diff --git a/playground/multichain-react/package.json b/playground/multichain-react/package.json
index 1773e3610..410a9ff54 100644
--- a/playground/multichain-react/package.json
+++ b/playground/multichain-react/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@metamask/sdk-multichain-react",
+	"private": true,
 	"publishConfig": {
 		"access": "restricted",
 		"registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/"