diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 2de89a4d..72eaa641 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@ jobs:
           npm publish --provenance --access public
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Mark scoped package as deprecated
+        run: npm deprecate @mayank1513/r18gs "We initially created scoped packages to have similarities with the GitHub Public Repository (which requires packages to be scoped). We are no longer using GPR and thus deprecating all scoped packages for which corresponding un-scoped packages exist."
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN }}