diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a9672f1..0a874277 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ _NOTE: set the fetch-depth for `actions/checkout@v2` or newer to be sure you ret
   - `full`: attempt to show all history, does not work on rebase and squash due missing HEAD [should be deprecated in v2 is breaking many workflows]
   - `last`: show the single last commit
   - `compare`: show all commits since previous repo tag number
+- **MAJOR_STICKY_VERSION** _(optional)_ - Set the `X` part of `X.Y.Z` version to be constant
+- **MINOR_STICKY_VERSION** _(optional)_ - Set the `Y` part of `X.Y.Z` version to be constant. Should be used with `MAJOR_STICKY_VERSION`
 
 ### Outputs
 
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 83e3d39a..4dc2afbe 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ minor_string_token=${MINOR_STRING_TOKEN:-#minor}
 patch_string_token=${PATCH_STRING_TOKEN:-#patch}
 none_string_token=${NONE_STRING_TOKEN:-#none}
 branch_history=${BRANCH_HISTORY:-compare}
+major_sticky_version=${MAJOR_STICKY_VERSION}
+minor_sticky_version=${MINOR_STICKY_VERSION}
 # since https://github.blog/2022-04-12-git-security-vulnerability-announced/ runner uses?
 git config --global --add safe.directory /github/workspace
 
@@ -55,7 +57,6 @@ fi
 setOutput() {
     echo "${1}=${2}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
 }
-
 current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
 pre_release="$prerelease"
@@ -77,8 +78,49 @@ echo "pre_release = $pre_release"
 # fetch tags
 git fetch --tags
 
-tagFmt="^v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$"
-preTagFmt="^v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-$suffix\.[0-9]+)$"
+if [ -z "$major_sticky_version" ] && ! [ -z "$minor_sticky_version" ]
+then
+    echo "invalid sticky version"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+tagFmt=
+sticky_prefix=
+if [ -z "$major_sticky_version" ]
+then
+  tagFmt='[0-9]+'
+else
+  tagFmt="$major_sticky_version"
+  sticky_prefix="$major_sticky_version"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$minor_sticky_version" ]
+then
+  tagFmt="$tagFmt\.[0-9]+"
+else
+  tagFmt="$tagFmt\.$minor_sticky_version"
+  sticky_prefix="$sticky_prefix.$minor_sticky_version"
+fi
+
+preTagFmt="$tagFmt\.[0-9]+(-$suffix\.[0-9]+)$"
+tagFmt="$tagFmt\.[0-9]+$"
+
+if $with_v
+then
+    tagFmt="^v$tagFmt"
+    preTagFmt="^v$preTagFmt"
+else
+    tagFmt="^$tagFmt"
+    preTagFmt="^$preTagFmt"
+fi
+
+case "$initial_version" in
+    "$sticky_prefix"* )
+        initial_version="$initial_version";;
+    * ) echo "fixing initial version $initial_version"
+        initial_version="$major_sticky_version.${minor_sticky_version:-0}.0"
+        echo "initial_version=$initial_version";;
+esac
 
 # get the git refs
 git_refs=
@@ -155,31 +197,38 @@ declare -A history_type=(
 log=${history_type[${branch_history}]}
 printf "History:\n---\n%s\n---\n" "$log"
 
+part=
 case "$log" in
-    *$major_string_token* ) new=$(semver -i major "$tag"); part="major";;
-    *$minor_string_token* ) new=$(semver -i minor "$tag"); part="minor";;
-    *$patch_string_token* ) new=$(semver -i patch "$tag"); part="patch";;
-    *$none_string_token* )
+    *$major_string_token* ) part="major";;
+    *$minor_string_token* ) part="minor";;
+    *$patch_string_token* ) part="patch";;
+    *$none_string_token* ) part="none";;
+    * ) part="$default_semvar_bump";;
+esac
+
+if ! [ -z "$major_sticky_version" ] && [ "$part" == "major" ];
+then
+    part="minor";
+fi
+
+if ! [ -z "$minor_sticky_version" ] && [ "$part" == "minor" ];
+then
+    part="patch";
+fi
+
+
+
+case "$part" in
+    major ) new=$(semver -i major "$tag"); part="major";;
+    minor ) new=$(semver -i minor "$tag"); part="minor";;
+    patch ) new=$(semver -i patch "$tag"); part="patch";;
+    * )
         echo "Default bump was set to none. Skipping..."
         setOutput "old_tag" "$tag"
         setOutput "new_tag" "$tag"
         setOutput "tag" "$tag"
         setOutput "part" "$default_semvar_bump"
         exit 0;;
-    * )
-        if [ "$default_semvar_bump" == "none" ]
-        then
-            echo "Default bump was set to none. Skipping..."
-            setOutput "old_tag" "$tag"
-            setOutput "new_tag" "$tag"
-            setOutput "tag" "$tag"
-            setOutput "part" "$default_semvar_bump"
-            exit 0
-        else
-            new=$(semver -i "${default_semvar_bump}" "$tag")
-            part=$default_semvar_bump
-        fi
-        ;;
 esac
 
 if $pre_release