diff --git a/scripts/publish.sh b/scripts/publish.sh
index 96c1cb3a6..27028ac21 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ fi
 # this should really more to cosmwasm...
 STORAGE_PACKAGES="storage-macro storage-plus"
 # these are imported by other packages
-BASE_PACKAGES="utils"
-ALL_PACKAGES="controllers cw1 cw2 cw3 cw4 cw20 cw1155 multi-test"
+BASE_PACKAGES="cw2"
+UTILS_PACKAGES="utils"
+ALL_PACKAGES="controllers cw1 cw3 cw4 cw20 cw1155 multi-test"
 
 # This is imported by cw3-fixed-multisig, which is imported by cw3-flex-multisig
 # need to make a separate category to remove race conditions
@@ -52,6 +53,18 @@ done
 echo "Waiting for publishing base packages"
 sleep $SLEEP_TIME
 
+for pack in $UTILS_PACKAGES; do
+  (
+    cd "packages/$pack"
+    echo "Publishing $pack"
+    cargo publish
+  )
+done
+
+# wait for these to be processed on crates.io
+echo "Waiting for publishing utils packages"
+sleep $SLEEP_TIME
+
 for pack in $ALL_PACKAGES; do
   (
     cd "packages/$pack"