diff --git a/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/collect_editorial_instances.py b/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/collect_editorial_instances.py
index dbf2574a9d..60a8cf48fc 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/collect_editorial_instances.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/collect_editorial_instances.py
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ class CollectInstances(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                     }
                 })
                 for subset, properities in self.subsets.items():
-                    if properities["version"] == 0:
+                    version = properities.get("version")
+                    if version and version == 0:
                         properities.pop("version")
 
                     # adding Review-able instance