diff --git a/net/dpdk/Makefile b/net/dpdk/Makefile
index 9182d880e6c2..09173a0cd66a 100644
--- a/net/dpdk/Makefile
+++ b/net/dpdk/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,49 @@
 PORTNAME=	dpdk
 DISTVERSION=	19.11.12
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/
 
 MAINTAINER=	bruce.richardson@intel.com
 COMMENT=	DPDK: Software libraries for packet processing
 WWW=		https://dpdk.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
+DEPRECATED=	End of life since December 2022 upstream, consider migrating to net/dpdk-22.11
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2023-12-31
+
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	amd64
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	only works on 64-bit x86 hardware
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libjansson.so:devel/jansson
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	objdump:devel/binutils
 
 USES=		meson kmod pkgconfig:both shebangfix tar:xz python
 WRKSRC=	${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-stable-${PORTVERSION}
 MESON_ARGS=	-Dmachine=default -Ddefault_library=shared -Denable_kmods=true
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 SHEBANG_FILES=	usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py \
 	usertools/dpdk-telemetry-client.py \
 	usertools/dpdk-devbind.py \
 	usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py \
 	examples/ipsec-secgw/test/pkttest.py \
 	examples/ipsec-secgw/test/pkttest.sh \
 	examples/ipsec-secgw/test/run_test.sh \
 	examples/ipsec-secgw/test/trs_ipv6opts.py \
 	examples/ipsec-secgw/test/tun_null_header_reconstruct.py \
 	examples/performance-thread/l3fwd-thread/test.sh \
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		EXAMPLES DEBUG TOOLS TESTS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	TOOLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 DEBUG_DESC=		Debugging support (unoptimized build, impacts performance)
 TOOLS_DESC=		Install tool scripts
 TESTS_DESC=		Build the automated unit test binary
 
 EXAMPLES_MESON_ON=	-Dexamples=all
 DEBUG_MESON_ON=		--buildtype=debug
 DEBUG_MESON_OFF=	--buildtype=release
 TESTS_MESON_TRUE=	tests
 TOOLS_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyelftools>=0:devel/py-pyelftools@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>