diff --git a/audio/py-pocketsphinx/Makefile b/audio/py-pocketsphinx/Makefile
index 8eb52f31f369..f1c10322539a 100644
--- a/audio/py-pocketsphinx/Makefile
+++ b/audio/py-pocketsphinx/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	pocketsphinx
 PORTVERSION=	0.1.15
 PORTREVISION=	5
 CATEGORIES=	audio python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	dtxdf@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python interface to CMU Sphinxbase and Pocketsphinx libraries
 WWW=	https://github.com/bambocher/pocketsphinx-python
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+DEPRECATED=	Depends on expired devel/swig40
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2026-09-30
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	swig40>0:devel/swig40
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libasound.so:audio/alsa-lib \
 		libpulse-simple.so:audio/pulseaudio \
 		libpulse.so:audio/pulseaudio
 
 USES=	python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	swig=swig40
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/pocketsphinx/_pocketsphinx${PYTHON_TAG}.so
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sphinxbase/_ad_alsa${PYTHON_TAG}.so
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sphinxbase/_ad_pulse${PYTHON_TAG}.so
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sphinxbase/_sphinxbase${PYTHON_TAG}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>