diff --git a/.github/scripts/publish-crate.sh b/.github/scripts/publish-crate.sh
index 00f1f3db..075cb661 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/publish-crate.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/publish-crate.sh
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ function wait_for_release() {
    local expected_version
    expected_version=$(grep -E '^version' Cargo.toml | grep -oE '[0-9.]+')
 
-   local attempts=0
+   local attempts=1
 
    while [ $attempts -le 15 ]; do
-      echo "Polling crates.io to see if the version has updated"
+      echo "Polling crates.io to see if the version has updated (attempt $attempts)"
       if curl "$url_to_poll" | grep "$expected_version"; then
          return
       fi