diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 237c12f8..b5dcd8da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@
                     <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
                     <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
                     <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
+                    <excludeArtifacts>
+                        <excludeArtifact>serverlessworkflow-examples-events</excludeArtifact>
+                        <excludeArtifact>serverlessworkflow-examples-simpleGet</excludeArtifact>
+                    </excludeArtifacts>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Set properties containing the scm revision -->
@@ -443,14 +447,6 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.source.plugin}</version>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>attach-sources</id>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
                     <configuration>
                         <archive>
                             <index>true</index>
@@ -596,6 +592,20 @@
             <id>release</id>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${version.source.plugin}</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>