diff --git a/.changeset/forty-timers-cheer.md b/.changeset/forty-timers-cheer.md
index 20ea9b90d4..9fba60e6ed 100644
--- a/.changeset/forty-timers-cheer.md
+++ b/.changeset/forty-timers-cheer.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': major
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': minor
 ---
 
 **DEPRECATION**: The `projectid` input parameters to the `publish:gitlab:merge-request`, it's no longer required as it can be decoded from the `repoUrl` input parameter.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlabMergeRequest.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlabMergeRequest.ts
index d163a52d26..07c094cba9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlabMergeRequest.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlabMergeRequest.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ export const createPublishGitlabMergeRequestAction = (options: {
         ).then((mergeRequest: { web_url: string }) => {
           return mergeRequest.web_url;
         });
+        /** @deprecated */
         ctx.output('projectid', projectPath);
         ctx.output('projectPath', projectPath);
         ctx.output('mergeRequestUrl', mergeRequestUrl);