diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20230206-deprecate-openshift-inventory.yml b/changelogs/fragments/20230206-deprecate-openshift-inventory.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efeb15a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/20230206-deprecate-openshift-inventory.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deprecated_features:
+- openshift - the ``openshift`` inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed in release 4.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/31).
diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index e1ab57a..230d4fa 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ plugin_routing:
   modules:
     k8s_auth:
       redirect: community.okd.openshift_auth
+  inventory:
+    openshift:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 4.0.0
+        warning_text: >-
+            The openshift inventory plugin has been deprecated and
+            will be removed in release 4.0.0.
   action:
     k8s:
       redirect: kubernetes.core.k8s_info
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/openshift.py b/plugins/inventory/openshift.py
index f69c652..940a585 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/openshift.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/openshift.py
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       - Groups by cluster name, namespace, namespace_services, namespace_pods, namespace_routes, and labels
       - Uses openshift.(yml|yaml) YAML configuration file to set parameter values.
 
+    deprecated:
+      removed_in: 4.0.0
+      why: |
+        As discussed in U(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/31), we decided to
+        remove the openshift inventory plugin in release 4.0.0.
+      alternative: "Use M(kubernetes.core.k8s_info) and M(ansible.builtin.add_host) instead."
+
     options:
       plugin:
         description: token that ensures this is a source file for the 'openshift' plugin.
@@ -141,6 +148,9 @@ class InventoryModule(K8sInventoryModule):
         self.check_kubernetes_collection()
         super(InventoryModule, self).fetch_objects(connections)
 
+        self.display.deprecated("The 'openshift' inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed in release 4.0.0",
+                                version='4.0.0', collection_name='community.okd')
+
         if connections:
             if not isinstance(connections, list):
                 raise K8sInventoryException("Expecting connections to be a list.")