diff --git a/UPGRADE.md b/UPGRADE.md
index 33158ab7441..6c72e4b27f3 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.md
+++ b/UPGRADE.md
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ The "unique" and "check" column properties have been deprecated. Use unique cons
 Relying on the default precision and scale of decimal columns provided by the DBAL is deprecated.
 When declaring decimal columns, specify the precision and scale explicitly.
 
+## Deprecated renaming tables via `TableDiff` and `AbstractPlatform::alterTable()`.
+
+Renaming tables via setting the `$newName` property on a `TableDiff` and passing it to `AbstractPlatform::alterTable()`
+is deprecated. The implementations of `AbstractSchemaManager::alterTable()` should use `AbstractPlatform::renameTable()`
+instead.
+
+The `TableDiff::$newName` property and the `TableDiff::getNewName()` method have been deprecated.
+
 ## Marked `Comparator` methods as internal.
 
 The following `Comparator` methods have been marked as internal:
diff --git a/psalm.xml.dist b/psalm.xml.dist
index 2bbf2915c85..4deffbfbd3f 100644
--- a/psalm.xml.dist
+++ b/psalm.xml.dist
@@ -423,6 +423,10 @@
                 -->
                 <referencedMethod name="Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\ColumnDiff::hasChanged"/>
                 <referencedMethod name="Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Comparator::diffColumn"/>
+                <!--
+                    TODO: remove in 4.0.0
+                -->
+                <referencedMethod name="Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\TableDiff::getNewName"/>
             </errorLevel>
         </DeprecatedMethod>
         <DeprecatedProperty>
@@ -464,6 +468,10 @@
                     TODO: remove in 4.0.0
                 -->
                 <referencedProperty name="Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\ColumnDiff::$changedProperties"/>
+                <!--
+                    TODO: remove in 4.0.0
+                -->
+                <referencedProperty name="Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\TableDiff::$newName"/>
             </errorLevel>
         </DeprecatedProperty>
         <DocblockTypeContradiction>
diff --git a/src/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatform.php b/src/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatform.php
index 4892a51a3c0..33ccf60c8e9 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatform.php
@@ -610,6 +610,13 @@ public function getAlterTableSQL(TableDiff $diff)
         $newName    = $diff->getNewName();
 
         if ($newName !== false) {
+            Deprecation::trigger(
+                'doctrine/dbal',
+                'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/5663',
+                'Generation of SQL that renames a table using %s is deprecated. Use getRenameTableSQL() instead.',
+                __METHOD__,
+            );
+
             $queryParts[] = 'RENAME TO ' . $newName->getQuotedName($this);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php b/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
index 49966e7aa73..ee5c76e61ea 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
@@ -2592,6 +2592,14 @@ public function getAlterTableSQL(TableDiff $diff)
         throw Exception::notSupported(__METHOD__);
     }
 
+    /** @return list<string> */
+    public function getRenameTableSQL(string $oldName, string $newName): array
+    {
+        return [
+            sprintf('ALTER TABLE %s RENAME TO %s', $oldName, $newName),
+        ];
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param mixed[] $columnSql
      *
diff --git a/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php b/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php
index ce3c5ad456b..c2365e22c24 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php
@@ -643,6 +643,13 @@ public function getAlterTableSQL(TableDiff $diff)
             $newName = $diff->getNewName();
 
             if ($newName !== false) {
+                Deprecation::trigger(
+                    'doctrine/dbal',
+                    'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/5663',
+                    'Generation of "rename table" SQL using %s is deprecated. Use getRenameTableSQL() instead.',
+                    __METHOD__,
+                );
+
                 $sql[] = sprintf(
                     'RENAME TABLE %s TO %s',
                     $diff->getName($this)->getQuotedName($this),
@@ -660,6 +667,16 @@ public function getAlterTableSQL(TableDiff $diff)
         return array_merge($sql, $tableSql, $columnSql);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function getRenameTableSQL(string $oldName, string $newName): array
+    {
+        return [
+            sprintf('RENAME TABLE %s TO %s', $oldName, $newName),
+        ];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gathers the table alteration SQL for a given column diff.
      *
diff --git a/src/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php b/src/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php
index fdd88588376..679dfcfb495 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php
@@ -977,6 +977,13 @@ public function getAlterTableSQL(TableDiff $diff)
             $newName = $diff->getNewName();
 
             if ($newName !== false) {
+                Deprecation::trigger(
+                    'doctrine/dbal',
+                    'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/5663',
+                    'Generation of "rename table" SQL using %s is deprecated. Use getRenameTableSQL() instead.',
+                    __METHOD__,
+                );
+
                 $sql[] = sprintf(
                     'ALTER TABLE %s RENAME TO %s',
                     $diff->getName($this)->getQuotedName($this),
diff --git a/src/Platforms/PostgreSQLPlatform.php b/src/Platforms/PostgreSQLPlatform.php
index 60a9bb55798..c679e49ada6 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/PostgreSQLPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/PostgreSQLPlatform.php
@@ -656,6 +656,13 @@ public function getAlterTableSQL(TableDiff $diff)
             $newName = $diff->getNewName();
 
             if ($newName !== false) {
+                Deprecation::trigger(
+                    'doctrine/dbal',
+                    'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/5663',
+                    'Generation of "rename table" SQL using %s is deprecated. Use getRenameTableSQL() instead.',
+                    __METHOD__,
+                );
+
                 $sql[] = sprintf(
                     'ALTER TABLE %s RENAME TO %s',
                     $diff->getName($this)->getQuotedName($this),
diff --git a/src/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php b/src/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php
index bc1155b42b4..b2b19366f5c 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php
@@ -661,24 +661,14 @@ public function getAlterTableSQL(TableDiff $diff)
         $newName = $diff->getNewName();
 
         if ($newName !== false) {
-            $sql[] = "sp_rename '" . $diff->getName($this)->getQuotedName($this) . "', '" . $newName->getName() . "'";
+            Deprecation::trigger(
+                'doctrine/dbal',
+                'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/5663',
+                'Generation of "rename table" SQL using %s is deprecated. Use getRenameTableSQL() instead.',
+                __METHOD__,
+            );
 
-            /**
-             * Rename table's default constraints names
-             * to match the new table name.
-             * This is necessary to ensure that the default
-             * constraints can be referenced in future table
-             * alterations as the table name is encoded in
-             * default constraints' names.
-             */
-            $sql[] = "DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX) = N''; " .
-                "SELECT @sql += N'EXEC sp_rename N''' + dc.name + ''', N''' " .
-                "+ REPLACE(dc.name, '" . $this->generateIdentifierName($diff->name) . "', " .
-                "'" . $this->generateIdentifierName($newName->getName()) . "') + ''', ''OBJECT'';' " .
-                'FROM sys.default_constraints dc ' .
-                'JOIN sys.tables tbl ON dc.parent_object_id = tbl.object_id ' .
-                "WHERE tbl.name = '" . $newName->getName() . "';" .
-                'EXEC sp_executesql @sql';
+            $sql = array_merge($sql, $this->getRenameTableSQL($diff->name, $newName->getName()));
         }
 
         $sql = array_merge(
@@ -690,6 +680,38 @@ public function getAlterTableSQL(TableDiff $diff)
         return array_merge($sql, $tableSql, $columnSql);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function getRenameTableSQL(string $oldName, string $newName): array
+    {
+        return [
+            sprintf('sp_rename %s, %s', $this->quoteStringLiteral($oldName), $this->quoteStringLiteral($newName)),
+
+            /* Rename table's default constraints names
+             * to match the new table name.
+             * This is necessary to ensure that the default
+             * constraints can be referenced in future table
+             * alterations as the table name is encoded in
+             * default constraints' names. */
+            sprintf(
+                <<<'SQL'
+                DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'';
+                SELECT @sql += N'EXEC sp_rename N''' + dc.name + ''', N'''
+                    + REPLACE(dc.name, '%s', '%s') + ''', ''OBJECT'';'
+                    FROM sys.default_constraints dc
+                    JOIN sys.tables tbl
+                        ON dc.parent_object_id = tbl.object_id
+                    WHERE tbl.name = %s;
+                EXEC sp_executesql @sql
+                SQL,
+                $this->generateIdentifierName($oldName),
+                $this->generateIdentifierName($newName),
+                $this->quoteStringLiteral($newName),
+            ),
+        ];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the SQL clause for adding a default constraint in an ALTER TABLE statement.
      *
diff --git a/src/Platforms/SqlitePlatform.php b/src/Platforms/SqlitePlatform.php
index f69858766f4..850d340aa82 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/SqlitePlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/SqlitePlatform.php
@@ -1104,6 +1104,13 @@ public function getAlterTableSQL(TableDiff $diff)
             $newName = $diff->getNewName();
 
             if ($newName !== false) {
+                Deprecation::trigger(
+                    'doctrine/dbal',
+                    'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/5663',
+                    'Generation of "rename table" SQL using %s is deprecated. Use getRenameTableSQL() instead.',
+                    __METHOD__,
+                );
+
                 $sql[] = sprintf(
                     'ALTER TABLE %s RENAME TO %s',
                     $newTable->getQuotedName($this),
@@ -1234,6 +1241,14 @@ private function getSimpleAlterTableSQL(TableDiff $diff)
 
         if (! $this->onSchemaAlterTable($diff, $tableSql)) {
             if ($diff->newName !== false) {
+                Deprecation::trigger(
+                    'doctrine/dbal',
+                    'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/5663',
+                    'Generation of SQL that renames a table using %s is deprecated.'
+                        . ' Use getRenameTableSQL() instead.',
+                    __METHOD__,
+                );
+
                 $newTable = new Identifier($diff->newName);
 
                 $sql[] = 'ALTER TABLE ' . $table->getQuotedName($this) . ' RENAME TO '
diff --git a/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php b/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php
index 7ac0c970a25..573d2ea5e5a 100644
--- a/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php
+++ b/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php
@@ -1255,9 +1255,7 @@ public function alterTable(TableDiff $tableDiff)
      */
     public function renameTable($name, $newName)
     {
-        $tableDiff          = new TableDiff($name);
-        $tableDiff->newName = $newName;
-        $this->alterTable($tableDiff);
+        $this->_execSql($this->_platform->getRenameTableSQL($name, $newName));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Schema/TableDiff.php b/src/Schema/TableDiff.php
index f58be1af432..06e0a2dd493 100644
--- a/src/Schema/TableDiff.php
+++ b/src/Schema/TableDiff.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Schema;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
+use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 
 /**
  * Table Diff.
@@ -12,7 +13,11 @@ class TableDiff
     /** @var string */
     public $name;
 
-    /** @var string|false */
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Rename tables via {@link AbstractSchemaManager::renameTable()} instead.
+     *
+     * @var string|false
+     */
     public $newName = false;
 
     /**
@@ -140,9 +145,20 @@ public function getName(AbstractPlatform $platform)
         );
     }
 
-    /** @return Identifier|false */
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Rename tables via {@link AbstractSchemaManager::renameTable()} instead.
+     *
+     * @return Identifier|false
+     */
     public function getNewName()
     {
+        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/5663',
+            '%s is deprecated. Rename tables via AbstractSchemaManager::renameTable() instead.',
+            __METHOD__,
+        );
+
         if ($this->newName === false) {
             return false;
         }