diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/poll-upstream.yml b/.gitea/workflows/poll-upstream.yml
index 8b16457..0a82f17 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/poll-upstream.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/poll-upstream.yml
@@ -31,22 +31,44 @@ jobs:
           for target in "43:cuda13"; do
             fedora_version="${target%%:*}"
             flavour="${target##*:}"
-            url="https://rpm.lair.cafe/fedora/${fedora_version}/x86_64/mistralrs-server-${flavour}-${version}-1.fc${fedora_version}.x86_64.rpm"
+            base_url="https://rpm.lair.cafe/fedora/${fedora_version}/x86_64"
+            rpm_name="mistralrs-server-${flavour}-${version}-1.fc${fedora_version}.x86_64.rpm"
+
+            # check that the rpm file exists
             http_code=$(curl \
                 --silent \
                 --write-out "%{http_code}" \
                 --output /dev/null \
                 --head \
-                --url "${url}")
-            if [ "${http_code}" = "200" ]; then
-              echo "found: ${url}"
-            elif [ "${http_code}" = "404" ]; then
-              echo "missing: ${url}"
+                --url "${base_url}/${rpm_name}")
+            if [ "${http_code}" = "404" ]; then
+              echo "missing: ${base_url}/${rpm_name}"
               needs_build=true
-            else
-              echo "unexpected HTTP ${http_code} for ${url}"
+              continue
+            elif [ "${http_code}" != "200" ]; then
+              echo "unexpected HTTP ${http_code} for ${base_url}/${rpm_name}"
               exit 1
             fi
+            echo "found: ${base_url}/${rpm_name}"
+
+            # check that the repo index references this package
+            if ! curl --silent --fail "${base_url}/repodata/repomd.xml" \
+                | grep --quiet 'primary'; then
+              echo "missing or invalid repomd.xml at ${base_url}/repodata/"
+              needs_build=true
+              continue
+            fi
+            if ! dnf repoquery \
+                --repofrompath=check,"${base_url}" \
+                --repo=check \
+                --quiet \
+                "mistralrs-server-${flavour}-${version}" 2>&1 \
+                | grep --quiet "mistralrs-server-${flavour}"; then
+              echo "repo index missing: mistralrs-server-${flavour}-${version} not in ${base_url}/repodata/"
+              needs_build=true
+              continue
+            fi
+            echo "indexed: mistralrs-server-${flavour}-${version} in ${base_url}/repodata/"
           done
           echo "already_built=$( [ "${needs_build}" = "true" ] && echo false || echo true )" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env: