diff --git a/extensions/componentdsl/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/componentdsl/deployment/ComponentDSLProcessor.java b/extensions/componentdsl/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/componentdsl/deployment/ComponentDSLProcessor.java
index a9410d763d65..b3fab9f3aa09 100644
--- a/extensions/componentdsl/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/componentdsl/deployment/ComponentDSLProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/componentdsl/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/componentdsl/deployment/ComponentDSLProcessor.java
@@ -18,12 +18,18 @@
 
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
 class ComponentDSLProcessor {
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(ComponentDSLProcessor.class);
+
     private static final String FEATURE = "camel-componentdsl";
 
     @BuildStep
     FeatureBuildItem feature() {
+        // see https://github.com/apache/camel-quarkus/issues/2354
+        LOG.warnf(
+                "camel-quarkus-componentdsl is deprecated and will be removed in the future; use camel-quarkus-core instead");
         return new FeatureBuildItem(FEATURE);
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/componentdsl/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/componentdsl/runtime/pom.xml
index 998ece621515..546bdb3ff5e3 100644
--- a/extensions/componentdsl/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/componentdsl/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <properties>
         <camel.quarkus.jvmSince>1.0.0</camel.quarkus.jvmSince>
         <camel.quarkus.nativeSince>1.0.0</camel.quarkus.nativeSince>
+        <quarkus.metadata.deprecated>true</quarkus.metadata.deprecated>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/extensions/componentdsl/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml b/extensions/componentdsl/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
index 084e07f39fcd..b968b502a116 100644
--- a/extensions/componentdsl/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
+++ b/extensions/componentdsl/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ metadata:
   - "integration"
   status:
   - "stable"
+  - "deprecated"
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diff --git a/extensions/endpointdsl/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/endpointdsl/deployment/EndpointDSLProcessor.java b/extensions/endpointdsl/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/endpointdsl/deployment/EndpointDSLProcessor.java
index b8b6867c6f3e..499dd6c68cbe 100644
--- a/extensions/endpointdsl/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/endpointdsl/deployment/EndpointDSLProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/endpointdsl/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/endpointdsl/deployment/EndpointDSLProcessor.java
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@
 
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
 class EndpointDSLProcessor {
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(EndpointDSLProcessor.class);
     private static final String FEATURE = "camel-endpointdsl";
 
     @BuildStep
     FeatureBuildItem feature() {
+        // see https://github.com/apache/camel-quarkus/issues/2354
+        LOG.warnf(
+                "camel-quarkus-endpointdsl is deprecated and will be removed in the future; use camel-quarkus-core instead");
         return new FeatureBuildItem(FEATURE);
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/endpointdsl/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/endpointdsl/runtime/pom.xml
index 9b304e3b0a86..b3798207a00e 100644
--- a/extensions/endpointdsl/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/endpointdsl/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <properties>
         <camel.quarkus.jvmSince>1.0.0</camel.quarkus.jvmSince>
         <camel.quarkus.nativeSince>1.0.0</camel.quarkus.nativeSince>
+        <quarkus.metadata.deprecated>true</quarkus.metadata.deprecated>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/extensions/endpointdsl/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml b/extensions/endpointdsl/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
index 259450909813..907f0be3a654 100644
--- a/extensions/endpointdsl/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
+++ b/extensions/endpointdsl/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ metadata:
   - "integration"
   status:
   - "stable"
+  - "deprecated"
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