diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index e944f7a..302fbb6 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ inputs:
     description: output YAML instead of JSON
     required: false
 
+  ref:
+    description: reference output URL for change detection
+    required: false
+
 runs:
   using: docker
   image: docker://ghcr.io/grafana/k6registry:v0
diff --git a/releases/v0.1.7.md b/releases/v0.1.7.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..347fef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.1.7.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+k6registry `v0.1.7` is here 🎉!
+
+This is an internal maintenance release.
+
+Added missing `ref` action input parameter to action.yml