diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index 3e697af06cf9..f933144dccff 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ API Changes
 
 * LUCENE-10381: Require users to provide FacetsConfig for SSDV faceting. (Greg Miller)
 
+* LUCENE-10368: IntTaxonomyFacets has been deprecated and is no longer a supported extension point
+  for user-created faceting implementations. (Greg Miller)
+
 New Features
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/lucene/facet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/IntTaxonomyFacets.java b/lucene/facet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/IntTaxonomyFacets.java
index cdec3f1153fc..afc5fb1915c6 100644
--- a/lucene/facet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/IntTaxonomyFacets.java
+++ b/lucene/facet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/IntTaxonomyFacets.java
@@ -28,7 +28,16 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.facet.LabelAndValue;
 import org.apache.lucene.facet.TopOrdAndIntQueue;
 
-/** Base class for all taxonomy-based facets that aggregate to a per-ords int[]. */
+/**
+ * Base class for all taxonomy-based facets that aggregate to a per-ords int[].
+ *
+ * @deprecated Visibility of this class will be reduced to pkg-private in a future version. This
+ *     class is meant to host common code as an internal implementation detail to {@link
+ *     FastTaxonomyFacetCounts} and {@link TaxonomyFacetSumIntAssociations},and is not intended as
+ *     an extension point for user-created {@code Facets} implementations. If your code is relying
+ *     on this, please migrate necessary functionality down into your own class.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class IntTaxonomyFacets extends TaxonomyFacets {
 
   /**