diff --git a/bench/package.json b/bench/package.json
index 190a24c6..370fc34c 100644
--- a/bench/package.json
+++ b/bench/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "bench",
   "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "node ../cli/scripts/index.js build --js false --release"
   }
diff --git a/examples/napi-compat-mode/package.json b/examples/napi-compat-mode/package.json
index aae3b323..1e4e8625 100644
--- a/examples/napi-compat-mode/package.json
+++ b/examples/napi-compat-mode/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "compat-mode-examples",
   "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "node ../../cli/scripts/index.js build --js false --features \"latest\"",
     "build-napi3": "node ../../cli/scripts/index.js build --js false --features \"napi3\"",