diff --git a/publish/package.json b/publish/package.json
index 98de35c..f01e6b8 100644
--- a/publish/package.json
+++ b/publish/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "publish",
-  "version": "1.0.18",
+  "version": "1.0.19",
   "description": "An action that decides if a new release should be published",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsup",
diff --git a/version-metadata/README.md b/version-metadata/README.md
index 306c549..ff28ca1 100644
--- a/version-metadata/README.md
+++ b/version-metadata/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ Using this you can easily automate publishing to a package registry such as NPM
 
 This action only computes metadata and doesn't push git tags, publishes a package, creates github releases, etc.
 
+This action has explicit support for the following event types:
+- `push`
+- `pull_request`
+- `issue_comment` (on pull requests)
+- `workflow_dispatch` (given ref must be associated with exactly one pull request)
+- `merge_group`
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/version-metadata/package.json b/version-metadata/package.json
index 3d08403..f6166f5 100644
--- a/version-metadata/package.json
+++ b/version-metadata/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "version-metadata",
-  "version": "1.0.18",
+  "version": "1.0.19",
   "description": "An action that checks wether your package.json version has been updated with a bit of additional metadata",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsup",
diff --git a/version-metadata/src/index.ts b/version-metadata/src/index.ts
index c55adc3..88f82d0 100644
--- a/version-metadata/src/index.ts
+++ b/version-metadata/src/index.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<VersionMetadataResponse> {
   // all resolved correctly, just not "the bigger picture" (meaning all useful types in one place).
   const octokit = getOctokit(token)
 
-  let { base: maybeBase, head } = determineBaseAndHead(context)
+  let { base: maybeBase, head } = await determineBaseAndHead(octokit, context)
 
   let baseCommitIsIncludedInRange = true
 
diff --git a/version-metadata/src/utils.ts b/version-metadata/src/utils.ts
index 1155344..a9a7b43 100644
--- a/version-metadata/src/utils.ts
+++ b/version-metadata/src/utils.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import { spawnSync } from 'child_process'
 import type { Context } from '@actions/github/lib/context'
 import type { getOctokit } from '@actions/github'
 
+type Octokit = ReturnType<typeof getOctokit>
+
 export type VersionDiffType = 'major' | 'minor' | 'patch' | 'pre-release'
 
 export type Unpromise<T> = T extends Promise<infer U> ? U : never
-export type Commit = Unpromise<ReturnType<ReturnType<typeof getOctokit>['rest']['repos']['getCommit']>>['data']
+export type Commit = Unpromise<ReturnType<Octokit['rest']['repos']['getCommit']>>['data']
 
 type File = {
   status: 'added' | 'modified' | 'removed' | 'renamed' | 'copied' | 'changed' | 'unchanged'
@@ -177,6 +179,56 @@ const computeResponseFromChanges = (
   }
 }
 
+const getPullRequestFromIssueComment = (octokit: Octokit, context: Context) => {
+  const issue = context.payload.issue
+
+  if (!issue) {
+    throw new Error('issue_comment event payload does not contain issue information.')
+  }
+
+  if (!issue.pull_request || !issue.pull_request.url) {
+    throw new Error('The issue comment is not made on a pull request.')
+  }
+
+  return octokit.rest.pulls
+    .get({
+      owner: context.repo.owner,
+      repo: context.repo.repo,
+      pull_number: issue.number
+    })
+    .then((res) => res.data)
+}
+
+const getPullRequestFromWorkflowDispatch = async (octokit: Octokit, context: Context) => {
+  const ref = context.payload.ref
+
+  if (!ref) {
+    throw new Error('workflow_dispatch event does not contain a ref.')
+  }
+
+  if (!ref.startsWith('refs/heads/')) {
+    throw new Error('workflow_dispatch only works refs pointing to branches associated with a pull request.')
+  }
+
+  const branchName = ref.replace('refs/heads/', '')
+
+  const prs = await octokit.rest.pulls
+    .list({
+      owner: context.repo.owner,
+      repo: context.repo.repo,
+      head: `${context.repo.owner}:${branchName}`
+    })
+    .then((res) => res.data)
+
+  if (prs.length !== 1) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `workflow_dispatch event on branch '${branchName}' is associated with ${prs.length} pull requests, expected exactly one.`
+    )
+  }
+
+  return prs[0]
+}
+
 /**
  * Determines the base and head commits from the payload
  *
@@ -196,7 +248,7 @@ const computeResponseFromChanges = (
  *
  * (*): For pushes which create a new branch, context.payload.before is all zeroes (40 to be exact), in this case base is returned as undefined
  */
-const determineBaseAndHead = (context: Context) => {
+const determineBaseAndHead = async (octokit: Octokit, context: Context) => {
   // Define the base and head commits to be extracted from the payload.
   let base: string | undefined
   let head: string | undefined
@@ -206,6 +258,20 @@ const determineBaseAndHead = (context: Context) => {
       base = context.payload.pull_request?.base?.sha
       head = context.payload.pull_request?.head?.sha
       break
+    case 'issue_comment':
+      {
+        const pullRequest = await getPullRequestFromIssueComment(octokit, context)
+        base = pullRequest.base?.sha
+        head = pullRequest.head?.sha
+      }
+      break
+    case 'workflow_dispatch':
+      {
+        const pullRequest = await getPullRequestFromWorkflowDispatch(octokit, context)
+        base = pullRequest.base?.sha
+        head = pullRequest.head?.sha
+      }
+      break
     case 'push':
       base = context.payload.before
       head = context.payload.after
@@ -225,7 +291,7 @@ const determineBaseAndHead = (context: Context) => {
       break
     default:
       throw new Error(
-        `This action only supports pull requests, pushes and merge_groups. ${context.eventName} events are not supported. ` +
+        `This action only supports pull_request, push, issue_comment, workflow_dispatch and merge_group as event types. ${context.eventName} events are not supported. ` +
           "Please submit an issue on this action's GitHub repo if you believe this in correct."
       )
   }
@@ -241,7 +307,7 @@ const determineBaseAndHead = (context: Context) => {
   return { base, head }
 }
 
-const getCommit = (octokit: ReturnType<typeof getOctokit>, context: Context, ref: string) =>
+const getCommit = (octokit: Octokit, context: Context, ref: string) =>
   octokit.rest.repos
     .getCommit({
       owner: context.repo.owner,
@@ -256,7 +322,7 @@ const getCommit = (octokit: ReturnType<typeof getOctokit>, context: Context, ref
  *
  * @returns the found commit and whether it is an initial commit or not (type: 'initial' | 'normal')
  */
-const backtrackToFirstBranchRef = async (octokit: ReturnType<typeof getOctokit>, context: Context, headSha: string) => {
+const backtrackToFirstBranchRef = async (octokit: Octokit, context: Context, headSha: string) => {
   const { data: allBranches } = await octokit.rest.repos.listBranches({
     owner: context.repo.owner,
     repo: context.repo.repo
@@ -344,7 +410,7 @@ const prependCommitToCommitComparison = (commit: Commit, comparison: CompareComm
 }
 
 const compareCommits = async (
-  octokit: ReturnType<typeof getOctokit>,
+  octokit: Octokit,
   context: Context,
   base: string,
   head: string,
diff --git a/version-metadata/test/index.mjs b/version-metadata/test/index.mjs
index 852e183..7b909fe 100755
--- a/version-metadata/test/index.mjs
+++ b/version-metadata/test/index.mjs
@@ -87,6 +87,38 @@ const tests = [
       oldVersion: '1.0.0',
       newVersion: '1.0.0'
     }
+  },
+  {
+    description:
+      'Triggers on a pull request comment (`issue_comment`), looks up the corresponding PR, and then continues same as with a `pull_request` event',
+    pr: '17',
+    branch: 'testcase-dont-delete-pr',
+    base: '<omitted>',
+    head: '<omitted>',
+    repo: 'Quantco/ui-actions',
+    event: 'issue_comment',
+    file: 'version-metadata/package.json',
+    expected: {
+      changed: false,
+      oldVersion: '1.0.18',
+      newVersion: '1.0.18'
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    description:
+      'Triggers on `workflow_dispatch` event, uses the provided `ref` to look up associated pull requests, then continues same as with a `pull_request` event',
+    pr: '17',
+    branch: 'testcase-dont-delete-pr',
+    base: '<omitted>',
+    head: '<omitted>',
+    repo: 'Quantco/ui-actions',
+    event: 'workflow_dispatch',
+    file: 'version-metadata/package.json',
+    expected: {
+      changed: false,
+      oldVersion: '1.0.18',
+      newVersion: '1.0.18'
+    }
   }
 ]
 
diff --git a/version-metadata/test/testrunner.mjs b/version-metadata/test/testrunner.mjs
index e173259..2b478e1 100644
--- a/version-metadata/test/testrunner.mjs
+++ b/version-metadata/test/testrunner.mjs
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ const runTest = (test) => {
         sha: test.head
       }
     },
+    issue: {
+      number: test.pr,
+      pull_request: {
+        url: `https://api.github.com/repos/${test.repo}/pulls/${test.pr}`
+      }
+    },
+    ref: `refs/heads/${test.branch}`,
     before: test.base,
     after: test.head
   }