diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 03f7a43e2..0cf03a803 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ See [action.yml](./action.yml) for more detail.
 | disable-retry             | Disabled retry/backoff logic for assume role calls. By default, retries are enabled.              |    No    |
 | retry-max-attempts        | Limits the number of retry attempts before giving up. Defaults to 12.                             |    No    |
 | special-characters-workaround | Uncommonly, some environments cannot tolerate special characters in a secret key. This option will retry fetching credentials until the secret access key does not contain special characters. This option overrides disable-retry and retry-max-attempts. | No |
+| allowed-account-ids       | You may define a comma-separated list of allowed account IDs to configure credentials for. This is to prevent accidentally deploying to the wrong environment. | No |
 
 #### Credential Lifetime
 The default session duration is **1 hour**.
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 7e98591a9..feb31e105 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ inputs:
   special-characters-workaround:
     description: Some environments do not support special characters in AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY. This option will retry fetching credentials until the secret access key does not contain special characters. This option overrides disable-retry and retry-max-attempts. This option is disabled by default
     required: false
+  allowed-account-ids:
+    description: Comma-separated list of allowed AWS account IDs to prevent accidentally deploying to the wrong environment.
+    required: false
 outputs:
   aws-account-id:
     description: The AWS account ID for the provided credentials
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 46272e019..5bf8225cc 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 const DEFAULT_ROLE_DURATION = 3600; // One hour (seconds)
 const ROLE_SESSION_NAME = 'GitHubActions';
 const REGION_REGEX = /^[a-z0-9-]+$/g;
+const ACCOUNT_ID_LIST_REGEX = /^\d{12}(,\s?\d{12})*$/;
 
 export async function run() {
   try {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export async function run() {
     const specialCharacterWorkaroundInput =
       core.getInput('special-characters-workaround', { required: false }) || 'false';
     const specialCharacterWorkaround = specialCharacterWorkaroundInput.toLowerCase() === 'true';
+    const allowedAccountIds = core.getInput('allowed-account-ids', { required: false });
     let maxRetries = Number.parseInt(core.getInput('retry-max-attempts', { required: false })) || 12;
     switch (true) {
       case specialCharacterWorkaround:
@@ -111,9 +113,18 @@ export async function run() {
     }
     exportRegion(region);
 
+    //validate the provided allowed account ID list
+    if (allowedAccountIds && !allowedAccountIds.match(ACCOUNT_ID_LIST_REGEX)) {
+      let errorMessage = 'Allowed account ID list is not valid; it must be a comma-separated list of 12-digit IDs';
+      if (!maskAccountId) {
+        errorMessage += `: ${allowedAccountIds}`;
+      }
+      throw new Error(errorMessage);
+    }
+
     // Instantiate credentials client
     const credentialsClient = new CredentialsClient({ region, proxyServer });
-    let sourceAccountId: string;
+    let sourceAccountId: string | undefined = undefined;
     let webIdentityToken: string;
 
     // If OIDC is being used, generate token
@@ -190,6 +201,20 @@ export async function run() {
     } else {
       core.info('Proceeding with IAM user credentials');
     }
+
+    if (allowedAccountIds) {
+      const accountIdList = allowedAccountIds.split(',').map((id) => id.trim());
+      if (sourceAccountId === undefined) {
+        sourceAccountId = await exportAccountId(credentialsClient, maskAccountId);
+      }
+      if (!accountIdList.includes(sourceAccountId)) {
+        let errorMessage = "Account ID of the provided credentials is not in 'allowed-account-ids'";
+        if (!maskAccountId) {
+          errorMessage += `: ${sourceAccountId}`;
+        }
+        throw new Error(errorMessage);
+      }
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     core.setFailed(errorMessage(error));
 
diff --git a/test/index.test.ts b/test/index.test.ts
index e65b5071f..d3747290a 100644
--- a/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/index.test.ts
@@ -300,4 +300,37 @@ describe('Configure AWS Credentials', {}, () => {
       expect(core.setFailed).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('Allowed-id-list', {}, () => {
+    it('denies accounts not defined in allow-account-ids', async () => {
+      vi.spyOn(core, 'getInput').mockImplementation(mocks.getInput({ ...mocks.IAM_USER_INPUTS, 'allowed-account-ids': '000000000000'}));
+      mockedSTSClient.on(GetCallerIdentityCommand).resolvesOnce({ ...mocks.outputs.GET_CALLER_IDENTITY });
+      // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: any required to mock private method
+      vi.spyOn(CredentialsClient.prototype as any, 'loadCredentials').mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        accessKeyId: 'MYAWSACCESSKEYID',
+      });
+      await run();
+      expect(core.setFailed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`Account ID of the provided credentials is not in 'allowed-account-ids': 111111111111`);
+    })
+    it('allows accounts defined in allow-account-ids', async () => {
+      vi.spyOn(core, 'getInput').mockImplementation(mocks.getInput({ ...mocks.IAM_USER_INPUTS, 'allowed-account-ids': '111111111111'}));
+      mockedSTSClient.on(GetCallerIdentityCommand).resolvesOnce({ ...mocks.outputs.GET_CALLER_IDENTITY });
+      // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: any required to mock private method
+      vi.spyOn(CredentialsClient.prototype as any, 'loadCredentials').mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        accessKeyId: 'MYAWSACCESSKEYID',
+      });
+      await run();
+    })
+    it('throws if account id list is invalid', async () => {
+      vi.spyOn(core, 'getInput').mockImplementation(mocks.getInput({ ...mocks.IAM_USER_INPUTS, 'allowed-account-ids': '0'}));
+      mockedSTSClient.on(GetCallerIdentityCommand).resolvesOnce({ ...mocks.outputs.GET_CALLER_IDENTITY });
+      // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: any required to mock private method
+      vi.spyOn(CredentialsClient.prototype as any, 'loadCredentials').mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        accessKeyId: 'MYAWSACCESSKEYID',
+      });
+      await run();
+      expect(core.setFailed).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Allowed account ID list is not valid; it must be a comma-separated list of 12-digit IDs: 0');
+    })
+  });
+
 });