diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8e4a81310..37e3a8336 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (h Handler) Invoke(ctx context.Context, req []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 				inputYaml = httpRequest.Body
 			}
 
-			fixResponse, err := workflow.SecureWorkflow(httpRequest.QueryStringParameters, inputYaml, dynamoDbSvc)
+			fixResponse, err := workflow.SecureWorkflow(httpRequest.QueryStringParameters, nil, inputYaml, dynamoDbSvc)
 
 			if err != nil {
 				response = events.APIGatewayProxyResponse{
diff --git a/remediation/workflow/hardenrunner/addaction.go b/remediation/workflow/hardenrunner/addaction.go
index 15703d029..40c6b0918 100644
--- a/remediation/workflow/hardenrunner/addaction.go
+++ b/remediation/workflow/hardenrunner/addaction.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func AddAction(inputYaml, action string, pinActions bool) (string, bool, error)
 	}
 
 	if updated && pinActions {
-		out, _ = pin.PinAction(action, out)
+		out, _ = pin.PinAction(action, out, nil)
 	}
 
 	return out, updated, nil
diff --git a/remediation/workflow/pin/pinactions.go b/remediation/workflow/pin/pinactions.go
index 8f3837555..6b6849ba6 100644
--- a/remediation/workflow/pin/pinactions.go
+++ b/remediation/workflow/pin/pinactions.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
-func PinActions(inputYaml string) (string, bool, error) {
+func PinActions(inputYaml string, exemptedActions []string) (string, bool, error) {
 	workflow := metadata.Workflow{}
 	updated := false
 	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(inputYaml), &workflow)
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func PinActions(inputYaml string) (string, bool, error) {
 		for _, step := range job.Steps {
 			if len(step.Uses) > 0 {
 				localUpdated := false
-				out, localUpdated = PinAction(step.Uses, out)
+				out, localUpdated = PinAction(step.Uses, out, exemptedActions)
 				updated = updated || localUpdated
 			}
 		}
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func PinActions(inputYaml string) (string, bool, error) {
 	return out, updated, nil
 }
 
-func PinAction(action, inputYaml string) (string, bool) {
+func PinAction(action, inputYaml string, exemptedActions []string) (string, bool) {
 
 	updated := false
 	if !strings.Contains(action, "@") || strings.HasPrefix(action, "docker://") {
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ func PinAction(action, inputYaml string) (string, bool) {
 	leftOfAt := strings.Split(action, "@")
 	tagOrBranch := leftOfAt[1]
 
+	// skip pinning for exempted actions
+	if actionExists(leftOfAt[0], exemptedActions) {
+		return inputYaml, updated
+	}
+
 	splitOnSlash := strings.Split(leftOfAt[0], "/")
 	owner := splitOnSlash[0]
 	repo := splitOnSlash[1]
@@ -188,3 +194,20 @@ func getSemanticVersion(client *github.Client, owner, repo, tagOrBranch, commitS
 	}
 	return tagOrBranch, nil
 }
+
+// Function to check if an action matches any pattern in the list
+func actionExists(actionName string, patterns []string) bool {
+	for _, pattern := range patterns {
+		// Use filepath.Match to match the pattern
+		matched, err := filepath.Match(pattern, actionName)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Handle invalid patterns
+			fmt.Printf("Error matching pattern: %v\n", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if matched {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/remediation/workflow/pin/pinactions_test.go b/remediation/workflow/pin/pinactions_test.go
index 3e7c0ef8b..95fc2e044 100644
--- a/remediation/workflow/pin/pinactions_test.go
+++ b/remediation/workflow/pin/pinactions_test.go
@@ -263,8 +263,9 @@ func TestPinActions(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 
 	tests := []struct {
-		fileName    string
-		wantUpdated bool
+		fileName        string
+		wantUpdated     bool
+		exemptedActions []string
 	}{
 		{fileName: "alreadypinned.yml", wantUpdated: false},
 		{fileName: "branch.yml", wantUpdated: true},
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@ func TestPinActions(t *testing.T) {
 		{fileName: "actionwithcomment.yml", wantUpdated: true},
 		{fileName: "repeatedactionwithcomment.yml", wantUpdated: true},
 		{fileName: "immutableaction-1.yml", wantUpdated: true},
+		{fileName: "exemptaction.yml", wantUpdated: true, exemptedActions: []string{"actions/checkout", "rohith/*"}},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		input, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(inputDirectory, tt.fileName))
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ func TestPinActions(t *testing.T) {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		output, gotUpdated, err := PinActions(string(input))
+		output, gotUpdated, err := PinActions(string(input), tt.exemptedActions)
 		if tt.wantUpdated != gotUpdated {
 			t.Errorf("test failed wantUpdated %v did not match gotUpdated %v", tt.wantUpdated, gotUpdated)
 		}
diff --git a/remediation/workflow/secureworkflow.go b/remediation/workflow/secureworkflow.go
index 06cada8d2..94adbe381 100644
--- a/remediation/workflow/secureworkflow.go
+++ b/remediation/workflow/secureworkflow.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const (
 	HardenRunnerActionName        = "Harden Runner"
 )
 
-func SecureWorkflow(queryStringParams map[string]string, inputYaml string, svc dynamodbiface.DynamoDBAPI) (*permissions.SecureWorkflowReponse, error) {
+func SecureWorkflow(queryStringParams map[string]string, exemptedActions []string, inputYaml string, svc dynamodbiface.DynamoDBAPI) (*permissions.SecureWorkflowReponse, error) {
 	pinActions, addHardenRunner, addPermissions, addProjectComment := true, true, true, true
 	pinnedActions, addedHardenRunner, addedPermissions := false, false, false
 	ignoreMissingKBs := false
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func SecureWorkflow(queryStringParams map[string]string, inputYaml string, svc d
 
 	if pinActions {
 		pinnedAction, pinnedDocker := false, false
-		secureWorkflowReponse.FinalOutput, pinnedAction, _ = pin.PinActions(secureWorkflowReponse.FinalOutput)
+		secureWorkflowReponse.FinalOutput, pinnedAction, _ = pin.PinActions(secureWorkflowReponse.FinalOutput, exemptedActions)
 		secureWorkflowReponse.FinalOutput, pinnedDocker, _ = pin.PinDocker(secureWorkflowReponse.FinalOutput)
 		pinnedActions = pinnedAction || pinnedDocker
 	}
diff --git a/remediation/workflow/secureworkflow_test.go b/remediation/workflow/secureworkflow_test.go
index 9b5baa8b7..41aeafc58 100644
--- a/remediation/workflow/secureworkflow_test.go
+++ b/remediation/workflow/secureworkflow_test.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func TestSecureWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		queryParams["addProjectComment"] = "false"
 
-		output, err := SecureWorkflow(queryParams, string(input), &mockDynamoDBClient{})
+		output, err := SecureWorkflow(queryParams, nil, string(input), &mockDynamoDBClient{})
 
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Error not expected")
diff --git a/testfiles/pinactions/input/exemptaction.yml b/testfiles/pinactions/input/exemptaction.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a80dc799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/pinactions/input/exemptaction.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: publish to nuget
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master # Default release branch
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: build, pack & publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      # - name: Setup dotnet
+      #   uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
+      #   with:
+      #     dotnet-version: 3.1.200
+
+      # Publish
+      - name: publish on version change
+        id: publish_nuget
+        uses: brandedoutcast/publish-nuget@v2
+        with:
+          PROJECT_FILE_PATH: Core/Core.csproj
+          NUGET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NUGET_SOURCE: https://nuget.pkg.github.com/OWNER/index.json
+  publish1:
+    name: build, pack & publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      # - name: Setup dotnet
+      #   uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
+      #   with:
+      #     dotnet-version: 3.1.200
+
+      # Publish
+      - name: publish on version change
+        id: publish_nuget
+        uses: rohith/publish-nuget@v2
+        with:
+          PROJECT_FILE_PATH: Core/Core.csproj
+          NUGET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NUGET_SOURCE: https://nuget.pkg.github.com/OWNER/index.json
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diff --git a/testfiles/pinactions/output/exemptaction.yml b/testfiles/pinactions/output/exemptaction.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c986d6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/pinactions/output/exemptaction.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: publish to nuget
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master # Default release branch
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: build, pack & publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      # - name: Setup dotnet
+      #   uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
+      #   with:
+      #     dotnet-version: 3.1.200
+
+      # Publish
+      - name: publish on version change
+        id: publish_nuget
+        uses: brandedoutcast/publish-nuget@c12b8546b67672ee38ac87bea491ac94a587f7cc # v2.5.5
+        with:
+          PROJECT_FILE_PATH: Core/Core.csproj
+          NUGET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NUGET_SOURCE: https://nuget.pkg.github.com/OWNER/index.json
+  publish1:
+    name: build, pack & publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      # - name: Setup dotnet
+      #   uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
+      #   with:
+      #     dotnet-version: 3.1.200
+
+      # Publish
+      - name: publish on version change
+        id: publish_nuget
+        uses: rohith/publish-nuget@v2
+        with:
+          PROJECT_FILE_PATH: Core/Core.csproj
+          NUGET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NUGET_SOURCE: https://nuget.pkg.github.com/OWNER/index.json
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