diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-python-sdk.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-python-sdk.yml
index e729b6f..9ba9f08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-python-sdk.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-python-sdk.yml
@@ -27,12 +27,20 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install setuptools wheel twine build requests packaging
 
-      - name: Check if version is incremented
-        id: check_version
+          - name: Run version check script
+          id: version_check_script
+          run: |
+            VERSION_INCREMENTED=$(python .github/scripts/check_version_has_incremented.py python ./apps/python-sdk/firecrawl firecrawl-py)
+            echo "VERSION_INCREMENTED=$VERSION_INCREMENTED" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+  
+      - name: Debug output of version check
         run: |
-          VERSION_INCREMENTED=$(python .github/scripts/check_version_has_incremented.py python ./apps/python-sdk/firecrawl firecrawl-py)
-          echo "VERSION_INCREMENTED=$VERSION_INCREMENTED" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "Published Version: ${{ env.VERSION_INCREMENTED }}"
+          echo "Output of VERSION_INCREMENTED: '${{ env.VERSION_INCREMENTED }}'"
+  
+      - name: Set published version environment variable
+        if: env.VERSION_INCREMENTED == 'true'
+        run: |
+            echo "Published Version: ${{ env.VERSION_INCREMENTED }}"
 
       - name: Build the package
         if: env.VERSION_INCREMENTED == 'true'