diff --git a/openpype/tools/publisher/control.py b/openpype/tools/publisher/control.py
index 615f3eb8d9c..50a814de5c1 100644
--- a/openpype/tools/publisher/control.py
+++ b/openpype/tools/publisher/control.py
@@ -788,6 +788,10 @@ def __str__(self):
     def __eq__(self, other):
         return self.name == str(other)
 
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        # This is implemented only because of Python 2
+        return not self == other
+
 
 class CreatorTypes:
     base = CreatorType("base")