diff --git a/django_mongodb_backend/utils.py b/django_mongodb_backend/utils.py
index 634ec234b..0240250cf 100644
--- a/django_mongodb_backend/utils.py
+++ b/django_mongodb_backend/utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import copy
 import time
+import warnings
 
 import django
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ValidationError
 from django.db.backends.utils import logger
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango60Warning
 from django.utils.functional import SimpleLazyObject
 from django.utils.text import format_lazy
 from django.utils.version import get_version_tuple
@@ -33,6 +35,11 @@ def parse_uri(uri, *, db_name=None, options=None, test=None):
     Convert the given uri into a dictionary suitable for Django's DATABASES
     setting.
     """
+    warnings.warn(
+        'parse_uri() is deprecated. Put the connection string in DATABASES["HOST"] instead.',
+        RemovedInDjango60Warning,
+        stacklevel=2,
+    )
     uri = pymongo_parse_uri(uri)
     host = None
     port = None
diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.rst b/docs/internals/deprecation.rst
index 84d53c1c6..76d4adb42 100644
--- a/docs/internals/deprecation.rst
+++ b/docs/internals/deprecation.rst
@@ -4,3 +4,30 @@ Deprecation Timeline
 
 This document outlines when various pieces of Django MongoDB Backend will be
 removed or altered in a backward incompatible way, following their deprecation.
+
+6.0
+---
+
+.. _parse-uri-deprecation:
+
+``parse_uri()`` will be removed
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``django_mongodb_backend.utils.parse_uri()`` is deprecated in favor of putting
+the connection string in ``DATABASES["HOST"]``.
+
+For example, instead of::
+
+    DATABASES = {
+        "default": django_mongodb_backend.parse_uri("mongodb://localhost:27017/", db_name="db"),
+    }
+
+use::
+
+    DATABASES = {
+        'default': {
+            'ENGINE': 'django_mongodb_backend',
+            'HOST': 'mongodb://localhost:27017/',
+            'NAME': 'db',
+        },
+    }
diff --git a/docs/ref/utils.rst b/docs/ref/utils.rst
index 8075da94d..5cdb0ccf3 100644
--- a/docs/ref/utils.rst
+++ b/docs/ref/utils.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ following parts can be considered stable.
 
 .. function:: parse_uri(uri, db_name=None, options=None, test=None)
 
+    .. deprecated:: 5.2.2
+
+        ``parse_uri()`` is deprecated in favor of putting the connection string
+        in ``DATABASES["HOST"]``. See :ref:`the deprecation timeline
+        <parse-uri-deprecation>` for upgrade instructions.
+
     Parses a MongoDB `connection string`_ into a dictionary suitable for
     Django's :setting:`DATABASES` setting.
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.2.x.rst b/docs/releases/5.2.x.rst
index cf92e6368..c2a559f3f 100644
--- a/docs/releases/5.2.x.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/5.2.x.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ Bug fixes
 
 - ...
 
+Deprecated features
+-------------------
+
+- ``django_mongodb_backend.utils.parse_uri()`` is deprecated in favor of
+  putting the connection string in ``DATABASES["HOST"]``. See
+  :ref:`the deprecation timeline <parse-uri-deprecation>` for upgrade
+  instructions.
+
 5.2.1
 =====
 
diff --git a/tests/backend_/utils/test_parse_uri.py b/tests/backend_/utils/test_parse_uri.py
index 804c4efcb..a87154162 100644
--- a/tests/backend_/utils/test_parse_uri.py
+++ b/tests/backend_/utils/test_parse_uri.py
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 import pymongo
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase
+from django.test.utils import ignore_warnings
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango60Warning
 
 from django_mongodb_backend import parse_uri
 
 
+@ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango60Warning)
 class ParseURITests(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_simple_uri(self):
         settings_dict = parse_uri("mongodb://cluster0.example.mongodb.net/myDatabase")
@@ -105,3 +108,10 @@ def test_invalid_credentials(self):
     def test_no_scheme(self):
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(pymongo.errors.InvalidURI, "Invalid URI scheme"):
             parse_uri("cluster0.example.mongodb.net")
+
+
+class ParseURIDeprecationTests(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_message(self):
+        msg = 'parse_uri() is deprecated. Put the connection string in DATABASES["HOST"] instead.'
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(RemovedInDjango60Warning, msg):
+            parse_uri("mongodb://cluster0.example.mongodb.net/")