diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 3d91e2eff..bc8a89a5e 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}/..</main.basedir>
 		<maven.plugin.plugin.version>3.4</maven.plugin.plugin.version>
 		<upload-docs-zip.phase>deploy</upload-docs-zip.phase>
+		<!-- Don't upload docs jar to central / repo.spring.io -->
+		<maven-deploy-plugin-default.phase>none</maven-deploy-plugin-default.phase>
 	</properties>
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>