diff --git a/extensions/scala/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml b/extensions/scala/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
index 23e3fe25bdc26..1f3cc537577be 100644
--- a/extensions/scala/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
+++ b/extensions/scala/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ metadata:
   - "scala"
   categories:
   - "alt-languages"
-  status: "preview"
+  status: "deprecated"
   codestart:
     name: "scala"
     kind: "core"
-    artifact: "io.quarkus:quarkus-project-core-extension-codestarts"
\ No newline at end of file
+    artifact: "io.quarkus:quarkus-project-core-extension-codestarts"