diff --git a/.github/workflows/PublishModuleToPowerShellGallery.yaml b/.github/workflows/PublishModuleToPowerShellGallery.yaml
index df7c81f..9e83099 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/PublishModuleToPowerShellGallery.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PublishModuleToPowerShellGallery.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check if PSGallery Version Exists
         id: check_psgallery
-        if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        # Run regardless of whether the GitHub release exists, so a release that was
+        # created but never published can still be recovered (see Publish gating below).
+        if: steps.template_guard.outputs.is_template == 'false'
         shell: pwsh
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           }
 
       - name: Bootstrap
-        if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false' || steps.check_psgallery.outputs.exists == 'false'
         shell: pwsh
         run: ./build.ps1 -Task Init -Bootstrap
 
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
           }
 
       - name: Publish to PSGallery
-        if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false' && steps.check_psgallery.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        if: steps.check_psgallery.outputs.exists == 'false'
         shell: pwsh
         env:
           PSGALLERY_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.PSGALLERY_API_KEY }}