diff --git a/apis/object/v1alpha1/types.go b/apis/object/v1alpha1/types.go
index 86b4cdfa..c22ea2ff 100644
--- a/apis/object/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/apis/object/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ type ObjectStatus struct {
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="READY",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type=='Ready')].status"
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="AGE",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp"
 // +kubebuilder:resource:scope=Cluster,categories={crossplane,managed,kubernetes}
+// +kubebuilder:deprecatedversion
+// Deprecated: v1alpha1.Object is deprecated in favor of v1beta1.Object
 type Object struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
 	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
diff --git a/package/crds/kubernetes.crossplane.io_objects.yaml b/package/crds/kubernetes.crossplane.io_objects.yaml
index 90ccd805..e701fd17 100644
--- a/package/crds/kubernetes.crossplane.io_objects.yaml
+++ b/package/crds/kubernetes.crossplane.io_objects.yaml
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ spec:
     - jsonPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
       name: AGE
       type: date
+    deprecated: true
     name: v1alpha1
     schema:
       openAPIV3Schema:
-        description: A Object is an provider Kubernetes API type
+        description: 'A Object is an provider Kubernetes API type Deprecated: v1alpha1.Object
+          is deprecated in favor of v1beta1.Object'
         properties:
           apiVersion:
             description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation