diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index ea23a46..9b1ec16 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "A string which indicates the flags used by the `minor_pattern` regular expression. Supported flags: idgs"
     required: false
     default: ""
+  ignore_commits_pattern:
+    description: "A pattern to match commits that should be ignored when calculating the version. Commits matching this pattern will not trigger any version bump. Wrap with '/' to use a regular expression."
+    required: false
+    default: ""
   version_format:
     description: "Pattern to use when formatting output version"
     required: true
diff --git a/src/ActionConfig.ts b/src/ActionConfig.ts
index 3c476b7..bc8ff62 100644
--- a/src/ActionConfig.ts
+++ b/src/ActionConfig.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export class ActionConfig {
   public enablePrereleaseMode: boolean = false;
   /** If bump_each_commit is also set to true, setting this value will cause the version to increment only if the pattern specified is matched. */
   public bumpEachCommitPatchPattern: string = "";
+  /** A pattern to match commits that should be ignored when calculating the version. Commits matching this pattern will not trigger any version bump. Wrap with '/' to use a regular expression. */
+  public ignoreCommitsPattern: string = "";
   /** If enabled, diagnostic information will be added to the action output. */
   public debug: boolean = false;
   /** Diagnostics to replay */
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index bc6b2ca..ac7fc5e 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ program
     "/feat:/",
   )
   .option("--minor-flags <flags>", "Flags for minor pattern regex", "")
+  .option(
+    "-i, --ignore-commits-pattern <pattern>",
+    "Pattern to match commits that should be ignored when calculating version",
+    "",
+  )
   .option(
     "--version-format <format>",
     "Version format template",
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ program
       config.majorFlags = options.majorFlags || "";
       config.minorPattern = options.minorPattern;
       config.minorFlags = options.minorFlags || "";
+      config.ignoreCommitsPattern = options.ignoreCommitsPattern || "";
       config.bumpEachCommit = options.bumpEachCommit;
       config.bumpEachCommitPatchPattern =
         options.bumpEachCommitPatchPattern || "";
diff --git a/src/main.test.ts b/src/main.test.ts
index 66023e0..efb4c79 100644
--- a/src/main.test.ts
+++ b/src/main.test.ts
@@ -1431,5 +1431,140 @@ testInterfaces.forEach((testInterface) => {
       },
       timeout,
     );
+
+    test(
+      "Empty major pattern disables major version bumps",
+      async () => {
+        const repo = createTestRepo(testRunner, {
+          tagPrefix: "",
+          majorPattern: "",
+        });
+
+        repo.makeCommit("Initial Commit");
+        repo.exec("git tag 1.0.0");
+        repo.makeCommit("fix!: breaking fix");
+        const result = await repo.runAction();
+
+        expect(result.formattedVersion).toBe("1.0.1+0");
+      },
+      timeout,
+    );
+
+    test(
+      "Empty major pattern still allows normal behavior to verify test",
+      async () => {
+        const repo = createTestRepo(testRunner, {
+          tagPrefix: "",
+        });
+
+        repo.makeCommit("Initial Commit");
+        repo.exec("git tag 1.0.0");
+        repo.makeCommit("fix!: breaking fix");
+        const result = await repo.runAction();
+
+        expect(result.formattedVersion).toBe("2.0.0+0");
+      },
+      timeout,
+    );
+
+    test(
+      "Empty minor pattern disables minor version bumps",
+      async () => {
+        const repo = createTestRepo(testRunner, {
+          tagPrefix: "",
+          minorPattern: "",
+        });
+
+        repo.makeCommit("Initial Commit");
+        repo.exec("git tag 1.0.0");
+        repo.makeCommit("feat: Feature Commit");
+        const result = await repo.runAction();
+
+        expect(result.formattedVersion).toBe("1.0.1+0");
+      },
+      timeout,
+    );
+
+    test(
+      "Empty major and minor patterns result in only patch bumps",
+      async () => {
+        const repo = createTestRepo(testRunner, {
+          tagPrefix: "",
+          majorPattern: "",
+          minorPattern: "",
+        });
+
+        repo.makeCommit("Initial Commit");
+        repo.exec("git tag 1.0.0");
+        repo.makeCommit("feat!: Breaking Change");
+        repo.makeCommit("feat: New Feature");
+        repo.makeCommit("Regular Commit");
+        const result = await repo.runAction();
+
+        expect(result.formattedVersion).toBe("1.0.1+2");
+      },
+      timeout,
+    );
+
+    test(
+      "Commits matching ignore pattern are excluded from version calculation",
+      async () => {
+        const repo = createTestRepo(testRunner, {
+          tagPrefix: "",
+          ignoreCommitsPattern: "/^chore:|^docs:|^style:/",
+        });
+
+        repo.makeCommit("Initial Commit");
+        repo.exec("git tag 1.0.0");
+        repo.makeCommit("chore: update dependencies");
+        repo.makeCommit("docs: update readme");
+        repo.makeCommit("style: fix formatting");
+        const result = await repo.runAction();
+
+        expect(result.formattedVersion).toBe("1.0.0+0");
+        expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+      },
+      timeout,
+    );
+
+    test(
+      "Non-ignored commits still trigger version bumps",
+      async () => {
+        const repo = createTestRepo(testRunner, {
+          tagPrefix: "",
+          ignoreCommitsPattern: "/^chore:|^docs:/",
+        });
+
+        repo.makeCommit("Initial Commit");
+        repo.exec("git tag 1.0.0");
+        repo.makeCommit("chore: update dependencies");
+        repo.makeCommit("fix: bug fix");
+        repo.makeCommit("docs: update readme");
+        const result = await repo.runAction();
+
+        expect(result.formattedVersion).toBe("1.0.1+0");
+      },
+      timeout,
+    );
+
+    test(
+      "Ignored commits do not affect major/minor detection",
+      async () => {
+        const repo = createTestRepo(testRunner, {
+          tagPrefix: "",
+          ignoreCommitsPattern: "/^chore:/",
+        });
+
+        repo.makeCommit("Initial Commit");
+        repo.exec("git tag 1.0.0");
+        repo.makeCommit("chore: update dependencies");
+        repo.makeCommit("feat: new feature");
+        repo.makeCommit("chore: cleanup");
+        const result = await repo.runAction();
+
+        expect(result.formattedVersion).toBe("1.1.0+0");
+      },
+      timeout,
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index f554738..80f1450 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export async function run() {
     userFormatType: core.getInput("user_format_type"),
     enablePrereleaseMode: toBool(core.getInput("enable_prerelease_mode")),
     bumpEachCommitPatchPattern: core.getInput("bump_each_commit_patch_pattern"),
+    ignoreCommitsPattern: core.getInput("ignore_commits_pattern"),
     debug: toBool(core.getInput("debug")),
     replay: "",
   };
diff --git a/src/providers/BumpAlwaysVersionClassifier.ts b/src/providers/BumpAlwaysVersionClassifier.ts
index b0d6e06..089b057 100644
--- a/src/providers/BumpAlwaysVersionClassifier.ts
+++ b/src/providers/BumpAlwaysVersionClassifier.ts
@@ -38,15 +38,17 @@ export class BumpAlwaysVersionClassifier extends DefaultVersionClassifier {
       );
     }
 
+    const filteredCommitSet = this.filterIgnoredCommits(commitSet);
+
     let { major, minor, patch } = lastRelease;
     let type = VersionType.None;
     let increment = 0;
 
-    if (commitSet.commits.length === 0) {
+    if (filteredCommitSet.commits.length === 0) {
       return new VersionClassification(type, 0, false, major, minor, patch);
     }
 
-    for (let commit of commitSet.commits.reverse()) {
+    for (let commit of filteredCommitSet.commits.reverse()) {
       if (this.majorPattern(commit)) {
         type = VersionType.Major;
       } else if (this.minorPattern(commit)) {
diff --git a/src/providers/DefaultVersionClassifier.ts b/src/providers/DefaultVersionClassifier.ts
index 3d1194b..dfdbc8b 100644
--- a/src/providers/DefaultVersionClassifier.ts
+++ b/src/providers/DefaultVersionClassifier.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { VersionType } from "./VersionType";
 export class DefaultVersionClassifier implements VersionClassifier {
   protected majorPattern: (commit: CommitInfo) => boolean;
   protected minorPattern: (commit: CommitInfo) => boolean;
+  protected ignorePattern: ((commit: CommitInfo) => boolean) | null;
   protected enablePrereleaseMode: boolean;
 
   constructor(config: ActionConfig) {
@@ -23,14 +24,31 @@ export class DefaultVersionClassifier implements VersionClassifier {
       config.minorFlags,
       searchBody,
     );
+    this.ignorePattern = config.ignoreCommitsPattern
+      ? this.parsePattern(config.ignoreCommitsPattern, "", searchBody)
+      : null;
     this.enablePrereleaseMode = config.enablePrereleaseMode;
   }
 
+  protected filterIgnoredCommits(commitSet: CommitInfoSet): CommitInfoSet {
+    if (!this.ignorePattern) {
+      return commitSet;
+    }
+    const filteredCommits = commitSet.commits.filter(
+      (commit) => !this.ignorePattern!(commit),
+    );
+    const changed = filteredCommits.length > 0 ? commitSet.changed : false;
+    return new CommitInfoSet(changed, filteredCommits);
+  }
+
   protected parsePattern(
     pattern: string,
     flags: string,
     searchBody: boolean,
   ): (pattern: CommitInfo) => boolean {
+    if (pattern === "") {
+      return (_commit: CommitInfo) => false;
+    }
     if (/^\/.+\/[i]*$/.test(pattern)) {
       const regexEnd = pattern.lastIndexOf("/");
       const parsedFlags = pattern.slice(pattern.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
@@ -149,7 +167,9 @@ export class DefaultVersionClassifier implements VersionClassifier {
     lastRelease: ReleaseInformation,
     commitSet: CommitInfoSet,
   ): Promise<VersionClassification> {
-    const { type, increment, changed } = this.resolveCommitType(commitSet);
+    const filteredCommitSet = this.filterIgnoredCommits(commitSet);
+    const { type, increment, changed } =
+      this.resolveCommitType(filteredCommitSet);
 
     const { major, minor, patch } = this.getNextVersion(lastRelease, type);