diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations/version_auto___git.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations/version_auto___git.xml
index 45d55633786e4faee54a87323fe632077a34249a..ca30067ff1e5bed37aef4ee08ce54ba151f730ae 100644
--- a/.idea/runConfigurations/version_auto___git.xml
+++ b/.idea/runConfigurations/version_auto___git.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
   <configuration default="false" name="version auto --git" type="GoApplicationRunConfiguration" factoryName="Go Application">
     <module name="version" />
-    <working_directory value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+    <working_directory value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../../alvine/components/alvine.dispatcher" />
     <parameters value="auto --git" />
     <EXTENSION ID="com.fapiko.jetbrains.plugins.better_direnv.runconfigs.GolandRunConfigurationExtension">
       <option name="DIRENV_ENABLED" value="false" />
diff --git a/.idea/version.iml b/.idea/version.iml
index e03d8ecfb9d940ecf515056b738acafa6c313055..c9286c2cbb9ce02976902cd77fbeed9498269880 100644
--- a/.idea/version.iml
+++ b/.idea/version.iml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.devenv" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.direnv" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/build" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.task" />
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb3c00635a61d482b5864fa742aca7ac0f5e3adf..ec369c210dc2fe1e52dd1d2915e15ef4f3dd6178 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ It is important to note that this feature requires that your commit messages
 follow the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) 
 message format.
 
+The `exit-code-if-no-bump` flag can be used to make the command exit with a non-zero exit.
+This is useful for CI/CD pipelines.
+
+```bash
+version auto --exit-code-if-no-bump
+```
+
+In this case, the command will exit with the exit code 1 if no version bump is required.
+
 **Predict**
 
 The `predict` command allows you to predict the next version based on the
diff --git a/source/commandline.go b/source/commandline.go
index fb8736c59ac9b75ad1f556a470685bc7cac5d07f..6acbb6256db18c29a285bc2760337419a735ff4f 100644
--- a/source/commandline.go
+++ b/source/commandline.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type commandLineOptions struct {
 	Date struct {
 	} `command:"date" description:"print the current date and time in the format YYYYMMDDHHMMSS"`
 	Auto struct {
+		ExitCode bool `short:"e" long:"exit-code-if-no-bump" description:"exit code to use if no notable changes are found" default:"0"`
 	} `command:"auto" description:"check the git repository and increase the version if necessary. This implies --git"`
 	Predict struct {
 	} `command:"predict" description:"predict the next version based on the git history. This implies --git"`
@@ -178,7 +179,13 @@ func executeCommand() {
 		case OtherCommit:
 			fmt.Println("No notable changes found.")
 			fmt.Println("If you want to force a version\nincrease, use the major, minor\nor patch command.")
-			os.Exit(0)
+
+			exitCode := 0
+			if arguments.Auto.ExitCode {
+				exitCode = 1
+			}
+
+			os.Exit(exitCode)
 		}
 
 	}