diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/Neo4jItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/Neo4jItemReader.java
index f9416b4351..420214dd0f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/Neo4jItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/Neo4jItemReader.java
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@
  *
  * @author Michael Minella
  * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ *
+ * @deprecated since 5.0 in favor of the item reader from
+ * https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch-extensions/blob/main/spring-batch-neo4j
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class Neo4jItemReader<T> extends AbstractPaginatedDataItemReader<T> implements InitializingBean {
 
 	protected Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/Neo4jItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/Neo4jItemWriter.java
index 9ce5c29160..698dcd091c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/Neo4jItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/Neo4jItemWriter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@
  * @author Glenn Renfro
  * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  *
+ * @deprecated since 5.0 in favor of the item writer from
+ * https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch-extensions/blob/main/spring-batch-neo4j
+ *
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class Neo4jItemWriter<T> implements ItemWriter<T>, InitializingBean {
 
 	protected static final Log logger = LogFactory
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/Neo4jItemReaderBuilder.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/Neo4jItemReaderBuilder.java
index 5b345406d3..70e36fc748 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/Neo4jItemReaderBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/Neo4jItemReaderBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2017-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,9 +27,14 @@
  * A builder for the {@link Neo4jItemReader}.
  *
  * @author Glenn Renfro
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  * @since 4.0
  * @see Neo4jItemReader
+ *
+ * @deprecated since 5.0 in favor of the item reader builder from
+ * https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch-extensions/blob/main/spring-batch-neo4j
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class Neo4jItemReaderBuilder<T> {
 
 	private SessionFactory sessionFactory;
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/Neo4jItemWriterBuilder.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/Neo4jItemWriterBuilder.java
index b6823b137d..2a8fc0734c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/Neo4jItemWriterBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/Neo4jItemWriterBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2017-2021 the original author or authors.
  *  
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@
  * A builder implementation for the {@link Neo4jItemWriter}
  *
  * @author Glenn Renfro
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  * @since 4.0
  * @see Neo4jItemWriter
+ *
+ * @deprecated since 5.0 in favor of the item writer builder from
+ * https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch-extensions/blob/main/spring-batch-neo4j
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class Neo4jItemWriterBuilder<T> {
 
 	private boolean delete = false;