diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/TextField/TextField.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/TextField/TextField.tsx
index 2756c3c85f..f44295e247 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/TextField/TextField.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/TextField/TextField.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ export const TextField = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, TextFieldProps>(
       }
     }, [label, ariaLabel, ariaLabelledBy]);
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+      const inputType = (props as { type?: string }).type;
+      if (inputType === 'search') {
+        console.warn(
+          'TextField type="search" is deprecated. Use SearchField instead.',
+        );
+      }
+      if (inputType === 'password') {
+        console.warn(
+          'TextField type="password" is deprecated. Use PasswordField instead.',
+        );
+      }
+    }, [props]);
+
     const { classNames, dataAttributes } = useStyles('TextField', {
       size,
     });
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/TextField/types.ts b/packages/ui/src/components/TextField/types.ts
index 75a5c68aaa..0c34634e2d 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/TextField/types.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/TextField/types.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ import type { FieldLabelProps } from '../FieldLabel/types';
 export interface TextFieldProps
   extends AriaTextFieldProps,
     Omit<FieldLabelProps, 'htmlFor' | 'id'> {
+  /**
+   * The HTML input type for the text field
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * The values 'search' and 'password' are deprecated. Use `SearchField` for
+   * search inputs and `PasswordField` for password inputs.
+   */
+  type?:
+    | 'text'
+    | 'email'
+    | 'tel'
+    | 'url'
+    /** @deprecated Use `SearchField` instead */
+    | 'search'
+    /** @deprecated Use `PasswordField` instead */
+    | 'password';
   /**
    * An icon to render before the input
    */