diff --git a/photon-lib/src/main/java/org/photonvision/SimPhotonCamera.java b/photon-lib/src/main/java/org/photonvision/SimPhotonCamera.java
index d6b84709d4..5d22d0a38c 100644
--- a/photon-lib/src/main/java/org/photonvision/SimPhotonCamera.java
+++ b/photon-lib/src/main/java/org/photonvision/SimPhotonCamera.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 public class SimPhotonCamera {
     NTTopicSet ts = new NTTopicSet();
     PhotonPipelineResult latestResult;
+    private long heartbeatCounter = 0;
+
     /**
      * Constructs a Simulated PhotonCamera from a root table.
      *
@@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ public void submitProcessedFrame(
             ts.targetPoseEntry.set(poseData);
         }
 
+        ts.heartbeatPublisher.set(heartbeatCounter++);
+
         latestResult = newResult;
     }