diff --git a/pcre.spec b/pcre.spec
index 347a6ef..d878c6b 100644
--- a/pcre.spec
+++ b/pcre.spec
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ Patch4:     pcre-8.44-Inicialize-name-table-memory-region.patch
 # <https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20201220.222016.d8cd6d61.en.html>
 Patch5:     pcre-8.44-JIT-compiler-update-for-Intel-CET.patch
 Patch6:     pcre-8.44-Pass-mshstk-to-the-compiler-when-Intel-CET-is-enable.patch
+
+# IMPORTANT
+# This package has been deprecated since Fedora 38
+# The reason behind this is that upstream stopped supporting this package
+# and recommended to port to the new pcre2 version
+# FESCo approval is located here: https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2862
+# Change proposal is located here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PcreDeprecation
+Provides:  deprecated()
+
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -78,6 +87,9 @@ encodings. Detailed change log is provided by %{name}-doc package.
 Summary:    UTF-16 variant of PCRE
 Conflicts:  %{name}%{?_isa} < 8.38-12
 
+# For details, see above
+Provides:  deprecated()
+
 %description utf16
 This is Perl-compatible regular expression library working on UTF-16 strings.
 Detailed change log is provided by %{name}-doc package.
@@ -86,6 +98,9 @@ Detailed change log is provided by %{name}-doc package.
 Summary:    UTF-32 variant of PCRE
 Conflicts:  %{name}%{?_isa} < 8.38-12
 
+# For details, see above
+Provides:  deprecated()
+
 %description utf32
 This is Perl-compatible regular expression library working on UTF-32 strings.
 Detailed change log is provided by %{name}-doc package.
@@ -94,6 +109,9 @@ Detailed change log is provided by %{name}-doc package.
 Summary:    C++ bindings for PCRE
 Requires:   %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
+# For details, see above
+Provides:  deprecated()
+
 %description cpp
 This is C++ bindings for the Perl-compatible regular expression library.
 Detailed change log is provided by %{name}-doc package.
@@ -102,6 +120,9 @@ Detailed change log is provided by %{name}-doc package.
 Summary:    Change log for %{name}
 BuildArch:  noarch
 
+# For details, see above
+Provides:  deprecated()
+
 %description doc
 These are large documentation files about PCRE.
 
@@ -112,6 +133,9 @@ Requires:   %{name}-cpp%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:   %{name}-utf16%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:   %{name}-utf32%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
+# For details, see above
+Provides:  deprecated()
+
 %description devel
 Development files (Headers, libraries for dynamic linking, etc) for %{name}.
 
@@ -119,6 +143,9 @@ Development files (Headers, libraries for dynamic linking, etc) for %{name}.
 Summary:    Static library for %{name}
 Requires:   %{name}-devel%{_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
+# For details, see above
+Provides:  deprecated()
+
 %description static
 Library for static linking for %{name}.
 
@@ -126,6 +153,9 @@ Library for static linking for %{name}.
 Summary:    Auxiliary utilities for %{name}
 Requires:   %{name}%{_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
+# For details, see above
+Provides:  deprecated()
+
 %description tools
 Utilities demonstrating PCRE capabilities like pcregrep or pcretest.