diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 933650e..057d18a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Build Docker image
         run: docker build -t test-cargo-deny .
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ jobs:
         run: docker run -v ${PWD}/test:/test test-cargo-deny "" "" --manifest-path test/Cargo.toml list
 
       - name: Run check
-        run: docker run -v ${PWD}/test:/test test-cargo-deny 1.60.0 "" --manifest-path test/Cargo.toml --all-features check
+        run: docker run -v ${PWD}/test:/test test-cargo-deny 1.70.0 "" --manifest-path test/Cargo.toml --all-features check
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index e861538..f06973e 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "The arguments to pass to the command"
     required: false
     default: ""
+  manifest-path:
+    description: "Repo root relative path to the Cargo manifest to check"
+    required: false
+    default: "Cargo.toml"
   log-level:
     description: "The log level for cargo-deny"
     required: false
@@ -40,6 +44,8 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.credentials }}
     - --log-level
     - ${{ inputs.log-level }}
+    - --manifest-path
+    - ${{ inputs.manifest-path }}
     - ${{ inputs.arguments }}
     - ${{ inputs.command }}
     - ${{ inputs.command-arguments }}