diff --git a/packages/automatic-versioning/src/index.js b/packages/automatic-versioning/src/index.js
index 19e56e2..f55bf00 100644
--- a/packages/automatic-versioning/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/automatic-versioning/src/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ program
   )
   .option("-r, --root <string>", "root directory to use when executing the script")
   .option("--skip-commit", "do not commit the incremented version")
-  .option("--tag-based", "run versioning based on git tags");
+  .option("--tag-based", "run versioning based on git tags")
+  .option("--disable-auto-sync", "disable aligning the package version with the last published version");
 
 [
   new Option("--recursive", "recursively search for a matching commit prefix"),
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ const run = async () => {
       opts.name,
       opts.skipCommit,
       opts.recursive,
+      opts.disableAutoSync,
       opts.prereleaseTag,
       opts.prereleaseBranch,
       opts.ignorePrefixes
diff --git a/packages/automatic-versioning/src/types/default.js b/packages/automatic-versioning/src/types/default.js
index 30e037c..5aa725d 100644
--- a/packages/automatic-versioning/src/types/default.js
+++ b/packages/automatic-versioning/src/types/default.js
@@ -19,7 +19,40 @@ const getCommitPrefix = async (recursive, ignorePrefixes, n = 1) => {
   return getCommitPrefix(recursive, ignorePrefixes, n + 1);
 };
 
-const runner = (name, noCommit, recursive = false, prereleaseTag, prereleaseBranch, ignorePrefixes) => {
+const getCurrentVersion = async () =>
+  (await run("npm version"))?.split(",")?.[0]?.split(":")?.[1]?.replace(/'/g, "")?.trim();
+
+const getPackageVersion = async (name, disableAutoSync) => {
+  if (!disableAutoSync) {
+    try {
+      const versions = await run(`npm view ${name} time`).then((res) =>
+        res
+          .replace(/{|}|,|'/g, "")
+          .trim()
+          .split("\n")
+          .filter((v) => !v.includes("modified:") && !v.includes("created:"))
+      );
+      versions.sort(
+        (v1, v2) => new Date(v1.trim().split(" ")[1]).getTime() - new Date(v2.trim().split(" ")[1]).getTime()
+      );
+      return versions.pop().split(":")?.[0].trim();
+    } catch (e) {
+      return getCurrentVersion();
+    }
+  } else {
+    return getCurrentVersion();
+  }
+};
+
+const runner = (
+  name,
+  noCommit,
+  recursive = false,
+  disableAutoSync,
+  prereleaseTag,
+  prereleaseBranch,
+  ignorePrefixes
+) => {
   return run("git show --first-parent ./").then(async (diff) => {
     if (diff) {
       console.info(`Diff found, running versioning for ${name}`.green);
@@ -42,22 +75,7 @@ const runner = (name, noCommit, recursive = false, prereleaseTag, prereleaseBran
           const currentBranch = (await run("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD"))?.trim();
           if (currentBranch === prereleaseBranch) {
             let prerelease = false;
-            let currentVersion;
-            try {
-              const versions = await run(`npm view ${name} time`).then((res) =>
-                res
-                  .replace(/{|}|,|'/g, "")
-                  .trim()
-                  .split("\n")
-                  .filter((v) => !v.includes("modified:") && !v.includes("created:"))
-              );
-              versions.sort(
-                (v1, v2) => new Date(v1.trim().split(" ")[1]).getTime() - new Date(v2.trim().split(" ")[1]).getTime()
-              );
-              currentVersion = versions.pop().split(":")?.[0].trim();
-            } catch (e) {
-              currentVersion = (await run("npm version"))?.split(",")?.[0]?.split(":")?.[1]?.replace(/'/g, "")?.trim();
-            }
+            const currentVersion = await getPackageVersion(name, disableAutoSync);
             if (currentVersion?.includes(prereleaseTag)) {
               await run(
                 `npm --workspaces-update=false --no-git-tag-version version --allow-same-version ${currentVersion}`