diff --git a/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py b/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
index dcc87188f3..097761cf4e 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
@@ -1024,6 +1024,8 @@ class ProcessSubmittedJobOnFarm(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             version = pype.api.get_latest_version(asset, subset)
             if version:
                 version = int(version["name"]) + 1
+            else:
+                version = 1
 
         template_data["subset"] = subset
         template_data["family"] = "render"