diff --git a/react-native.config.js b/react-native.config.js
index 1d5bc96..465a188 100644
--- a/react-native.config.js
+++ b/react-native.config.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ module.exports = {
                 pbxprojPath: config.project.ios.pbxprojPath,
                 buildGradlePath: appGradlePath,
                 type: args.type,
+                version: args.version,
                 skipCodeFor: args.skipCodeFor
                     ? args.skipCodeFor.split(' ')
                     : [],
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ module.exports = {
                 name: '--type [major|minor|patch]',
                 description: 'SemVer release type, optional if --skip-semver-for all is passed'
             },
+            {
+                name: '--version [String]',
+                description: 'Pass release version if known. Overwrites calculated SemVer. Optional.'
+            },
             {
                 name: '--skip-semver-for [android|ios|all]',
                 description: 'Skips bump SemVer for specified platform'
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 854ae8b..58a84b6 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export type Platforms = 'android' | 'ios' | 'all'
 
 type Configs = {
     type?: SemVer
+    version?: string
     skipSemVerFor: Platforms[]
     skipCodeFor: Platforms[]
     root: string
@@ -30,8 +31,8 @@ const matchFirst = curry((reg: RegExp, value: string) => {
     return first
 })
 
-const incrementSemVer = (version: string, type: SemVer | undefined) => {
-    const [major, minor, patch] = parseSemVer(version)
+const incrementSemVer = (current: string, type: SemVer | undefined) => {
+    const [major, minor, patch] = parseSemVer(current)
 
     if (type === 'major') {
         return [major + 1, 0, 0].join('.')
@@ -272,9 +273,9 @@ export class ProjectFilesManager {
      * This executes changes but don't actually write anything to fs
      */
     dryRun() {
-        const { type, skipSemVerFor, skipCodeFor } = this.configs
+        const { type, version, skipSemVerFor, skipCodeFor } = this.configs
         const current = this.packageJSON.getVersion()
-        const next = incrementSemVer(current, type ?? 'minor')
+        const next = version ?? incrementSemVer(current, type ?? 'minor')
 
         if (!skipCodeFor.includes('all')) {
             this.bumpCodes()