diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index fbb989e13b..74cbbf9b00 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 5.0.1
+ * Deprecate and ignore use_deterministic_table_id (CASSANDRA-19809)
  * Prioritize built indexes in IndexStatusManager (CASSANDRA-19400)
  * Add java.base/java.lang.reflect among opens for jvm11-client.options (CASSANDRA-19780)
 
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 1ba8f6639e..ae5f36601a 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ Deprecation
       in a future release. A single native port can be used for both encrypted and unencrypted traffic; see CASSANDRA-10559.
       Cluster hosts running with dual native ports were not correctly identified in the system.peers tables and server-sent EVENTs,
       causing clients that encrypt traffic to fail to maintain correct connection pools. For more information, see CASSANDRA-19392.
+    - Deprecated `use_deterministic_table_id` in cassandra.yaml. Table IDs may still be supplied explicitly on CREATE.
 
 4.1
 ===
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/Config.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/Config.java
index 3e8c4fae77..6b6d4f9103 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/Config.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/Config.java
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ public class Config
     public DiskFailurePolicy disk_failure_policy = DiskFailurePolicy.ignore;
     public CommitFailurePolicy commit_failure_policy = CommitFailurePolicy.stop;
 
+    @Deprecated(since = "5.0.1")
     public volatile boolean use_deterministic_table_id = false;
 
     /* initial token in the ring */
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
index af54d32905..61d4a44adb 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
@@ -1001,6 +1001,8 @@ public class DatabaseDescriptor
                                                            conf.native_transport_min_backoff_on_queue_overload,
                                                            conf.native_transport_max_backoff_on_queue_overload));
 
+        if (conf.use_deterministic_table_id)
+            logger.warn("use_deterministic_table_id is deprecated and will be ignored in a future release.");
     }
 
     @VisibleForTesting