diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
index f91a88c15bf9e..2bd7a88572f3b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
 			this.exitWithCrash('There was an error initializing DB', error),
 		);
 
+		if (process.env.WEBHOOK_TUNNEL_URL) {
+			LoggerProxy.warn(
+				'You are still using the WEBHOOK_TUNNEL_URL environment variable. It has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of n8n. Please switch to using WEBHOOK_URL instead.',
+			);
+		}
 		const dbType = config.getEnv('database.type');
 
 		if (['mysqldb', 'mariadb'].includes(dbType)) {