diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index b03019b..f9d2364 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -171,9 +171,20 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
           python -m build
-          python -m twine upload --skip-existing \
-            --repository-url "https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/packages/${GITEA_OWNER}/pypi" \
-            dist/*
+          # twine's --skip-existing is refused outright here: it asks the
+          # repository whether it supports the feature and Gitea's PyPI
+          # registry does not advertise it ("UnsupportedConfiguration"). Ask
+          # the simple index instead, the same check-then-publish shape the
+          # npm step uses.
+          INDEX="https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/packages/${GITEA_OWNER}/pypi/simple/pulumi-dokploy/"
+          if curl -sf --user "${GITEA_OWNER}:${TWINE_PASSWORD}" "$INDEX" \
+               | grep -qE "pulumi_dokploy-${VERSION}[-.]"; then
+            echo "pulumi-dokploy ${VERSION} is already published"
+          else
+            python -m twine upload \
+              --repository-url "https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/packages/${GITEA_OWNER}/pypi" \
+              dist/*
+          fi
 
       - name: Publish to the Gitea NuGet registry
         working-directory: pulumi-dokploy/sdk/dotnet