diff --git a/audio/faac/Makefile b/audio/faac/Makefile
index 0d5fff485e20..cdf113b4bec5 100644
--- a/audio/faac/Makefile
+++ b/audio/faac/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	faac
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	${PORTNAME}-
 DISTVERSION=	1.31.1
 CATEGORIES=	audio
 
 MAINTAINER=	multimedia@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AAC audio encoder
 WWW=		https://github.com/knik0/faac
 
 LICENSE=		GPLv3+ ISO LGPL21+
 LICENSE_COMB=		multi
 LICENSE_NAME_ISO=	ISO/IEC14496
 LICENSE_FILE_ISO=	${WRKSRC}/README
 LICENSE_PERMS_ISO=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
 
+DEPRECATED=	Produces poor audio quality compared to other encoders, consider using audio/fdk-aac , audio/exhale (xHE-AAC which supersedes AAC-LC) or FFmpeg's native encoder
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2025-04-30
+
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c11 gmake libtool pathfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	knik0
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>