diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-grpc-cloudevent/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-grpc-cloudevent/pom.xml
index a97b19e83..39715f0aa 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-grpc-cloudevent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-grpc-cloudevent/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-function-grpc-cloudevent-ext</artifactId>
-<!--  			<version>3.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version> -->
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<dependency>
@@ -74,6 +73,13 @@
 		    </extension>
 		</extensions>
 		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<skip>true</skip>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 		      <groupId>org.xolstice.maven.plugins</groupId>
 		      <artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>