diff --git a/bin/release.sh b/bin/release.sh
index 49469a7f..92926003 100755
--- a/bin/release.sh
+++ b/bin/release.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ pypi_release_json() {
         "https://pypi.org/pypi/${PYPI_PACKAGE}/$1/json?cache_bust=$(date +%s)-${RANDOM}"
 }
 
+pypi_wait_for_release() {
+    local version="$1"
+    pypi_release_json "${version}" >/dev/null
+    for _ in {1..30}; do
+        "$CURL_BINARY" -fsSL -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0' -H 'Pragma: no-cache' \
+            "https://pypi.org/simple/${PYPI_PACKAGE}/?cache_bust=$(date +%s)-${RANDOM}" | \
+            grep -Fq ">archivebox-${version}-py3-none-any.whl<" && return
+        sleep 2
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
 VERSION="$($UV_BINARY run --no-cache --no-project python - <<'PY'
 from pathlib import Path
 import json
@@ -296,7 +308,7 @@ if [[ "$PYPI_STATE" != complete ]]; then
     done
     [[ "${#PYPI_ARTIFACTS[@]}" -gt 0 ]]
     $UV_BINARY publish --no-cache --trusted-publishing always "${PYPI_ARTIFACTS[@]}"
-    pypi_release_json "$VERSION" >/dev/null
+    pypi_wait_for_release "$VERSION"
 fi
 
 if [[ "$IS_RC" == true ]]; then