diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/deploy/wasm.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/deploy/wasm.rs
index 58ccac7f5..f793d61bd 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/deploy/wasm.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/deploy/wasm.rs
@@ -288,11 +288,12 @@ impl NetworkRunnable for Cmd {
             return Ok(TxnResult::Txn(txn));
         }
 
-        print.globeln("Submitting deploy transaction…");
         print.log_transaction(&txn, &network, true)?;
+        let signed_txn = &config.sign_with_local_key(*txn).await?;
+        print.globeln("Submitting deploy transaction…");
 
         let get_txn_resp = client
-            .send_transaction_polling(&config.sign_with_local_key(*txn).await?)
+            .send_transaction_polling(signed_txn)
             .await?
             .try_into()?;
 
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/upload.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/upload.rs
index 0a9ec856d..a03d3c6b3 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/upload.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/upload.rs
@@ -192,11 +192,10 @@ impl NetworkRunnable for Cmd {
             return Ok(TxnResult::Txn(txn));
         }
 
-        print.globeln("Submitting install transaction…");
+        let signed_txn = &self.config.sign_with_local_key(*txn).await?;
 
-        let txn_resp = client
-            .send_transaction_polling(&self.config.sign_with_local_key(*txn).await?)
-            .await?;
+        print.globeln("Submitting install transaction…");
+        let txn_resp = client.send_transaction_polling(signed_txn).await?;
 
         if args.map_or(true, |a| !a.no_cache) {
             data::write(txn_resp.clone().try_into().unwrap(), &network.rpc_uri()?)?;