diff --git a/Sources/WalletConnectRelay/RelayClient.swift b/Sources/WalletConnectRelay/RelayClient.swift
index 441f40314..24cae47c0 100644
--- a/Sources/WalletConnectRelay/RelayClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/WalletConnectRelay/RelayClient.swift
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public final class RelayClient {
         subscriptionResponsePublisherSubject.eraseToAnyPublisher()
     }
 
+    private let requestAcknowledgePublisherSubject = PassthroughSubject<RPCID?, Never>()
+    private var requestAcknowledgePublisher: AnyPublisher<RPCID?, Never> {
+        requestAcknowledgePublisherSubject.eraseToAnyPublisher()
+    }
+
     private let clientIdStorage: ClientIdStoring
 
     private var dispatcher: Dispatching
@@ -86,13 +91,35 @@ public final class RelayClient {
         try dispatcher.disconnect(closeCode: closeCode)
     }
 
-    /// Completes when networking client sends a request, error if it fails on client side
+    /// Completes with an acknowledgement from the relay network
     public func publish(topic: String, payload: String, tag: Int, prompt: Bool, ttl: Int) async throws {
-        let request = Publish(params: .init(topic: topic, message: payload, ttl: ttl, prompt: prompt, tag: tag))
-            .asRPCRequest()
+        let request = Publish(params: .init(topic: topic, message: payload, ttl: ttl, prompt: prompt, tag: tag)).asRPCRequest()
         let message = try request.asJSONEncodedString()
-        logger.debug("Publishing payload on topic: \(topic)")
+        
+        logger.debug("[Publish] Sending payload on topic: \(topic)")
+
         try await dispatcher.protectedSend(message)
+
+        return try await withUnsafeThrowingContinuation { continuation in
+            var cancellable: AnyCancellable?
+            cancellable = requestAcknowledgePublisher
+                .filter { $0 == request.id }
+                .setFailureType(to: RelayError.self)
+                .timeout(.seconds(10), scheduler: concurrentQueue, customError: { .requestTimeout })
+                .sink(receiveCompletion: { [unowned self] result in
+                    switch result {
+                    case .failure(let error):
+                        cancellable?.cancel()
+                        logger.debug("[Publish] Relay request timeout for topic: \(topic)")
+                        continuation.resume(throwing: error)
+                    case .finished: break
+                    }
+                }, receiveValue: { [unowned self] _ in
+                    cancellable?.cancel()
+                    logger.debug("[Publish] Published payload on topic: \(topic)")
+                    continuation.resume(returning: ())
+                })
+        }
     }
 
     public func subscribe(topic: String) async throws {
@@ -204,7 +231,9 @@ public final class RelayClient {
         } else if let response = tryDecode(RPCResponse.self, from: payload) {
             switch response.outcome {
             case .response(let anyCodable):
-                if let subscriptionId = try? anyCodable.get(String.self) {
+                if let _ = try? anyCodable.get(Bool.self) {
+                    requestAcknowledgePublisherSubject.send(response.id)
+                } else if let subscriptionId = try? anyCodable.get(String.self) {
                     subscriptionResponsePublisherSubject.send((response.id, [subscriptionId]))
                 } else if let subscriptionIds = try? anyCodable.get([String].self) {
                     subscriptionResponsePublisherSubject.send((response.id, subscriptionIds))
diff --git a/Sources/WalletConnectRelay/RelayError.swift b/Sources/WalletConnectRelay/RelayError.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39d725d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/WalletConnectRelay/RelayError.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import Foundation
+
+enum RelayError: Error, LocalizedError {
+    case requestTimeout
+
+    var errorDescription: String? {
+        return localizedDescription
+    }
+
+    var localizedDescription: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .requestTimeout:
+            return "Relay request timeout"
+        }
+    }
+}