diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go
index f51928c4530..36cc1982163 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ type crdInfo struct {
 	spec          *apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinitionSpec
 	acceptedNames *apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinitionNames
 
+	// Deprecated per version
+	deprecated map[string]bool
+
 	// Warnings per version
 	warnings map[string][]string
 
@@ -329,10 +332,9 @@ func (r *crdHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.WarningHeaders) {
-		for _, w := range crdInfo.warnings[requestInfo.APIVersion] {
-			warning.AddWarning(req.Context(), "", w)
-		}
+	deprecated := crdInfo.deprecated[requestInfo.APIVersion]
+	for _, w := range crdInfo.warnings[requestInfo.APIVersion] {
+		warning.AddWarning(req.Context(), "", w)
 	}
 
 	verb := strings.ToUpper(requestInfo.Verb)
@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@ func (r *crdHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	if handlerFunc != nil {
-		handlerFunc = metrics.InstrumentHandlerFunc(verb, requestInfo.APIGroup, requestInfo.APIVersion, resource, subresource, scope, metrics.APIServerComponent, false, "", handlerFunc)
+		handlerFunc = metrics.InstrumentHandlerFunc(verb, requestInfo.APIGroup, requestInfo.APIVersion, resource, subresource, scope, metrics.APIServerComponent, deprecated, "", handlerFunc)
 		handler := genericfilters.WithWaitGroup(handlerFunc, longRunningFilter, crdInfo.waitGroup)
 		handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 		return
@@ -622,6 +624,7 @@ func (r *crdHandler) getOrCreateServingInfoFor(uid types.UID, name string) (*crd
 	storages := map[string]customresource.CustomResourceStorage{}
 	statusScopes := map[string]*handlers.RequestScope{}
 	scaleScopes := map[string]*handlers.RequestScope{}
+	deprecated := map[string]bool{}
 	warnings := map[string][]string{}
 
 	equivalentResourceRegistry := runtime.NewEquivalentResourceRegistry()
@@ -883,10 +886,13 @@ func (r *crdHandler) getOrCreateServingInfoFor(uid types.UID, name string) (*crd
 		statusScopes[v.Name] = &statusScope
 
 		if v.Deprecated {
-			if v.DeprecationWarning != nil {
-				warnings[v.Name] = append(warnings[v.Name], *v.DeprecationWarning)
-			} else {
-				warnings[v.Name] = append(warnings[v.Name], defaultDeprecationWarning(v.Name, crd.Spec))
+			deprecated[v.Name] = true
+			if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.WarningHeaders) {
+				if v.DeprecationWarning != nil {
+					warnings[v.Name] = append(warnings[v.Name], *v.DeprecationWarning)
+				} else {
+					warnings[v.Name] = append(warnings[v.Name], defaultDeprecationWarning(v.Name, crd.Spec))
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -898,6 +904,7 @@ func (r *crdHandler) getOrCreateServingInfoFor(uid types.UID, name string) (*crd
 		requestScopes:       requestScopes,
 		scaleRequestScopes:  scaleScopes,
 		statusRequestScopes: statusScopes,
+		deprecated:          deprecated,
 		warnings:            warnings,
 		storageVersion:      storageVersion,
 		waitGroup:           &utilwaitgroup.SafeWaitGroup{},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/BUILD
index fee49f24acb..952f0a2bc3d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/BUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/validation:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
index 1af06d8fc7e..fc9f515f5fd 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/validation"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	utilsets "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
@@ -232,6 +233,16 @@ const (
 	MutatingKind = "mutating"
 )
 
+const (
+	// deprecatedAnnotationKey is a key for an audit annotation set to
+	// "true" on requests made to deprecated API versions
+	deprecatedAnnotationKey = "k8s.io/deprecated"
+	// removedReleaseAnnotationKey is a key for an audit annotation set to
+	// the target removal release, in "<major>.<minor>" format,
+	// on requests made to deprecated API versions with a target removal release
+	removedReleaseAnnotationKey = "k8s.io/removed-release"
+)
+
 var registerMetrics sync.Once
 
 // Register all metrics.
@@ -315,6 +326,10 @@ func MonitorRequest(req *http.Request, verb, group, version, resource, subresour
 	requestCounter.WithLabelValues(reportedVerb, dryRun, group, version, resource, subresource, scope, component, cleanContentType, codeToString(httpCode)).Inc()
 	if deprecated {
 		deprecatedRequestGauge.WithLabelValues(group, version, resource, subresource, removedRelease).Set(1)
+		audit.AddAuditAnnotation(req.Context(), deprecatedAnnotationKey, "true")
+		if len(removedRelease) > 0 {
+			audit.AddAuditAnnotation(req.Context(), removedReleaseAnnotationKey, removedRelease)
+		}
 	}
 	requestLatencies.WithLabelValues(reportedVerb, dryRun, group, version, resource, subresource, scope, component).Observe(elapsedSeconds)
 	// We are only interested in response sizes of read requests.