diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index a4be3ad59..5d751d65e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 🚀 nuget
         env:
           NUGET_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NUGET_API_KEY }}
-        if: env.NUGET_API_KEY != ''
+        if: ${{ env.NUGET_API_KEY != '' && !github.event.release.draft }}
         run: dotnet nuget push ./bin/**/*.nupkg -s https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -k ${{secrets.NUGET_API_KEY}} --skip-duplicate
 
       - name: 🚀 sleet