diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/pom.xml
index e0c094b9..a1d039ca 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/pom.xml
@@ -22,4 +22,16 @@
 		<module>kubernetes-zipkin-example</module>
 	</modules>
 
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-deploy-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<skip>true</skip>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
 </project>