diff --git a/stdlib/importlib/resources/abc.pyi b/stdlib/importlib/resources/abc.pyi
index 9be594a7dc2f..477339ea7429 100644
--- a/stdlib/importlib/resources/abc.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/importlib/resources/abc.pyi
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 from io import BufferedReader
 from typing import IO, Any, Literal, Protocol, overload, runtime_checkable
+from typing_extensions import deprecated
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    @deprecated("Deprecated since Python 3.12. Use `importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources` instead.")
     class ResourceReader(metaclass=ABCMeta):
         @abstractmethod
         def open_resource(self, resource: str) -> IO[bytes]: ...