diff --git a/.circleci/release.yml b/.circleci/release.yml
index 245b51f..cbe7c83 100644
--- a/.circleci/release.yml
+++ b/.circleci/release.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ commands:
         type: string
         description: "Crate name on crates.io"
     steps:
+      - run:
+          name: install kdeets
+          command: cargo install kdeets
       - run:
           name: Check crates.io for << parameters.package >>
           command: |
@@ -52,8 +55,9 @@ commands:
 
             USER_AGENT="circleci-toolkit/1.0 (https://github.com/jerus-org/circleci-toolkit)"
 
-            if curl -s -H "User-Agent: ${USER_AGENT}" "https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/<< parameters.package >>/versions" | \
-               jq -e ".versions[] | select(.num == \"${VERSION}\")" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            most_recent_published="$(kdeets crate -br cull-gmail)"
+
+            if [[ ${most_recent_published} == ${VERSION} ]]; then 
               echo "Version ${VERSION} exists on crates.io - will skip publish"
               echo "export SKIP_PUBLISH=true" >> "$BASH_ENV"
             else
diff --git a/PRLOG.md b/PRLOG.md
index 7634dc9..b13744c 100644
--- a/PRLOG.md
+++ b/PRLOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - 👷 ci(circleci)-add release configuration for automated deployment(pr [#154])
 - 👷 ci(circleci)-update release workflow configuration(pr [#155])
 - 👷 ci(circleci)-simplify nextsv version calculation(pr [#156])
+- 👷 ci(circleci)-add kdeets installation step to release workflow(pr [#157])
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -443,6 +444,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#154]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/pull/154
 [#155]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/pull/155
 [#156]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/pull/156
+[#157]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/pull/157
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/compare/v0.0.16...HEAD
 [0.0.16]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/compare/v0.0.15...v0.0.16
 [0.0.15]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/compare/v0.0.14...v0.0.15