diff --git a/choose/command.go b/choose/command.go
index 92a57526d..285eb16d8 100644
--- a/choose/command.go
+++ b/choose/command.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package choose
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"os"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
@@ -33,8 +34,25 @@ func (o Options) Run() error {
 		o.Options = strings.Split(input, o.InputDelimiter)
 	}
 
+	// normalize options into a map
+	options := map[string]string{}
+	for _, opt := range o.Options {
+		if o.LabelDelimiter == "" {
+			options[opt] = opt
+			continue
+		}
+		label, value, ok := strings.Cut(opt, o.LabelDelimiter)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid option format: %q", opt)
+		}
+		options[label] = value
+	}
+	if o.LabelDelimiter != "" {
+		o.Options = slices.Collect(maps.Keys(options))
+	}
+
 	if o.SelectIfOne && len(o.Options) == 1 {
-		fmt.Println(o.Options[0])
+		fmt.Println(options[o.Options[0]])
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -149,7 +167,7 @@ func (o Options) Run() error {
 	var out []string
 	for _, item := range m.items {
 		if item.selected {
-			out = append(out, item.text)
+			out = append(out, options[item.text])
 		}
 	}
 	tty.Println(strings.Join(out, o.OutputDelimiter))
diff --git a/choose/options.go b/choose/options.go
index 4777ef0a7..0f21a4352 100644
--- a/choose/options.go
+++ b/choose/options.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	SelectIfOne      bool          `help:"Select the given option if there is only one" group:"Selection"`
 	InputDelimiter   string        `help:"Option delimiter when reading from STDIN" default:"\n" env:"GUM_CHOOSE_INPUT_DELIMITER"`
 	OutputDelimiter  string        `help:"Option delimiter when writing to STDOUT" default:"\n" env:"GUM_CHOOSE_OUTPUT_DELIMITER"`
+	LabelDelimiter   string        `help:"Allows to set a delimiter, so options can be set as label:value" default:"" env:"GUM_CHOOSE_LABEL_DELIMITER"`
 
 	CursorStyle       style.Styles `embed:"" prefix:"cursor." set:"defaultForeground=212" envprefix:"GUM_CHOOSE_CURSOR_"`
 	HeaderStyle       style.Styles `embed:"" prefix:"header." set:"defaultForeground=99" envprefix:"GUM_CHOOSE_HEADER_"`
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dc913fdf8..9614f9379 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/charmbracelet/gum
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.1