diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
index 84802da767f..e7b1acea2d1 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ func loadConfig(data []byte) (*config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, error) {
 		// conversion. See KubeSchedulerConfiguration internal type definition for
 		// more details.
 		cfgObj.TypeMeta.APIVersion = gvk.GroupVersion().String()
+		if cfgObj.TypeMeta.APIVersion == configv1beta2.SchemeGroupVersion.String() {
+			klog.Warning("KubeSchedulerConfiguration v1beta2 is deprecated in v1.25, will be removed in v1.26")
+		}
 		return cfgObj, nil
 	}
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't decode as KubeSchedulerConfiguration, got %s: ", gvk)