diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d47fa4801c..9a0e8ec9fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ SentryFlutter.init((options) =>
   options..prependExceptionTypeIdentifier(MyCustomExceptionIdentifier()));
 ```
 
+### Deprecated
+
+- Deprecate `enableTracing` ([#2199](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dart/pull/2199))
+  - The `enableTracing` option has been deprecated and will be removed in the next major version. We recommend removing it
+    in favor of the `tracesSampleRate` and `tracesSampler` options. If you want to enable performance monitoring, please set
+    the `tracesSampleRate` to a sample rate of your choice, or provide a sampling function as `tracesSampler` option
+    instead. If you want to disable performance monitoring, remove the `tracesSampler` and `tracesSampleRate` options.
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Bump Android SDK from v7.12.0 to v7.12.1 ([#2198](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dart/pull/2198))
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart b/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart
index 5aef9de542..636534fb5d 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ class SentryOptions {
   /// Enables generation of transactions and propagation of trace data. If set
   /// to null, tracing might be enabled if [tracesSampleRate] or [tracesSampler]
   /// are set.
+  @Deprecated(
+      'Use either tracesSampleRate or tracesSampler instead. This will be removed in v9')
   bool? enableTracing;
 
   /// Enables sending developer metrics to Sentry.
@@ -537,6 +539,7 @@ class SentryOptions {
   /// Returns if tracing should be enabled. If tracing is disabled, starting transactions returns
   /// [NoOpSentrySpan].
   bool isTracingEnabled() {
+    // ignore: deprecated_member_use_from_same_package
     final enable = enableTracing;
     if (enable != null) {
       return enable;
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/sentry_traces_sampler.dart b/dart/lib/src/sentry_traces_sampler.dart
index b1668084c9..b842514481 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/sentry_traces_sampler.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/sentry_traces_sampler.dart
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class SentryTracesSampler {
 
     double? optionsRate = _options.tracesSampleRate;
     double? defaultRate =
+        // ignore: deprecated_member_use_from_same_package
         _options.enableTracing == true ? _defaultSampleRate : null;
     double? optionsOrDefaultRate = optionsRate ?? defaultRate;
 
diff --git a/dart/test/http_client/tracing_client_test.dart b/dart/test/http_client/tracing_client_test.dart
index cc48d5cb37..6cefe626b3 100644
--- a/dart/test/http_client/tracing_client_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/http_client/tracing_client_test.dart
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ void main() {
 
     test('set headers from propagationContext when tracing is disabled',
         () async {
+      // ignore: deprecated_member_use_from_same_package
       fixture._options.enableTracing = false;
       final sut = fixture.getSut(
         client: fixture.getClient(statusCode: 200, reason: 'OK'),
diff --git a/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart b/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart
index 3097597a92..ccd06d5bf0 100644
--- a/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ void main() {
 
   test('when enableTracing is set to true tracing is considered enabled', () {
     final options = SentryOptions.empty();
+    // ignore: deprecated_member_use_from_same_package
     options.enableTracing = true;
 
     expect(options.isTracingEnabled(), true);
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ void main() {
 
   test('when enableTracing is set to false tracing is considered disabled', () {
     final options = SentryOptions.empty();
+    // ignore: deprecated_member_use_from_same_package
     options.enableTracing = false;
     options.tracesSampleRate = 1.0;
     options.tracesSampler = (_) {
diff --git a/dart/test/sentry_traces_sampler_test.dart b/dart/test/sentry_traces_sampler_test.dart
index d4938e1b28..276897e651 100644
--- a/dart/test/sentry_traces_sampler_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/sentry_traces_sampler_test.dart
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ class Fixture {
     options.tracesSampler = tracesSampler;
     options.debug = debug;
     options.logger = mockLogger;
+    // ignore: deprecated_member_use_from_same_package
     options.enableTracing = enableTracing;
     return SentryTracesSampler(options);
   }