diff --git a/cli/common_opts/opts.go b/cli/common_opts/opts.go
index 67312cc..f90f714 100644
--- a/cli/common_opts/opts.go
+++ b/cli/common_opts/opts.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 package common_opts
 
 var Workdir = ""
+var IgnoreDetachedHead = false
diff --git a/cli/main.go b/cli/main.go
index 742465d..c8927e5 100644
--- a/cli/main.go
+++ b/cli/main.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func main() {
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&common_opts.Workdir, "workdir", "w", ".", "Working directory to use")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String("log-level", logger.DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL.String(), "panic | fatal | error | warn | info | debug | trace")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&common_opts.IgnoreDetachedHead, "ignore-detached-head", false, "Specifies to ignore detached head errors")
 }
 
 func processLogLevelFlag(cmd *cobra.Command) {
diff --git a/cli/next/command.go b/cli/next/command.go
index 407d9e0..0fba1a7 100644
--- a/cli/next/command.go
+++ b/cli/next/command.go
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ var Command = cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 		nextVersion, err := next.Next(next.NextOptions{
-			Workdir: common_opts.Workdir,
-			Stable:  stable,
+			Workdir:            common_opts.Workdir,
+			IgnoreDetachedHead: common_opts.IgnoreDetachedHead,
+			Stable:             stable,
 			MajorVersionFilter: majorVersionFilter,
 			PreReleaseOptions: semver.PreReleaseOptions{
 				Label:         preReleaseTag,
@@ -44,4 +45,5 @@ func init() {
 	Command.Flags().IntVar(&majorVersionFilter, "major-version", -1, "Only consider tags with this specific major version.")
 	Command.Flags().StringVar(&preReleaseTag, "pre-release-tag", "", "Specifies a pre-release tag which should be appended to the next version.")
 	Command.Flags().BoolVar(&appendPreReleaseCounter, "pre-release-counter", false, "Specifies if there should be a counter appended to the pre-release tag. It will increase automatically depending on previous pre-releases for the same version.")
+
 }
diff --git a/next/next.go b/next/next.go
index 7435650..8a0a4fc 100644
--- a/next/next.go
+++ b/next/next.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type NextOptions struct {
 	Stable             bool
 	MajorVersionFilter int
 	PreReleaseOptions  semver.PreReleaseOptions
+	IgnoreDetachedHead bool
 }
 
 func Next(options NextOptions) (*semver.Version, error) {
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func Next(options NextOptions) (*semver.Version, error) {
 		return nil, errors.WithMessage(err, "Error while trying to find latest release version tag")
 	}
 
-	if latestReleaseVersionTag != nil {
+	if latestReleaseVersionTag != nil && !options.IgnoreDetachedHead {
 		if err = git_utils.AssertRefIsReachable(repo, latestReleaseVersionTag, headRef, "Latest tag is not on HEAD. This is necessary as the next version is calculated based on the commits since the latest version tag."); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}