diff --git a/log4j-api-kotlin-benchmark/pom.xml b/log4j-api-kotlin-benchmark/pom.xml
index 399fe71..ba0bb26 100644
--- a/log4j-api-kotlin-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-api-kotlin-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   <artifactId>log4j-api-kotlin-benchmark</artifactId>
 
   <properties>
+    <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
     <spotbugs.skip>true</spotbugs.skip>
     <jmh.generator>default</jmh.generator>
     <uberjar.name>benchmarks</uberjar.name>
diff --git a/log4j-api-kotlin-sample/pom.xml b/log4j-api-kotlin-sample/pom.xml
index 763c06f..1c120c1 100644
--- a/log4j-api-kotlin-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-api-kotlin-sample/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
   <name>Apache Log4j Kotlin API samples</name>
   <description>Sample usage of the Log4j Kotlin API</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/changelog/1.3.0/skip-deploy.xml b/src/changelog/1.3.0/skip-deploy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b0e5f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/1.3.0/skip-deploy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<entry xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.1.xsd"
+       type="changed">
+  <author id="github:vy"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Skipped deploying `log4j-api-kotlin-benchmark` and `log4j-api-kotlin-sample` modules</description>
+</entry>
diff --git a/src/site/_release-notes/_1.3.0.adoc b/src/site/_release-notes/_1.3.0.adoc
index cb854c8..65aff6f 100644
--- a/src/site/_release-notes/_1.3.0.adoc
+++ b/src/site/_release-notes/_1.3.0.adoc
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@
 * Renamed OSGi `Bundle-SymbolicName` from `org.apache.logging.log4j.kotlin` to `org.apache.logging.log4j.api.kotlin`
 * Migrated tests to JUnit 5
 * Bumped Kotlin and Kotlin Extensions baseline to `1.6.21` and `1.6.4` respectively
+* Skipped deploying `log4j-api-kotlin-benchmark` and `log4j-api-kotlin-sample` modules