diff --git a/gremlin-tools/gremlin-socket-server/pom.xml b/gremlin-tools/gremlin-socket-server/pom.xml
index 74b643fef55..f17dbc7de17 100644
--- a/gremlin-tools/gremlin-socket-server/pom.xml
+++ b/gremlin-tools/gremlin-socket-server/pom.xml
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <!-- Overrides the config from the gremlin-tools pom-->
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>false</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>