diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 07ea231..1983112 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,13 +7,20 @@ jobs:
     name: A test job to read a value from json as a variable
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Read a json file 
         uses: ./
         id: read
         with:
           input-file: 'package.json'
           input-property: 'author.name' # Exp: 'fiddlermikey'
+      - name: Read a json file 
+        uses: ./
+        id: read-nofail
+        with:
+          input-file: 'package.json'
+          input-property: 'foo' # does not exist
+          required-value: 'false' # Ignore if not present
       - name: Display property value for input-property in input-file
         id: write
         run: echo "The value for ${{ steps.read.outputs.output-property }} is ${{ steps.read.outputs.output-value }}"
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 4ca4599..55a77a6 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Root-level or nested  property using dot notation'
     required: true
     default: 'package.json'
+  required-value:  
+    description: 'Fail if not found'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
 outputs:
   output-property: 
     description: 'The value of input-property'
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 2b28c64..a424cb0 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -2836,12 +2836,14 @@ const fs = __nccwpck_require__(147);
 const core = __nccwpck_require__(186);
 try {
   const item = core.getInput('input-property') || 'foo'
+  const requiredValue = core.getInput('required-value') || 'false'
   const inputFile = core.getInput('input-file') || 'package.json'
   const newdata = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inputFile))
-  const outValue = eval("newdata." + item)
+  var outValue = ''
+  outValue = eval("newdata." + item)
   core.setOutput('output-property', item);
   core.setOutput('output-value', outValue);
-  if (outValue === undefined) {
+  if (outValue === undefined && requiredValue == 'true') {
     core.setFailed('Property: ' + item + ' does not exist in ' + inputFile);
   }
 }
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index c5953e2..ed55d61 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const core = require('@actions/core');
 try {
   const item = core.getInput('input-property') || 'foo'
+  const requiredValue = core.getInput('required-value') || 'false'
   const inputFile = core.getInput('input-file') || 'package.json'
   const newdata = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inputFile))
-  const outValue = eval("newdata." + item)
+  var outValue = ''
+  outValue = eval("newdata." + item)
   core.setOutput('output-property', item);
   core.setOutput('output-value', outValue);
-  if (outValue === undefined) {
+  if (outValue === undefined && requiredValue == 'true') {
     core.setFailed('Property: ' + item + ' does not exist in ' + inputFile);
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a8a9ad5..7eb5a3b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
     "precommit": "npm run build && git add dist/"
   },
   "author": {
-    "name": "fiddlermikey"
+    "name": "fiddlermikey",
+    "email": "fake@fakestreet.org"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^8.21.0"