diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerGroupMetadata.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerGroupMetadata.java
index 4ba53ae38226a..bae0746a33ba9 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerGroupMetadata.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerGroupMetadata.java
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ public class ConsumerGroupMetadata {
     private final String memberId;
     private final Optional<String> groupInstanceId;
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Since 4.1, please use {@link KafkaConsumer#groupMetadata()} instead. This class will be an interface in Kafka 5.0.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public ConsumerGroupMetadata(String groupId,
                                  int generationId,
                                  String memberId,
@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@ public ConsumerGroupMetadata(String groupId,
         this.groupInstanceId = Objects.requireNonNull(groupInstanceId, "group.instance.id can't be null");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Since 4.1, please use {@link KafkaConsumer#groupMetadata()} instead. This class will be an interface in Kafka 5.0.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public ConsumerGroupMetadata(String groupId) {
         this(groupId,
             JoinGroupRequest.UNKNOWN_GENERATION_ID,