diff --git a/ant/pom.xml b/ant/pom.xml
index 3c43d31822..731603c061 100644
--- a/ant/pom.xml
+++ b/ant/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 	<description>Hibernate Tools Ant Tasks</description>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+	<properties>
+		<!-- This is a publicly distributed module that should be published: -->
+		<deploy.skip>false</deploy.skip>
+	</properties>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
diff --git a/jbt/pom.xml b/jbt/pom.xml
index d2fa37d3be..9c83ce3320 100644
--- a/jbt/pom.xml
+++ b/jbt/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 	<name>Hibernate Tools ORM - JBoss Tools Adapter</name>
 	<description>Hibernate Tools ORM - JBoss Tools Adapter</description>
 
+	<properties>
+		<!-- This is a publicly distributed module that should be published: -->
+		<deploy.skip>false</deploy.skip>
+	</properties>
+
 	<dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
diff --git a/maven/pom.xml b/maven/pom.xml
index ce3b868f4b..33b6ade59e 100644
--- a/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
   </prerequisites>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
+    <!-- This is a publicly distributed module that should be published: -->
+    <deploy.skip>false</deploy.skip>
     <maven.install.skip>false</maven.install.skip>
 
     <maven-plugin-annotations.version>3.5</maven-plugin-annotations.version>
diff --git a/orm/pom.xml b/orm/pom.xml
index 7dfd6ba8d4..d479789482 100644
--- a/orm/pom.xml
+++ b/orm/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 	<name>Hibernate Tools ORM</name>
 	<description>Hibernate Tools ORM</description>
 
+	<properties>
+		<!-- This is a publicly distributed module that should be published: -->
+		<deploy.skip>false</deploy.skip>
+	</properties>
+
 	<dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
diff --git a/utils/pom.xml b/utils/pom.xml
index 72d0c7d215..4ebf179acf 100644
--- a/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 	<description>Hibernate Tools Common Utilities</description>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+	<properties>
+		<!-- This is a publicly distributed module that should be published: -->
+		<deploy.skip>false</deploy.skip>
+	</properties>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>