diff --git a/api/v2beta1/helmrelease_types.go b/api/v2beta1/helmrelease_types.go
index 028eddee1..aad5da1de 100644
--- a/api/v2beta1/helmrelease_types.go
+++ b/api/v2beta1/helmrelease_types.go
@@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ const (
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Age",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp",description=""
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Ready",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].status",description=""
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Status",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].message",description=""
+// +kubebuilder:deprecatedversion:warning="v2beta1 HelmRelease is deprecated, upgrade to v2beta2"
 
 // HelmRelease is the Schema for the helmreleases API
 type HelmRelease struct {
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmreleases.yaml b/config/crd/bases/helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmreleases.yaml
index 757d39530..24ae9cc4e 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmreleases.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmreleases.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ spec:
     - jsonPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].message
       name: Status
       type: string
+    deprecated: true
+    deprecationWarning: v2beta1 HelmRelease is deprecated, upgrade to v2beta2
     name: v2beta1
     schema:
       openAPIV3Schema: