diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3f79d1e..cf438697 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ jobs:
 | git_user_email              | `[optional]` set the committer git user.email                                                                 | `false`  | `github-action@actions-template-sync.noreply.${SOURCE_REPO_HOSTNAME}` |
 | git_remote_pull_params      | `[optional]` set remote pull parameters                                                                       | `false`  | `--allow-unrelated-histories --squash --strategy=recursive -X theirs` |
 | gpg_private_key | `[optional]` set if you want to sign commits | `false` | |
+| gpg_passphrase | `[optional]` set if your optionial gpg private key has a passphrase | `false` | |
 
 ### Action Outputs
 
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ gpg --armor --export-secret-key jon@doe.example | xclip
 
 :warning: the gpg username and email must match the `git_user_name` and `git_user_email` parameters.
 Paste your clipboard as a [secret][github-create-secret] named `GPG_PRIVATE_KEY` for example.
-:warning: currently a pgp key with passphrase is not supported (yet).
+If your key has a password, create another secret named `GPG_PASSPHRASE`.
 
 ```yaml
 # File: .github/workflows/template-sync.yml
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 3bb3e6f2..41f8b6b5 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ inputs:
     description: "[optional] set the pull parameters for the remote repository"
   gpg_private_key:
     description: "[optional] set the gpg private key if you want to sign your commits"
+  gpg_passphrase:
+    description: "[optional] set if your private gpg key has a password"
 runs:
   using: "docker"
   image: "src/Dockerfile"
@@ -84,3 +86,4 @@ runs:
     GIT_USER_EMAIL: ${{ inputs.git_user_email }}
     GIT_REMOTE_PULL_PARAMS: ${{ inputs.git_remote_pull_params }}
     GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ inputs.gpg_private_key }}
+    GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ inputs.gpg_passphrase }}
diff --git a/src/gpg_no_tty.sh b/src/gpg_no_tty.sh
index e742a973..63d1c85c 100644
--- a/src/gpg_no_tty.sh
+++ b/src/gpg_no_tty.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 if [[ -n "${GPG_PASSPHRASE}" ]]  &>/dev/null;  then
-    # echo -e "${GPG_PASSPHRASE}" |  gpg --pinentry-mode loopback --batch --yes --passphrase-fd 0 "$@" <&0
-    echo "::error::currently gpg with passphrase is not supported"
-    exit 1
+    gpg --pinentry-mode loopback --batch --yes --passphrase "${GPG_PASSPHRASE}" "$@" <&0
 else
   gpg --pinentry-mode loopback --yes --batch "$@" <&0
 fi
diff --git a/src/sync_template.sh b/src/sync_template.sh
index 3e7c8dc0..e09309d4 100644
--- a/src/sync_template.sh
+++ b/src/sync_template.sh
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ function handle_templatesyncignore() {
 
 function prechecks() {
   info "prechecks"
-  echo "::group::force file deletion"
+  echo "::group::prechecks"
   check_branch_remote_existing "${NEW_BRANCH}"
 
   check_if_commit_already_in_hist_graceful_exit "${TEMPLATE_REMOTE_GIT_HASH}"