diff --git a/templates/centos-stream8.tpl.yaml b/templates/centos-stream8.tpl.yaml
index 819dac37..f89504f5 100644
--- a/templates/centos-stream8.tpl.yaml
+++ b/templates/centos-stream8.tpl.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ kind: Template
 metadata:
   name: {{ os }}-{{ item.workload }}-{{ item.flavor }}
   annotations:
+    template.kubevirt.io/deprecated: "true"
     openshift.io/display-name: "CentOS Stream 8 VM"
     description: >-
       Template for CentOS Stream 8 VM or newer.
diff --git a/templates/centos7.tpl.yaml b/templates/centos7.tpl.yaml
index 5d934f92..c1243dfa 100644
--- a/templates/centos7.tpl.yaml
+++ b/templates/centos7.tpl.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ kind: Template
 metadata:
   name: {{ os }}-{{ item.workload }}-{{ item.flavor }}
   annotations:
+    template.kubevirt.io/deprecated: "true"
     openshift.io/display-name: "CentOS 7 VM"
     description: >-
       Template for CentOS 7 VM or newer.