diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
index 2af7de36734..1d95bde692f 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ export const run = (includeInternalScripts = false) => {
     .option('--commitHash <hashKey>', 'Specify the commit hash')
     .description('Publish to github')
     .action(async (cmd) => {
+      chalk.yellow.bold(`⚠️ This command is deprecated and will be removed . No further support will be provided. ⚠️`);
+      console.log(
+        'We recommend using github actions directly for plugin releasing. You can find an example here:  https://github.com/grafana/plugin-tools/tree/main/packages/create-plugin/templates/github/ci/.github/workflows'
+      );
       await execTask(githubPublishTask)({
         dryrun: cmd.dryrun,
         verbose: cmd.verbose,