diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/annotation/MetadataAnnotation.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/annotation/MetadataAnnotation.kt
index 7095a6d..5c59f2d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/annotation/MetadataAnnotation.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/annotation/MetadataAnnotation.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ annotation class Description(
  * @param version The version of a [Patch].
  */
 @Target(AnnotationTarget.CLASS)
+@Deprecated("This annotation is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.")
 annotation class Version(
     val version: String,
 )
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/extensions/PatchExtensions.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/extensions/PatchExtensions.kt
index 06f2224..fb25246 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/extensions/PatchExtensions.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/extensions/PatchExtensions.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ object PatchExtensions {
     /**
      * The version of a [Patch].
      */
+    @Deprecated("This property is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.")
     val Class<out Patch<Context>>.version
         get() = findAnnotationRecursively(Version::class)?.version