diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 947865a..5214cae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -225,7 +225,14 @@ Useful for projects where the version number may be output by a previous action.
     version: "${{ steps.previous_step.outputs.version }}"
 ```
 
-### dry_run
+### minVersion
+
+Set the minimum version which would be used to create a tag. 
+
+The default value (`0.0.1`) prevents a `0.0.0` from being created. This can also be used when introducing Autotag to a repository which has already tagged.
+
+For example, if the version `0.1.0` would already have been published, set the `minVersion` to the next patch to prevent a duplicate tag for that version.
+
 
 If this value is true, the tag will not be pushed.
 You can check for duplicate versions when creating a pull request.
@@ -234,10 +241,9 @@ You can check for duplicate versions when creating a pull request.
 - uses: butlerlogic/action-autotag@1.0.0
   with:
     GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-    dry_run: true
+    minVersion: "0.1.1"
 ```
 
-
 ## Developer Notes
 
 If you are building an action that runs after this one, be aware this action produces several [outputs](https://help.github.com/en/articles/metadata-syntax-for-github-actions#outputs):
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 4e7c3c5..b14ccdc 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ inputs:
   version:
     description: Explicitly set the version here instead of automatically detecting from `package.json`. Useful for non-JavaScript projects where version may be output by a previous action.
     required: false
+  minVersion:
+    description: Minimum version required to create a tag. By default it will prevent a version `0.0.0` from being tagged. Also useful when introducing Autotag to an existing repo, to start auto-tagging from a specific version
+    required: false
+    default: '0.0.1'
   regex_pattern:
     description: An optional attribute containing the regular expression used to extract the version number.
     required: false
diff --git a/app/main.js b/app/main.js
index f788d07..c541b5e 100644
--- a/app/main.js
+++ b/app/main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import core from '@actions/core'
 import os from 'os'
+import semver from 'semver'
 import Setup from './lib/setup.js'
 import Package from './lib/package.js'
 import Tag from './lib/tag.js'
@@ -51,6 +52,23 @@ async function run () {
       throw new Error(`No version identified${msg}`)
     }
 
+    const minVersion = core.getInput('minVersion', { required: false })
+    
+    // Ensure that version and minVersion are valid SemVer strings
+    const minVersionSemVer = semver.coerce(minVersion)
+    const versionSemVer = semver.coerce(version)
+    if (!minVersionSemVer) {
+      core.warning(`Skipping min version check. ${minVersion} is not valid SemVer`)
+    }
+    if(!versionSemVer) {
+      core.warning(`Skipping min version check. ${version} is not valid SemVer`)
+    }
+    
+    if (minVersionSemVer && versionSemVer && semver.lt(versionSemVer, minVersionSemVer)) {
+      core.warning(`Version "${version}" is lower than minimum "${minVersion}"`)
+      return
+    }
+
     core.warning(`Recognized "${version}"${msg}`)
     core.setOutput('version', version)
     core.debug(` Detected version ${version}`)
diff --git a/app/package-lock.json b/app/package-lock.json
index 864e226..dc7637f 100644
--- a/app/package-lock.json
+++ b/app/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "autotag-action",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@
         "semver": "^5.5.0",
         "shebang-command": "^1.2.0",
         "which": "^1.2.9"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.7.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "deprecation": {
@@ -278,6 +285,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.uniq/-/lodash.uniq-4.5.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-0CJTc662Uq3BvILklFM5qEJ1R3M="
     },
+    "lru-cache": {
+      "version": "6.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-6.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Jo6dJ04CmSjuznwJSS3pUeWmd/H0ffTlkXXgwZi+eq1UCmqQwCh+eLsYOYCwY991i2Fah4h1BEMCx4qThGbsiA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "yallist": "^4.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "macos-release": {
       "version": "2.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/macos-release/-/macos-release-2.4.1.tgz",
@@ -343,9 +358,12 @@
       }
     },
     "semver": {
-      "version": "5.7.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ=="
+      "version": "7.3.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-tCfb2WLjqFAtXn4KEdxIhalnRtoKFN7nAwj0B3ZXCbQloV2tq5eDbcTmT68JJD3nRJq24/XgxtQKFIpQdtvmVw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
+      }
     },
     "shebang-command": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -400,6 +418,11 @@
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-tSQ9jz7BqjXxNkYFvA0QNuMKtp8="
+    },
+    "yallist": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A=="
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 1fa06e5..9927468 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.2.2",
-    "@actions/github": "^2.1.0"
+    "@actions/github": "^2.1.0",
+    "semver": "^7.3.4"
   },
   "type": "module"
 }