diff --git a/libs/arcade-mcp-server/arcade_mcp_server/usage/server_tracker.py b/libs/arcade-mcp-server/arcade_mcp_server/usage/server_tracker.py
index 610c23e2..99a896a0 100644
--- a/libs/arcade-mcp-server/arcade_mcp_server/usage/server_tracker.py
+++ b/libs/arcade-mcp-server/arcade_mcp_server/usage/server_tracker.py
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ class ServerTracker:
         self.usage_service.capture(
             EVENT_MCP_SERVER_STARTED, self.user_id, properties=properties, is_anon=is_anon
         )
+        # TODO: Use background thread instead of subprocess to capture server start events.
+        # Using a subprocess for server starts is not ideal because the parent immediately enters `uvicorn.run()`
+        # for http and `asyncio.run()` for stdio which is blocking and prevents the subprocess from starting.
+        # Therefore we add a small delay to ensure the subprocess has started.
+
+        # Assumes that the process creation takes  max ~50ms and Python startup takes max ~100ms.
+        time.sleep(0.15)
 
     def track_tool_call(
         self,
diff --git a/libs/arcade-mcp-server/pyproject.toml b/libs/arcade-mcp-server/pyproject.toml
index c7d05b8d..6e38eaa5 100644
--- a/libs/arcade-mcp-server/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/arcade-mcp-server/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "arcade-mcp-server"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.7.3"
 description = "Model Context Protocol (MCP) server framework for Arcade.dev"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "Arcade.dev" }]