diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b5feb70602..f40c282015 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 - (Splunk) Add ElasticSearch receiver ([#5165](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/5165/))
 - (Splunk) Add HAProxy receiver [#5163](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/5163)
+ 
+### 🚩Deprecations 🚩
+
+- (Splunk) Deprecate the collectd/health-checker plugin ([#5167](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/5167))
 
 ## v0.105.0
 
diff --git a/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/collectd/healthchecker/healthchecker.go b/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/collectd/healthchecker/healthchecker.go
index 9e9912854e..d4885668ef 100644
--- a/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/collectd/healthchecker/healthchecker.go
+++ b/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/collectd/healthchecker/healthchecker.go
@@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ func (m *Monitor) Configure(conf *Config) error {
 	if conf.Name == "" {
 		conf.pyConf.PluginConfig["Instance"] = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", conf.Host, conf.Port)
 	}
-
+	m.Logger().Warn("[NOTICE] The collectd/health-checker plugin is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use the opentelemetry httpcheck receiver instead.")
 	return m.PyMonitor.Configure(conf)
 }
diff --git a/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/collectd/healthchecker/metadata.yaml b/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/collectd/healthchecker/metadata.yaml
index 42f62be260..0ebabdf764 100644
--- a/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/collectd/healthchecker/metadata.yaml
+++ b/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/collectd/healthchecker/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 monitors:
 - dimensions:
   doc: |
+    The collectd/health-checker plugin is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use the [OpenTelemetry HTTP Check Receiver](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/httpcheckreceiver) instead.
+    
     A simple Collectd Python-based monitor
     that hits an endpoint and checks if the configured JSON value is returned in
     the response body.