diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-action.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-action.yaml
index 78bc09a..cf8be70 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-action.yaml
@@ -134,3 +134,38 @@ jobs:
       env:
         BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
       run: ct install --chart-dirs=testdata --target-branch ${BRANCH_NAME}
+
+  test_ct_action_noverify:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read # Clone the repository
+
+    name: Install chart-testing without verifying blob and test presence in path
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+    - name: Install chart-testing
+      uses: $/./
+      with:
+        verify_blob: 'false'
+    - name: Check install!
+      run: |
+        ct version
+        CT_VERSION_OUTPUT=$(ct version 2>&1 /dev/null)
+        ACTUAL_VERSION=$(echo "$CT_VERSION_OUTPUT" | grep Version | rev | cut -d ' ' -f1 | rev)
+        if [[ $ACTUAL_VERSION != 'v3.14.0' ]]; then
+          echo 'should be v3.14.0'
+          exit 1
+        else
+          exit 0
+        fi
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Check root directory
+      run: |
+        if [[ $(git diff --stat) != '' ]]; then
+          echo 'should be clean'
+          exit 1
+        else
+          exit 0
+        fi
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 6544cdf..40e8fe1 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ branding:
   color: blue
   icon: anchor
 inputs:
+  verify_blob:
+    description: "determines whether the download blob should be verified (default: true)"
+    required: false
+    default: 'true'
   version:
     description: "The chart-testing version to install"
     required: false
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
     - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@6f9f17788090df1f26f669e9d70d6ae9567deba6 # v4.1.2
+      if: ${{ inputs.verify_blob != 'false' }}
     - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@bec219d24cd3e171d82865faccec33120bb574f4 # v10.1.0
       with:
         version: ${{ inputs.uv_version }}
@@ -36,11 +41,13 @@ runs:
     - run: |
         cd "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH" \
         && ./ct.sh \
+            --verify-blob "$VERIFY_BLOB" \
             --version "$CHART_TESTING_VERSION" \
             --yamllint-version "$YAMLLINT_VERSION" \
             --yamale-version "$YAMALE_VERSION"
       shell: bash
       env:
+        VERIFY_BLOB: ${{ inputs.verify_blob }}
         CHART_TESTING_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
         YAMLLINT_VERSION: ${{ inputs.yamllint_version }}
         YAMALE_VERSION: ${{ inputs.yamale_version }}
diff --git a/ct.sh b/ct.sh
index a616dcb..0d954a0 100755
--- a/ct.sh
+++ b/ct.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 DEFAULT_CHART_TESTING_VERSION=3.14.0
+DEFAULT_VERIFY_BLOB=true
 DEFAULT_YAMLLINT_VERSION=1.33.0
 DEFAULT_YAMALE_VERSION=6.0.0
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ EOF
 
 main() {
     local version="${DEFAULT_CHART_TESTING_VERSION}"
+    local verify_blob="${DEFAULT_VERIFY_BLOB}"
     local yamllint_version="${DEFAULT_YAMLLINT_VERSION}"
     local yamale_version="${DEFAULT_YAMALE_VERSION}"
 
@@ -62,6 +64,16 @@ parse_command_line() {
                 show_help
                 exit
                 ;;
+            --verify-blob)
+                if [[ -n "${2:-}" ]]; then
+                    verify_blob="${2#v}"
+                    shift
+                else
+                    echo "ERROR: '--verify-blob' cannot be empty." >&2
+                    show_help
+                    exit 1
+                fi
+                ;;
             -v|--version)
                 if [[ -n "${2:-}" ]]; then
                     version="${2#v}"
@@ -140,11 +152,15 @@ install_chart_testing() {
           exit 1
         fi
 
-        if ! cosign verify-blob --certificate "${ct_cert}" --signature "${ct_sig}" \
-          --certificate-identity "https://github.com/helm/chart-testing/.github/workflows/release.yaml@refs/heads/main" \
-          --certificate-oidc-issuer "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com" "${staging_dir}/ct.tar.gz"; then
-          echo "ERROR: Unable to validate chart-testing version: v${version}" >&2
-          exit 1
+        if [[ "${verify_blob}" != "false" ]]; then
+            if ! cosign verify-blob --certificate "${ct_cert}" --signature "${ct_sig}" \
+              --certificate-identity "https://github.com/helm/chart-testing/.github/workflows/release.yaml@refs/heads/main" \
+              --certificate-oidc-issuer "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com" "${staging_dir}/ct.tar.gz"; then
+              echo "ERROR: Unable to validate chart-testing version: v${version}" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "Skipping blob verification..."
         fi
 
         mkdir -p "${staging_dir}/extracted"