diff --git a/apps/my-app/package.json b/apps/my-app/package.json
index 49c3276..266956f 100644
--- a/apps/my-app/package.json
+++ b/apps/my-app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "my-app",
   "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
   "description": "An example application that consumes the my-controls library",
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/libraries/my-controls/package.json b/libraries/my-controls/package.json
index 86b6ee8..57a7726 100644
--- a/libraries/my-controls/package.json
+++ b/libraries/my-controls/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "my-controls",
   "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
   "description": "An example library project",
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
diff --git a/tools/my-toolchain/package.json b/tools/my-toolchain/package.json
index 2d2565a..37fe473 100644
--- a/tools/my-toolchain/package.json
+++ b/tools/my-toolchain/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "my-toolchain",
   "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
   "description": "An example toolchain used to build projects in this repo",
   "license": "MIT",
   "bin": {