diff --git a/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts b/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts
index 85d43a643498..47992a7daaf0 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts
+++ b/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const excludeList = [
   '@storybook/addon-bench',
   '@storybook/addon-console',
   '@storybook/csf',
+  '@storybook/storybook-deployer',
 ];
 export const isCorePackage = (pkg: string) =>
   pkg.startsWith('@storybook/') &&