diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
index 0df6693226..edabff23bc 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use regex::RegexSet;
 
 use super::{default, ConfigOps, ConfigPlugin, TomlConfig};
 use crate::annotations::KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_PREFIX;
-use crate::{eother, resolve_path, validate_path};
+use crate::{eother, resolve_path, sl, validate_path};
 
 mod dragonball;
 pub use self::dragonball::{DragonballConfig, HYPERVISOR_NAME_DRAGONBALL};
@@ -830,6 +830,10 @@ impl SharedFsInfo {
         if self.virtio_fs_cache.is_empty() {
             self.virtio_fs_cache = default::DEFAULT_VIRTIO_FS_CACHE_MODE.to_string();
         }
+        if self.virtio_fs_cache == *"none" {
+            warn!(sl!(), "virtio-fs cache mode `none` is deprecated since Kata Containers 2.5.0 and will be removed in the future release, please use `never` instead. For more details please refer to https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/4234.");
+            self.virtio_fs_cache = default::DEFAULT_VIRTIO_FS_CACHE_MODE.to_string();
+        }
         if self.virtio_fs_is_dax && self.virtio_fs_cache_size == 0 {
             self.virtio_fs_cache_size = default::DEFAULT_VIRTIO_FS_DAX_SIZE_MB;
         }