diff --git a/identity_agent/Cargo.toml b/identity_agent/Cargo.toml
index 9fdb2e3baf..bdf7c69592 100644
--- a/identity_agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
 keywords = ["iota", "tangle", "identity", "p2p", "agent"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
+publish = false
 readme = "./README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs"
 description = "A peer-to-peer communication framework for building SSI agents on IOTA Identity"