diff --git a/Versionize/ConfigurationContract.cs b/Versionize/ConfigurationContract.cs
index ae76b38..00c818c 100644
--- a/Versionize/ConfigurationContract.cs
+++ b/Versionize/ConfigurationContract.cs
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ public class ConfigurationContract
     public String CommitSuffix { get; set; }
     public ChangelogOptions Changelog { get; set; }
     public string Prerelease { get; set; }
+    public bool? AllowDifferentVersions { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/Versionize/Program.cs b/Versionize/Program.cs
index 3724131..7b80456 100644
--- a/Versionize/Program.cs
+++ b/Versionize/Program.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-using System.Text.Json;
-using McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils;
+using McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils;
+using System.Text.Json;
 using Versionize.CommandLine;
 using Versionize.Versioning;
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public static int Main(string[] args)
         var optionPrerelease = app.Option("-p|--pre-release", "Release as pre-release version with given pre release label.", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
         var optionAggregatePrereleases = app.Option("-a|--aggregate-pre-releases", "Include all pre-release commits in the changelog since the last full version.", CommandOptionType.NoValue);
         var optionUseProjVersionForBumpLogic = app.Option("--proj-version-bump-logic", "Use project version for bump logic, as opposed to git tag version.", CommandOptionType.NoValue);
+        var optionAllowDifferentVersions = app.Option("--allow-different-versions", "Allow different version of projects in folder", CommandOptionType.NoValue);
 
         var inspectCmd = app.Command("inspect", inspectCmd => inspectCmd.OnExecute(() =>
         {
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public static int Main(string[] args)
                 Changelog = ChangelogOptions.Default,
                 AggregatePrereleases = optionAggregatePrereleases.HasValue(),
                 UseProjVersionForBumpLogic = optionUseProjVersionForBumpLogic.HasValue(),
+                AllowDifferentVersions = optionAllowDifferentVersions.HasValue()
             },
             optionIncludeAllCommitsInChangelog.HasValue());
 
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ private static ConfigurationContract FromJsonFile(string filePath)
             AggregatePrereleases = configuration.AggregatePrereleases,
             // TODO: Consider supporting optionalConfiguration
             UseProjVersionForBumpLogic = configuration.UseProjVersionForBumpLogic,
+            AllowDifferentVersions = MergeBool(configuration.AllowDifferentVersions, optionalConfiguration?.AllowDifferentVersions),
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/Versionize/VersionizeOptions.cs b/Versionize/VersionizeOptions.cs
index c91478c..3d88d5e 100644
--- a/Versionize/VersionizeOptions.cs
+++ b/Versionize/VersionizeOptions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace Versionize;
+namespace Versionize;
 
 public class VersionizeOptions
 {
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ public class VersionizeOptions
     public ChangelogOptions Changelog { get; set; } = ChangelogOptions.Default;
     public bool AggregatePrereleases { get; set; }
     public bool UseProjVersionForBumpLogic { get; set; }
+    public bool AllowDifferentVersions { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/Versionize/WorkingCopy.cs b/Versionize/WorkingCopy.cs
index 356b1f8..e32a8d9 100644
--- a/Versionize/WorkingCopy.cs
+++ b/Versionize/WorkingCopy.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public SemanticVersion Versionize(VersionizeOptions options)
             Exit($"Could not find any projects files in {workingDirectory} that have a <Version> defined in their csproj file.", 1);
         }
 
-        if (projects.HasInconsistentVersioning())
+        if (projects.HasInconsistentVersioning() && !options.AllowDifferentVersions)
         {
             Exit($"Some projects in {workingDirectory} have an inconsistent <Version> defined in their csproj file. Please update all versions to be consistent or remove the <Version> elements from projects that should not be versioned", 1);
         }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public SemanticVersion Versionize(VersionizeOptions options)
 
 
         Step($"bumping version from {projects.Version} to {nextVersion} in projects");
-       
+
         // Commit changelog and version source
         if (!options.DryRun && (nextVersion != projects.Version))
         {