diff --git a/src/verify.ts b/src/verify.ts
index 3f6578d8..0ce9ccc7 100644
--- a/src/verify.ts
+++ b/src/verify.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ const SRError = require("@semantic-release/error");
 
 export const verify = async (pluginConfig: Config & UserConfig, _context: Context): Promise<void> => {
   const errors: Error[] = [];
-  for (const envVar of ["NUGET_TOKEN"]) {
-    if (!process.env[envVar]) {
-      errors.push(new Error(`Environment variable ${envVar} is not set.`));
-    }
+  if (!pluginConfig.skipPublishToNuget && !process.env["NUGET_TOKEN"]) {
+    errors.push(new Error("Environment variable NUGET_TOKEN is not set."));
   }
 
   if (pluginConfig.publishToGitLab) {
diff --git a/test/verify.test.ts b/test/verify.test.ts
index 39c7e9ff..e8f21249 100644
--- a/test/verify.test.ts
+++ b/test/verify.test.ts
@@ -143,4 +143,18 @@ describe("verify", () => {
     expect(actualErr).toBeDefined();
     expect(actualErr?.details).toBe("Unable to find dotnet executable in dotnet");
   });
+
+  it("should not complain about missing NUGET_TOKEN when skipPublishToNuget is true", async () => {
+    delete process.env.NUGET_TOKEN;
+    process.env.CI_SERVER_URL = "gitlab.com";
+    process.env.CI_PROJECT_ID = "132";
+    process.env.CI_JOB_TOKEN = "a3lhjli";
+
+    const promise = verify(
+      { projectPath: "test/fixture/some.csproj", skipPublishToNuget: true, publishToGitLab: true } as UserConfig,
+      context,
+    );
+
+    await expect(promise).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
 });