diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index edca823..f0beb43 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ This action will bump version, tag commit and generate a changelog with conventi
 - **Optional** `release-count`: Number of releases to preserve in changelog. Default `5`, use `0` to regenerate all.
 - **Optional** `version-file`: The path to the file that contains the version to bump. Default `./package.json`.
 - **Optional** `version-path`: The place inside the version file to bump. Default `version`.
+- **Optional** `skip-git-pull`: Do not pull the repo before tagging. Ensure you full cloned the repo in the first place to get tags. Default `'false'`.
 - **Optional** `skip-on-empty`: Boolean to specify if you want to skip empty release (no-changelog generated). This case occured when you push `chore` commit with `angular` for example. Default `'true'`.
 - **Optional** `skip-version-file`: Do not update the version file. Default `'false'`.
 - **Optional** `skip-commit`: Do not create a release commit. Default `'false'`.
@@ -148,6 +149,22 @@ Tag only
     skip-commit: "true"
 ```
 
+Skip Git Pull
+In CI you might not want to pull extra changes before tagging e.g. if running a long build before tagging, another commit may have come into the branch which would get pulled leading to tagging a different commit to the one which was built.
+
+```yaml
+- name: Checkout repository
+  uses: actions/checkout@v2
+  with:
+    fetch-depth: 0
+
+- name: Conventional Changelog Action
+  uses: TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action@v3
+  with:
+    github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
+    skip-git-pull: "true"
+```
+
 Use a custom file for versioning
 
 ```yaml
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 2360b2c..354f3ed 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ inputs:
     default: 'version'
     required: false
 
+  skip-git-pull:
+    description: 'Do not pull the repo before tagging. Ensure you full cloned the repo in the first place to get tags'
+    default: 'false'
+    required: false
+  
   skip-on-empty:
     description: 'Do nothing when the changelog from the latest release is empty'
     default: 'true'
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f36e63d..2220c0f 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ async function run() {
     const releaseCount = core.getInput('release-count')
     const versionFile = core.getInput('version-file')
     const versionPath = core.getInput('version-path')
+    const skipGitPull = core.getInput('skip-git-pull').toLowerCase() === 'true'
     const skipVersionFile = core.getInput('skip-version-file').toLowerCase() === 'true'
     const skipCommit = core.getInput('skip-commit').toLowerCase() === 'true'
     const skipEmptyRelease = core.getInput('skip-on-empty').toLowerCase() === 'true'
@@ -64,8 +65,10 @@ async function run() {
     core.info(`Skipping empty releases is "${skipEmptyRelease ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}"`)
     core.info(`Skipping the update of the version file is "${skipVersionFile ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}"`)
 
-    core.info('Pull to make sure we have the full git history')
-    await git.pull()
+    if (!skipGitPull) {
+      core.info('Pull to make sure we have the full git history')
+      await git.pull()
+    }
 
     const config = conventionalConfigFile && requireScript(conventionalConfigFile)