diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3fde5c3a1a9..794d5a090b7 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -919,7 +919,9 @@ jobs:
             yarn-project/deploy_npm.sh latest
       - run:
           name: "l1-contracts"
-          command: deploy_npm l1-contracts
+          command: |
+            should_release || exit 0
+            deploy_npm l1-contracts
 
   release-dockerhub:
     machine: