diff --git a/UPGRADE.md b/UPGRADE.md
index 41ff25760e8..782f8c1c1d0 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.md
+++ b/UPGRADE.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ awareness about deprecated code.
 
 # Upgrade to 4.3
 
+## The `version` column platform option has been deprecated
+
+The `version` column platform option has been deprecated without a replacement.
+
 ## The `Doctrine\DBAL\Query\Limit` class has been marked as internal
 
 ## Deprecated extension of some classes
diff --git a/src/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatform.php b/src/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatform.php
index b80ff8c9957..b4e6fcc6484 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatform.php
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ public function getClobTypeDeclarationSQL(array $column): string
     public function getDateTimeTypeDeclarationSQL(array $column): string
     {
         if (isset($column['version']) && $column['version'] === true) {
+            Deprecation::trigger(
+                'doctrine/dbal',
+                'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/6940',
+                'The "version" column platform option is deprecated.',
+            );
+
             return 'TIMESTAMP';
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php b/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php
index 50931f0abd0..3e347e07b8a 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ public function getDateDiffExpression(string $date1, string $date2): string
     public function getDateTimeTypeDeclarationSQL(array $column): string
     {
         if (isset($column['version']) && $column['version'] === true) {
+            Deprecation::trigger(
+                'doctrine/dbal',
+                'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/6940',
+                'The "version" column platform option is deprecated.',
+            );
+
             return 'TIMESTAMP(0) WITH DEFAULT';
         }
 
@@ -473,6 +479,12 @@ public function getDefaultValueDeclarationSQL(array $column): string
         }
 
         if (isset($column['version']) && $column['version'] === true) {
+            Deprecation::trigger(
+                'doctrine/dbal',
+                'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/6940',
+                'The "version" column platform option is deprecated.',
+            );
+
             if ($column['type'] instanceof DateTimeType) {
                 $column['default'] = '1';
             }