diff --git a/actions.yaml b/actions.yaml
index c7a00cb151..89e5766e7b 100644
--- a/actions.yaml
+++ b/actions.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ get-cluster-status:
       default: False
       description: Whether to fetch the cluster or cluster-set status.
         Possible values are False (default) or True.
+    extended:
+      type: integer
+      default: 0
+      description: The extended attribute for cluster-status, the default value 0.
+        Possible values are 0, 1, 2, 3
 
 get-password:
   description: Fetch the system user's password, which is used by charm.
diff --git a/lib/charms/mysql/v0/mysql.py b/lib/charms/mysql/v0/mysql.py
index d80d0b23dc..b8398cd0fd 100644
--- a/lib/charms/mysql/v0/mysql.py
+++ b/lib/charms/mysql/v0/mysql.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def wait_until_mysql_connection(self) -> None:
 # Increment this major API version when introducing breaking changes
 LIBAPI = 0
 
-LIBPATCH = 93
+LIBPATCH = 94
 
 UNIT_TEARDOWN_LOCKNAME = "unit-teardown"
 UNIT_ADD_LOCKNAME = "unit-add"
@@ -597,9 +597,14 @@ def _on_set_password(self, event: ActionEvent) -> None:
 
     def _get_cluster_status(self, event: ActionEvent) -> None:
         """Action used  to retrieve the cluster status."""
+        extended = event.params.get("extended", 0)
+        if not 0 <= extended < 4:
+            event.fail("Extended parameter outside valid range")
+            return
+
         if event.params.get("cluster-set"):
             logger.debug("Getting cluster set status")
-            status = self._mysql.get_cluster_set_status(extended=0)
+            status = self._mysql.get_cluster_set_status(extended=extended)
         else:
             logger.debug("Getting cluster status")
             status = self._mysql.get_cluster_status()
@@ -2378,7 +2383,7 @@ def instance_belongs_to_cluster(self, unit_label: str) -> bool:
         retry=retry_if_exception_type(TimeoutError),
     )
     def get_cluster_status(
-        self, from_instance: str | None = None, extended: bool | None = False
+        self, from_instance: str | None = None, extended: int | None = 0
     ) -> dict | None:
         """Get the cluster status dictionary."""
         options = {"extended": extended}
diff --git a/src/upgrade.py b/src/upgrade.py
index b5e7fccbac..1df6992bbb 100644
--- a/src/upgrade.py
+++ b/src/upgrade.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def _online_instances(status_dict: dict) -> int:
                 if not item.get("instanceerrors", [])
             ].count("online")
 
-        if cluster_status := self.charm._mysql.get_cluster_status(extended=True):
+        if cluster_status := self.charm._mysql.get_cluster_status(extended=1):
             if _online_instances(cluster_status) < self.charm.app.planned_units():
                 # case any not fully online unit is found
                 raise ClusterNotReadyError(
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_mysql.py b/tests/unit/test_mysql.py
index d7c0f18495..bf10794ab7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_mysql.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_mysql.py
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ def test_get_cluster_status(self, _run_mysqlsh_script):
         self.mysql.get_cluster_status()
         expected_commands = "\n".join((
             "cluster = dba.get_cluster('test_cluster')",
-            "print(cluster.status({'extended': False}))",
+            "print(cluster.status({'extended': 0}))",
         ))
         _run_mysqlsh_script.assert_called_once_with(
             expected_commands,