diff --git a/bin/wait_for_pip.sh b/bin/wait_for_pip.sh
index c2cba21..1f3d659 100755
--- a/bin/wait_for_pip.sh
+++ b/bin/wait_for_pip.sh
@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@
 VER="$1"
 
 echo "Waiting for runlike version $VER to appear on PyPI..."
-for tries in {1..15}; do
-    echo "Attempt $tries/15..."
+for tries in {1..30}; do
+    echo "Attempt $tries/30..."
     if curl -sf https://pypi.org/pypi/runlike/json | jq -e --arg ver "$VER" '.releases | has($ver)' > /dev/null; then
-        echo "Version $VER found on PyPI!"
-        exit 0
+        echo "Version $VER found in PyPI index, verifying installability..."
+        if pip install --dry-run runlike==$VER >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Version $VER is installable from PyPI!"
+            exit 0
+        else
+            echo "Version $VER found but not yet installable, waiting..."
+        fi
     fi
-    echo "Version $VER not found yet, waiting 5 seconds..."
-    sleep 5
+    echo "Version $VER not ready yet, waiting 10 seconds..."
+    sleep 10
 done
 
-echo "ERROR: Timed out waiting for version $VER to appear on PyPI"
+echo "ERROR: Timed out waiting for version $VER to be available on PyPI"
 exit 1