diff --git a/parsl/providers/cobalt/cobalt.py b/parsl/providers/cobalt/cobalt.py
index 98b6c51e03..308ff98ced 100644
--- a/parsl/providers/cobalt/cobalt.py
+++ b/parsl/providers/cobalt/cobalt.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import time
+import warnings
 
 from parsl.providers.errors import ScaleOutFailed
 from parsl.channels import LocalChannel
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@
 class CobaltProvider(ClusterProvider, RepresentationMixin):
     """ Cobalt Execution Provider
 
+    WARNING: CobaltProvider is deprecated and will be removed by 2024.04
+
     This provider uses cobalt to submit (qsub), obtain the status of (qstat), and cancel (qdel)
     jobs. Theo script to be used is created from a template file in this
     same module.
@@ -86,6 +89,9 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.queue = queue
         self.scheduler_options = scheduler_options
         self.worker_init = worker_init
+        warnings.warn("CobaltProvider is deprecated; This will be removed after 2024-04",
+                      DeprecationWarning,
+                      stacklevel=2)
 
     def _status(self):
         """Returns the status list for a list of job_ids
diff --git a/parsl/tests/test_providers/test_cobalt_deprecation_warning.py b/parsl/tests/test_providers/test_cobalt_deprecation_warning.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ae39439f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parsl/tests/test_providers/test_cobalt_deprecation_warning.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import warnings
+import pytest
+from parsl.providers import CobaltProvider
+
+
+@pytest.mark.local
+def test_deprecation_warning():
+
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+        warnings.simplefilter("always")
+
+        CobaltProvider()
+
+        assert len(w) == 1
+        assert issubclass(w[-1].category, DeprecationWarning)
+        assert "CobaltProvider" in str(w[-1].message)