diff --git a/.changeset/sharp-rice-do.md b/.changeset/sharp-rice-do.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0441ac338a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sharp-rice-do.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/catalog-model': patch
+---
+
+Deprecated `JSONSchema` export type.
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/api-report.md b/packages/catalog-model/api-report.md
index 9a0991a9dc..1171d0c0f5 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/api-report.md
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ export { GroupEntityV1alpha1 };
 // @public
 export const groupEntityV1alpha1Validator: KindValidator;
 
-// @public
+// @public @deprecated
 export type JSONSchema = JSONSchema7 & {
   [key in string]?: JsonValue;
 };
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/types.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/types.ts
index 1a0fab267c..0526f8807e 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/types.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { JSONSchema7 } from 'json-schema';
  * JSONSchema extendable by arbitrary JSON attributes
  *
  * @public
+ * @deprecated use JSONSchema7 from the json-schema package instead.
  */
 export type JSONSchema = JSONSchema7 & { [key in string]?: JsonValue };