diff --git a/src/pkg/packager/publish.go b/src/pkg/packager/publish.go
index 34c54bd546..34e56b2a9d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/packager/publish.go
+++ b/src/pkg/packager/publish.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/defenseunicorns/pkg/helpers/v2"
 	"github.com/defenseunicorns/pkg/oci"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/config"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/layout"
+	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/logger"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/message"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/packager/creator"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/packager/filters"
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ import (
 
 // Publish publishes the package to a registry
 func (p *Packager) Publish(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
+	l := logger.From(ctx)
+	start := time.Now()
+	l.Debug("start publish")
+
 	_, isOCISource := p.source.(*sources.OCISource)
 	if isOCISource && p.cfg.PublishOpts.SigningKeyPath == "" {
 		// oci --> oci is a special case, where we will use oci.CopyPackage so that we can transfer the package
@@ -123,5 +129,10 @@ func (p *Packager) Publish(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	l.Info("packaged successfully published",
+		"name", p.cfg.Pkg.Metadata.Name,
+		"ref", ref,
+		"duration", time.Since(start),
+	)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/50_oci_publish_deploy_test.go b/src/test/e2e/50_oci_publish_deploy_test.go
index 4c2e250551..921c127deb 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/50_oci_publish_deploy_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/50_oci_publish_deploy_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ func (suite *PublishDeploySuiteTestSuite) Test_0_Publish() {
 	ref := suite.Reference.String()
 	stdOut, stdErr, err := e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "publish", example, "oci://"+ref, "--plain-http")
 	suite.NoError(err, stdOut, stdErr)
-	suite.Contains(stdErr, "Published "+ref)
 
 	// Pull the package via OCI.
 	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "pull", "oci://"+ref+"/helm-charts:0.0.1", "--plain-http")