diff --git a/actions/bump-version/action.yaml b/actions/bump-version/action.yaml
index a6bea5a61..945feeb2b 100644
--- a/actions/bump-version/action.yaml
+++ b/actions/bump-version/action.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ inputs:
     description: ""
     required: false
     default: ""
+  allow-dirty:
+    description: "Allow unclean Git status in the working directory."
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
 
 outputs:
   release-version:
@@ -35,6 +39,9 @@ runs:
       run: |
         parameters=(--no-commit --no-tag ${{ inputs.release-type }})
         echo "old-version=$(python -c "from configparser import ConfigParser; cfg = ConfigParser(); cfg.read('.bumpversion.cfg'); print(cfg['bumpversion']['current_version'])")" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        if [[ "${{ inputs.allow-dirty }}" == "true" ]]; then
+          parameters+=(--allow-dirty)
+        fi
         if [ -n "${{ inputs.new-version }}" ]; then
           parameters+=(--new-version ${{ inputs.new-version }})
         fi
diff --git a/docs/actions/bump-version/README.md b/docs/actions/bump-version/README.md
index 0aefe049f..4e76cc097 100644
--- a/docs/actions/bump-version/README.md
+++ b/docs/actions/bump-version/README.md
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ steps:
 
 <!-- AUTO-DOC-INPUT:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
 
-| INPUT             | TYPE   | REQUIRED | DEFAULT | DESCRIPTION                                           |
-| ----------------- | ------ | -------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
-| new-version       | string | false    |         |                                                       |
-| release-type      | string | true     |         | The type of the release (major, minor or patch).      |
-| working-directory | string | false    | `"."`   | The directory containing the `.bumpversion.cfg` file. |
+| INPUT             | TYPE   | REQUIRED | DEFAULT  | DESCRIPTION                                           |
+| ----------------- | ------ | -------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+| allow-dirty       | string | false    | `"true"` | Allow unclean Git status in the working directory.    |
+| new-version       | string | false    |          |                                                       |
+| release-type      | string | true     |          | The type of the release (major, minor or patch).      |
+| working-directory | string | false    | `"."`    | The directory containing the `.bumpversion.cfg` file. |
 
 <!-- AUTO-DOC-INPUT:END -->