diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-rust.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-rust.yml
index 5ba30929..6cd88729 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-rust.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: cargo test --workspace
 
+      - name: Dry-run publish every crate
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          for crate in ahp-types ahp ahp-ws; do
+            echo "::group::cargo publish -p $crate --dry-run"
+            cargo publish -p "$crate" --dry-run
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+          done
+
 
   publish:
     needs: validate
diff --git a/clients/rust/crates/ahp-ws/Cargo.toml b/clients/rust/crates/ahp-ws/Cargo.toml
index f1037d20..1635b0b3 100644
--- a/clients/rust/crates/ahp-ws/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/rust/crates/ahp-ws/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 homepage = "https://microsoft.github.io/agent-host-protocol/"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/ahp-ws"
 keywords = ["ahp", "agent", "websocket", "transport", "tokio"]
-categories = ["api-bindings", "asynchronous", "network-programming::websocket"]
+categories = ["api-bindings", "asynchronous", "network-programming"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true