diff --git a/build-plugins/pom.xml b/build-plugins/pom.xml
index 743022dfd62..247c51a3c3e 100644
--- a/build-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/build-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     <artifactId>build-plugins</artifactId>
     <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 
+    <properties>
+        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 0d395bdcdaf..7f7bd8d8cb9 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 
     <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
 
+    <properties>
+        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.morphia.morphia</groupId>