diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml
index 7cad09c..b3044d1 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,21 @@ jobs:
           apt-get update -y
           apt-get install -y wget tar jq # Install necessary components
           ldd --version
+          
+          # If a Hugo version is provided in the secrets, use this
+          # else latest will be used
+          if [ -n "${{ secrets.HUGO_VERSION }}" ]; then
+            HUGO_VERSION="${{ secrets.HUGO_VERSION }}"
+            echo "Using Hugo version from secret: $HUGO_VERSION"
+          else
           # Use the GitHub API to get information about the latest release, then use jq to find out the tag name
-          latest=$(wget -qO- https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
-          echo "Latest Hugo version: $latest"
-          # Use ${latest#v} to strip the v from v1.0.0
+            HUGO_VERSION=$(wget -qO- https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+            echo "Using latest Hugo version: $HUGO_VERSION"
+          fi
+          
+          # Use ${HUGO_VERSION#v} to strip the v from v1.0.0
           # See "Substring Removal" in https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/string-manipulation.html
-          wget -O hugo.tar.gz "https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/${latest}/hugo_extended_${latest#v}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz"
+          wget -O hugo.tar.gz "https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/${HUGO_VERSION}/hugo_extended_${HUGO_VERSION#v}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz"
           tar -xzf hugo.tar.gz hugo
           mv hugo /usr/local/bin/hugo
           chmod +x /usr/local/bin/hugo