diff --git a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_ouput_node.py b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_ouput_node.py
index eb9bc0b429..6067e6cf6b 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_ouput_node.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_ouput_node.py
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ class CreateOutputNode(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
     def process(self, context):
         # capture selection state
         with maintained_selection():
-            active_node = [node for inst in context
-                           for node in inst
-                           if "ak:family" in node.knobs()]
+
+            active_node = [
+                inst.data.get("transientData", {}).get("node")
+                for inst in context
+                if inst.data.get("transientData", {}).get("node")
+            ]
 
             if active_node:
                 self.log.info(active_node)