diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 33412b8..460c459 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ on:
       env:
         required: true
         type: string
+      tag:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      meta-tags:
+        required: false
+        type: string
     secrets:
       M8A_ORG_BOT_REPO_TOKEN:
         required: true
@@ -34,4 +40,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: https://git.devthefuture.org/devthefuture/actions/uptag@main
         with:
           app: ${{ inputs.app }}
-          env: ${{ inputs.env }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          env: ${{ inputs.env }}
+          tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          meta-tags: ${{ inputs.meta-tags }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uptag/action.yaml b/uptag/action.yaml
index 3549ddc..ebb9ae9 100644
--- a/uptag/action.yaml
+++ b/uptag/action.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ inputs:
   env:
     description: "The env directory name"
     required: true
+  tag:
+    description: "The tag to set, default to extracted from meta-tags inputs"
+    required: false
+  meta-tags:
+    description: "The meta-tags inputs, required if inputs.tag is not provided"
+    required: false
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -17,9 +23,13 @@ runs:
       CD_ENV: ${{ inputs.env }}
     shell: bash
     run: |
-      IFS=',' read -ra TAGS_ARRAY <<< "${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}"
-      IMAGE=${TAGS_ARRAY[0]}
-      TAG=${IMAGE##*:}
+      TAG=${{ inputs.tag }}
+      if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
+        IFS=',' read -ra TAGS_ARRAY <<< "${{ inputs.meta-tags }}"
+        IMAGE=${TAGS_ARRAY[0]}
+        TAG=${IMAGE##*:}
+      fi
+
       echo "Using tag: $TAG"
       yq e '.image.tag = "'$TAG'"' -i apps/$CD_APP/envs/$CD_ENV/values.yaml
       git config user.name "forgejo-actions"