diff --git a/build/scripts/publish_resourcepack_release.py b/build/scripts/publish_resourcepack_release.py
index 4be26c2..3855c57 100644
--- a/build/scripts/publish_resourcepack_release.py
+++ b/build/scripts/publish_resourcepack_release.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import argparse
 import json
 import os
+import sys
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
@@ -11,6 +12,13 @@ import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
+REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 30
+
+
+def log(message: str) -> None:
+    print(message, file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
+
+
 def zip_resourcepack(resourcepack_root: Path, archive_path: Path) -> None:
     archive_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
@@ -24,7 +32,7 @@ def zip_resourcepack(resourcepack_root: Path, archive_path: Path) -> None:
 
 
 def request_json(request: urllib.request.Request) -> dict[str, object]:
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(request) as response:
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) as response:
         return json.load(response)
 
 
@@ -97,13 +105,16 @@ def main() -> int:
     release_body = args.body or f"Automated resource pack release for {args.tag}."
     asset_name = f"resourcepack-{args.tag}.zip"
 
+    log(f"Packaging resource pack from {resourcepack_root}")
     zip_resourcepack(resourcepack_root, archive_path)
+    log(f"Creating release {args.tag} at {api_base}")
     release = create_release(api_base, repository, token, args.tag, release_name, release_body)
 
     release_id = release.get("id")
     if not isinstance(release_id, int):
         raise SystemExit("Release creation did not return a numeric release id")
 
+    log(f"Uploading {asset_name} to release {release_id}")
     upload_asset(api_base, repository, token, release_id, archive_path, asset_name)
     return 0