diff --git a/.github/workflows/action-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/action-ci.yml
index 88e1932..672bccd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action-ci.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./
         with:
           help: "True"
-          format: "Text"
-          output: "inspectcode.txt"
+          format: "Sarif"
+          output: "inspectcode.sarif.json"
+          upload-sarif: "false"
 
       - name: Validate action outputs
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          test "${{ steps.inspectcode.outputs.report-file }}" = "inspectcode.txt"
-          test "${{ steps.inspectcode.outputs.report-format }}" = "Text"
+          test "${{ steps.inspectcode.outputs.report-file }}" = "inspectcode.sarif.json"
+          test "${{ steps.inspectcode.outputs.report-format }}" = "Sarif"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb2ac2e..18aff8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,11 +31,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: JetBrains/ReSharper-InspectCode@v0.13
         with:
           solution: ./YourSolution.sln
+          upload-sarif: false
 
     permissions:
       security-events: write
 ```
 
+When `upload-sarif: false` is used, `security-events: write` permission is not required.
+
 ## Configuration
 
 Use [`with`](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepswith) to define any action parameters:
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ You can use GitHub Workflow editor to get a list of all supported inputs with de
 |`settings`               |Path to the file to use custom settings from (default: Use R#'s solution shared settings if exists)                                                                                       |                  |
 |`output`                 |Write inspections report to specified file                                                                                                                                                |results.sarif.json|
 |`format`                 |Write inspections report in specified format [Xml, Html, Text, Sarif]                                                                                                                     |Sarif             |
+|`upload-sarif`           |Upload SARIF report to GitHub code scanning (`true`/`false`)                                                                                                                              |true              |
 |`jobs`                   |Run up to N jobs in parallel. 0 means as many as possible                                                                                                                                 |0                 |
 |`absolute-paths`         |Use absolute paths in inspections report                                                                                                                                                  |False             |
 |`no-swea`                |Force disable solution-wide analysis                                                                                                                                                      |False             |
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index c27b834..7302f44 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ inputs:
   format:
     description: Write inspections report in specified format [Xml, Html, Text, Sarif]
     default: "Sarif"
+  upload-sarif:
+    description: Upload SARIF report to GitHub code scanning
+    default: "true"
   jobs:
     description: Run up to N jobs in parallel. 0 means as many as possible
     default: "0"
@@ -168,7 +171,7 @@ runs:
       "report-file=${{ inputs.output }}" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
       "report-format=${{ inputs.format }}" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
   - name: Upload SARIF file
-    if: inputs.format == 'Sarif'
+    if: inputs.format == 'Sarif' && inputs.upload-sarif == 'true'
     uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@95e58e9a2cdfd71adc6e0353d5c52f41a045d225 # v4
     with:
       sarif_file: ${{ inputs.output }}