conventional_commits"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 format = "v$version"
 update_changelog_on_bump = true
 major_version_zero = true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bumpversion.yaml b/.github/workflows/bumpversion.yaml
index 76e8e65..bb486f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bumpversion.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bumpversion.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create bump and changelog
         uses: commitizen-tools/commitizen-action@master
         with:
-          github_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          github_token: "${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
           changelog_increment_filename: body.md
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ jobs:
           body_path: "body.md"
           tag_name: "${{ env.REVISION }}"
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_semver.yml b/.github/workflows/update_semver.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc41a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_semver.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Update Major Minor Tags
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - "**"
+    tags:
+      - "*.*.*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update_major_minor_tags:
+    name: Make sure major and minor tags are up to date on a patch release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run Update semver
+        uses: haya14busa/action-update-semver@v1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58e7aa2..96a36da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## 0.24.0 (2025-02-25)
+
+### Feat
+
+- add support for manual version bumping
+
+## 0.23.1 (2024-12-21)
+
 ## 0.23.0 (2024-12-09)
 
 ### Feat
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 92b673e..40850ff 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ if [[ $INPUT_DEVRELEASE ]]; then
   CZ_CMD+=('--devrelease' "$INPUT_DEVRELEASE")
 fi
 if [[ $INPUT_LOCAL_VERSION == 'true' ]]; then
-  CZ_CMD+=('--local_version')
+  CZ_CMD+=('--local-version')
 fi
 if [[ $INPUT_COMMIT == 'false' ]]; then
   CZ_CMD+=('--files-only')
@@ -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"