diff --git a/scripts/verify_pypi_release.py b/scripts/verify_pypi_release.py
index 2785bbd..15cca9d 100644
--- a/scripts/verify_pypi_release.py
+++ b/scripts/verify_pypi_release.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 MAX_METADATA_BYTES = 4 * 1024 * 1024
 MAX_ARTIFACT_BYTES = 256 * 1024 * 1024
 BUILD_TOOL_IGNORE_FILE = ".gitignore"
+PUBLISH_ATTESTATION_SUFFIX = ".publish.attestation"
 
 
 class ReleaseVerificationError(RuntimeError):
@@ -90,6 +91,12 @@ def _local_artifacts(directory: Path) -> dict[str, Artifact]:
             # distribution and PyPI never sees it. Anything else hidden in
             # dist/ is still refused below.
             continue
+        if path.name.endswith(PUBLISH_ATTESTATION_SUFFIX):
+            # pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish writes `<distribution>.publish.attestation`
+            # beside each file it uploads. The post-publication verification
+            # step runs after that, so the sidecar is expected there; it is
+            # not a distribution and PyPI serves it separately, if at all.
+            continue
         if path.name.endswith(".whl"):
             package_type = "bdist_wheel"
         elif path.name.endswith(".tar.gz"):
diff --git a/tests/test_verify_pypi_release.py b/tests/test_verify_pypi_release.py
index 74db270..307c67c 100644
--- a/tests/test_verify_pypi_release.py
+++ b/tests/test_verify_pypi_release.py
@@ -262,3 +262,14 @@ def test_any_other_hidden_file_in_dist_is_still_refused(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     (directory / ".gitignore").write_bytes(b"*.whl\n")
     with pytest.raises(ReleaseVerificationError, match="unexpected local distribution"):
         verify_pypi_release(directory, VERSION, fetch=_fetch(bodies))
+
+
+def test_publish_attestation_sidecars_are_not_distributions(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    # pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish writes <file>.publish.attestation beside
+    # each uploaded file before the post-publication verification runs.
+    directory, _, bodies = _fixture(tmp_path)
+    for name in list(bodies):
+        filename = name.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+        if filename.endswith((".whl", ".tar.gz")):
+            (directory / f"{filename}.publish.attestation").write_bytes(b"{}")
+    verify_pypi_release(directory, VERSION, fetch=_fetch(bodies))