diff --git a/scripts/dry-run-publish.sh b/scripts/dry-run-publish.sh
index c1026148..f0819455 100755
--- a/scripts/dry-run-publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/dry-run-publish.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 PACKAGES=$(cargo metadata --no-deps --format-version=1 | jq -r '.packages[].name')
+EXCLUDE="rustsat-capi rustsat-pyapi"
 
 for PKG in ${PACKAGES}; do
-  cargo publish -p ${PKG} --dry-run --verbose || exit $1
+  if ! echo ${EXCLUDE} | grep -q -P "( |^)${PKG}( |$)"; then
+    cargo publish -p ${PKG} --dry-run --verbose "$@" || exit $?
+  fi
 done