diff --git a/docs/generators.md b/docs/generators.md
index 8a8ff23086b8..bfa97dd22e54 100644
--- a/docs/generators.md
+++ b/docs/generators.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The following generators are available:
 * [scala-sttp4-jsoniter (beta)](generators/scala-sttp4-jsoniter.md)  
 * [scalaz](generators/scalaz.md)  
 * [swift-combine](generators/swift-combine.md)  
-* [swift5](generators/swift5.md)  
+* [swift5 (deprecated)](generators/swift5.md)  
 * [swift6](generators/swift6.md)  
 * [typescript (experimental)](generators/typescript.md)  
 * [typescript-angular](generators/typescript-angular.md)  
diff --git a/docs/generators/swift5.md b/docs/generators/swift5.md
index 9d565bf5993f..68376d466186 100644
--- a/docs/generators/swift5.md
+++ b/docs/generators/swift5.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: Documentation for the swift5 Generator
 | Property | Value | Notes |
 | -------- | ----- | ----- |
 | generator name | swift5 | pass this to the generate command after -g |
-| generator stability | STABLE | |
+| generator stability | DEPRECATED | |
 | generator type | CLIENT | |
 | generator language | Swift | |
 | generator default templating engine | mustache | |
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/Swift5ClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/Swift5ClientCodegen.java
index 89c2fffb8eb3..57ee37e1221b 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/Swift5ClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/Swift5ClientCodegen.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public Swift5ClientCodegen() {
         this.useOneOfInterfaces = true;
 
         generatorMetadata = GeneratorMetadata.newBuilder(generatorMetadata)
-                .stability(Stability.STABLE)
+                .stability(Stability.DEPRECATED)
                 .build();
 
         outputFolder = "generated-code" + File.separator + "swift";
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ protected void addAdditionPropertiesToCodeGenModel(CodegenModel codegenModel,
     public void processOpts() {
         super.processOpts();
 
+        LOGGER.warn("IMPORTANT: This generator has been deprecated. Please use `swift6` instead");
+
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(System.getenv("SWIFT_POST_PROCESS_FILE"))) {
             LOGGER.info("Environment variable SWIFT_POST_PROCESS_FILE not defined so the Swift code may not be properly formatted. To define it, try 'export SWIFT_POST_PROCESS_FILE=/usr/local/bin/swiftformat' (Linux/Mac)");
             LOGGER.info("NOTE: To enable file post-processing, 'enablePostProcessFile' must be set to `true` (--enable-post-process-file for CLI).");