diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b8908e2f198..d93ab773b84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 * `delimit_fraction`: remove unused `layer` argument (PR #1018).
 
+* `download_file` has been deprecated and will be removed in openpipeline 3.0 (PR #1015).
+
 ## MAJOR CHANGES
 
 * `mapping/cellranger_*`: Upgrade CellRanger to v9.0 (PR #992 and #1006).
diff --git a/src/download/download_file/config.vsh.yaml b/src/download/download_file/config.vsh.yaml
index a71e8e038b0..8bdd75c4c2a 100644
--- a/src/download/download_file/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/download/download_file/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: "download_file"
 namespace: "download"
+status: "deprecated"
 description: |
   Download a file.
 usage: |