diff --git a/databases/pecl-couchbase/Makefile b/databases/pecl-couchbase/Makefile
index 7c23133a12f5..8e07144ba46a 100644
--- a/databases/pecl-couchbase/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pecl-couchbase/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 # Created by: John Chen <johnpupu@gmail.com>
 
 PORTNAME=	couchbase
 DISTVERSION=	2.6.2
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Couchbase Server PHP extension
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+# Remove these once you have updated this to a version 3.0.5 or later
+DEPRECATED=	Requires php 7.4 which is set to expire on 2022-11-29
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2022-11-28
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	libcouchbase>=2.10.7:databases/libcouchbase
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcouchbase.so:databases/libcouchbase
 
 USES=		php:pecl
 USE_PHP=	json:build
 
 IGNORE_WITH_PHP=80 81
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>