diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 573331e2..8ced9857 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ inputs:
   set_commits:
     description: |-
       Specify whether to set commits for the release.
-      One of: "auto", "skip"
+      One of: "auto", "skip", "repo-owner/repo-name@commit", "repo-owner/repo-name@<commit_of_previous_release>..<commit_of_current_release>"
     required: false
   projects:
     description: |-
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ runs:
         INPUT_WORKING_DIRECTORY: ${{ inputs.working_directory }}
         INPUT_DISABLE_TELEMETRY: ${{ inputs.disable_telemetry }}
         INPUT_DISABLE_SAFE_DIRECTORY: ${{ inputs.disable_safe_directory }}
-      uses: docker://ghcr.io/getsentry/action-release-image:master
+      uses: docker://ghcr.io/getsentry/action-release-image:feature-add-manual-commit-range
 
     # For actions running on macos or windows runners, we use a composite
     # action approach which allows us to install the arch specific sentry-cli
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index c1b31187..f701504d 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -122748,8 +122748,15 @@ const telemetry_1 = __nccwpck_require__(12417);
         }
         core.debug(`Release version is ${release}`);
         yield (0, cli_1.getCLI)().new(release, { projects });
-        Sentry.setTag('set-commits', setCommitsOption);
-        if (setCommitsOption !== 'skip') {
+        Sentry.setTag('set-commits', setCommitsOption.get('mode'));
+        if (setCommitsOption.get('mode') === 'manual') {
+            yield (0, telemetry_1.traceStep)('set-commits', () => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+                core.debug(`Setting commits with options '${setCommitsOption}'`);
+                const previousCommit = setCommitsOption.get('previous_commit');
+                yield (0, cli_1.getCLI)().setCommits(release, Object.assign({ auto: false, repo: setCommitsOption.get('repo'), commit: setCommitsOption.get('commit') }, (previousCommit && { previousCommit })));
+            }));
+        }
+        else if (setCommitsOption.get('mode') !== 'skip') {
             yield (0, telemetry_1.traceStep)('set-commits', () => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
                 core.debug(`Setting commits with option '${setCommitsOption}'`);
                 yield (0, cli_1.getCLI)().setCommits(release, {
@@ -122982,20 +122989,47 @@ const getBooleanOption = (input, defaultValue) => {
 exports.getBooleanOption = getBooleanOption;
 const getSetCommitsOption = () => {
     let setCommitOption = core.getInput('set_commits');
-    // default to auto
+    // Default to "auto" if the input is empty or undefined
     if (!setCommitOption) {
-        return 'auto';
+        return new Map([['mode', 'auto']]);
     }
-    // convert to lower case
-    setCommitOption = setCommitOption.toLowerCase();
+    // Convert input to lower case for uniformity
+    setCommitOption = setCommitOption.trim().toLowerCase();
+    // Create a map for the output structure
+    const result = new Map();
+    // Handle the different cases for set_commits
     switch (setCommitOption) {
         case 'auto':
-            return 'auto';
+            result.set('mode', 'auto');
+            break;
         case 'skip':
-            return 'skip';
-        default:
-            throw Error('set_commits must be "auto" or "skip"');
+            result.set('mode', 'skip');
+            break;
+        default: {
+            // Handle repo-owner/repo-name@commit or commit range
+            const regex = /^([\w\-]+\/[\w\-]+)@([\w\-.]+(?:\.\.|@[\w\-.]+)?)$/;
+            const match = regex.exec(setCommitOption);
+            if (!match) {
+                throw new Error('Invalid value for set_commits. Expected "auto", "skip", or "repo-owner/repo-name@commit" / "repo-owner/repo-name@<commit1>..<commit2>".');
+            }
+            // Parse repo and commit(s) from the input
+            const [, repository, commitRange] = match;
+            result.set('mode', 'manual');
+            result.set('repository', repository);
+            if (commitRange.includes('..')) {
+                // Handle commit range
+                const [previousCommit, currentCommit] = commitRange.split('..');
+                result.set('previous_commit', previousCommit);
+                result.set('commit', currentCommit);
+            }
+            else {
+                // Single commit
+                result.set('commit', commitRange);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
     }
+    return result;
 };
 exports.getSetCommitsOption = getSetCommitsOption;
 /**
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index daff77ce..c9c313e8 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -45,9 +45,20 @@ withTelemetry(
       core.debug(`Release version is ${release}`);
       await getCLI().new(release, { projects });
 
-      Sentry.setTag('set-commits', setCommitsOption);
+      Sentry.setTag('set-commits', setCommitsOption.get('mode'));
 
-      if (setCommitsOption !== 'skip') {
+      if (setCommitsOption.get('mode') === 'manual') {
+        await traceStep('set-commits', async () => {
+          core.debug(`Setting commits with options '${setCommitsOption}'`);
+          const previousCommit = setCommitsOption.get('previous_commit');
+          await getCLI().setCommits(release, {
+            auto: false,
+            repo: setCommitsOption.get('repo'),
+            commit: setCommitsOption.get('commit'),
+            ...(previousCommit && { previousCommit }),
+          });
+        });
+      } else if (setCommitsOption.get('mode') !== 'skip') {
         await traceStep('set-commits', async () => {
           core.debug(`Setting commits with option '${setCommitsOption}'`);
           await getCLI().setCommits(release, {
diff --git a/src/options.ts b/src/options.ts
index a1afad80..3b09783d 100644
--- a/src/options.ts
+++ b/src/options.ts
@@ -127,22 +127,58 @@ export const getBooleanOption = (input: string, defaultValue: boolean): boolean
   throw Error(`${input} is not a boolean`);
 };
 
-export const getSetCommitsOption = (): 'auto' | 'skip' => {
+export const getSetCommitsOption = (): Map<string, string> => {
   let setCommitOption = core.getInput('set_commits');
-  // default to auto
+
+  // Default to "auto" if the input is empty or undefined
   if (!setCommitOption) {
-    return 'auto';
+    return new Map([['mode', 'auto']]);
   }
-  // convert to lower case
-  setCommitOption = setCommitOption.toLowerCase();
+
+  // Convert input to lower case for uniformity
+  setCommitOption = setCommitOption.trim().toLowerCase();
+
+  // Create a map for the output structure
+  const result = new Map<string, string>();
+
+  // Handle the different cases for set_commits
   switch (setCommitOption) {
     case 'auto':
-      return 'auto';
+      result.set('mode', 'auto');
+      break;
     case 'skip':
-      return 'skip';
-    default:
-      throw Error('set_commits must be "auto" or "skip"');
+      result.set('mode', 'skip');
+      break;
+    default: {
+      // Handle repo-owner/repo-name@commit or commit range
+      const regex = /^([\w\-]+\/[\w\-]+)@([\w\-.]+(?:\.\.|@[\w\-.]+)?)$/;
+      const match = regex.exec(setCommitOption);
+
+      if (!match) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Invalid value for set_commits. Expected "auto", "skip", or "repo-owner/repo-name@commit" / "repo-owner/repo-name@<commit1>..<commit2>".'
+        );
+      }
+
+      // Parse repo and commit(s) from the input
+      const [, repository, commitRange] = match;
+      result.set('mode', 'manual');
+      result.set('repository', repository);
+
+      if (commitRange.includes('..')) {
+        // Handle commit range
+        const [previousCommit, currentCommit] = commitRange.split('..');
+        result.set('previous_commit', previousCommit);
+        result.set('commit', currentCommit);
+      } else {
+        // Single commit
+        result.set('commit', commitRange);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
   }
+
+  return result;
 };
 
 /**