diff --git a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/r/variable_deprecation.result b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/r/variable_deprecation.result
index b9c7fb1783907..6d715d95b9f89 100644
--- a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/r/variable_deprecation.result
+++ b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/r/variable_deprecation.result
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Warning	1287	The table parameter 'uhd' is deprecated and will be removed in a fu
 CREATE TABLE tbl_b (a INT) ENGINE=Spider COMMENT='use_handler "3"';
 Warnings:
 Warning	1287	The table parameter 'use_handler' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
+DROP TABLE tbl_a;
+DROP TABLE tbl_b;
 # MDEV-28005 Deprecate Spider plugin variables regarding UDFs
 SET GLOBAL spider_udf_ds_bulk_insert_rows = 1;
 Warnings:
@@ -57,6 +59,21 @@ Warning	1287	'@@spider_udf_ct_bulk_insert_rows' is deprecated and will be remove
 SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "spider_udf_ct_bulk_insert_rows";
 Variable_name	Value
 spider_udf_ct_bulk_insert_rows	1
+# MDEV-27981 Deprecate spider_internal_limit 
+SET spider_internal_limit = 1;
+Warnings:
+Warning	1287	'@@spider_internal_limit' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
+SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "spider_internal_limit";
+Variable_name	Value
+spider_internal_limit	9223372032559808513
+CREATE TABLE tbl_a (a INT) ENGINE=Spider COMMENT='ilm "1"';
+Warnings:
+Warning	1287	The table parameter 'ilm' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
+CREATE TABLE tbl_b (a INT) ENGINE=Spider COMMENT='internal_limit "1"';
+Warnings:
+Warning	1287	The table parameter 'internal_limit' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
+DROP TABLE tbl_a;
+DROP TABLE tbl_b;
 DROP DATABASE auto_test_local;
 for master_1
 for child2
diff --git a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/t/variable_deprecation.test b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/t/variable_deprecation.test
index 23519be146e14..8521f5595d172 100644
--- a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/t/variable_deprecation.test
+++ b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/t/variable_deprecation.test
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "spider_use_handler";
 eval CREATE TABLE tbl_a (a INT) $MASTER_1_ENGINE COMMENT='uhd "3"';
 eval CREATE TABLE tbl_b (a INT) $MASTER_1_ENGINE COMMENT='use_handler "3"';
 
+DROP TABLE tbl_a;
+DROP TABLE tbl_b;
+
 --echo # MDEV-28005 Deprecate Spider plugin variables regarding UDFs
 SET GLOBAL spider_udf_ds_bulk_insert_rows = 1;
 SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "spider_udf_ds_bulk_insert_rows";
@@ -34,6 +37,15 @@ SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "spider_udf_ct_bulk_insert_interval";
 SET GLOBAL spider_udf_ct_bulk_insert_rows = 1;
 SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "spider_udf_ct_bulk_insert_rows";
 
+--echo # MDEV-27981 Deprecate spider_internal_limit 
+SET spider_internal_limit = 1;
+SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "spider_internal_limit";
+eval CREATE TABLE tbl_a (a INT) $MASTER_1_ENGINE COMMENT='ilm "1"';
+eval CREATE TABLE tbl_b (a INT) $MASTER_1_ENGINE COMMENT='internal_limit "1"';
+
+DROP TABLE tbl_a;
+DROP TABLE tbl_b;
+
 DROP DATABASE auto_test_local;
 
 --disable_query_log
diff --git a/storage/spider/spd_param.cc b/storage/spider/spd_param.cc
index c20b36bab33a1..cf91d8f30854f 100644
--- a/storage/spider/spd_param.cc
+++ b/storage/spider/spd_param.cc
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ longlong spider_param_internal_offset(
  */
 static MYSQL_THDVAR_LONGLONG(
   internal_limit, /* name */
-  PLUGIN_VAR_RQCMDARG, /* opt */
+  PLUGIN_VAR_RQCMDARG | PLUGIN_VAR_DEPRECATED, /* opt */
   "Internal limit", /* comment */
   NULL, /* check */
   spider_use_table_value_deprecated, /* update */
diff --git a/storage/spider/spd_table.cc b/storage/spider/spd_table.cc
index 497bad6310290..d09f12352ff39 100644
--- a/storage/spider/spd_table.cc
+++ b/storage/spider/spd_table.cc
@@ -2375,6 +2375,7 @@ int spider_parse_connect_info(
 #endif
           SPIDER_PARAM_INT("isa", init_sql_alloc_size, 0);
           SPIDER_PARAM_INT_WITH_MAX("idl", internal_delayed, 0, 1);
+          SPIDER_PARAM_DEPRECATED_WARNING("ilm");
           SPIDER_PARAM_LONGLONG("ilm", internal_limit, 0);
           SPIDER_PARAM_LONGLONG("ios", internal_offset, 0);
           SPIDER_PARAM_INT_WITH_MAX("iom", internal_optimize, 0, 1);
@@ -2563,6 +2564,7 @@ int spider_parse_connect_info(
           error_num = connect_string_parse.print_param_error();
           goto error;
         case 14:
+          SPIDER_PARAM_DEPRECATED_WARNING("internal_limit");
           SPIDER_PARAM_LONGLONG("internal_limit", internal_limit, 0);
 #ifndef WITHOUT_SPIDER_BG_SEARCH
           SPIDER_PARAM_LONGLONG("bgs_first_read", bgs_first_read, 0);