diff --git a/crates/ruma-common/tests/events/enums.rs b/crates/ruma-common/tests/events/enums.rs
index 6ed882c0..68eaee84 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-common/tests/events/enums.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-common/tests/events/enums.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ use ruma_common::{
         },
         AnyEphemeralRoomEvent, AnyMessageLikeEvent, AnyRoomEvent, AnyStateEvent,
         AnyStateEventContent, AnySyncMessageLikeEvent, AnySyncRoomEvent, AnySyncStateEvent,
-        EphemeralRoomEventType, EventType, GlobalAccountDataEventType, MessageLikeEvent,
-        MessageLikeEventType, RoomAccountDataEventType, StateEvent, StateEventType,
-        SyncMessageLikeEvent, SyncStateEvent, ToDeviceEventType, Unsigned,
+        EphemeralRoomEventType, GlobalAccountDataEventType, MessageLikeEvent, MessageLikeEventType,
+        RoomAccountDataEventType, StateEvent, StateEventType, SyncMessageLikeEvent, SyncStateEvent,
+        ToDeviceEventType, Unsigned,
     },
     MilliSecondsSinceUnixEpoch,
 };
@@ -323,7 +323,10 @@ fn ephemeral_event_deserialization() {
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[allow(deprecated)]
 fn serialize_and_deserialize_from_display_form() {
+    use ruma_common::events::EventType;
+
     serde_json_eq(EventType::CallAnswer, json!("m.call.answer"));
     serde_json_eq(MessageLikeEventType::CallAnswer, json!("m.call.answer"));
     serde_json_eq(EventType::CallCandidates, json!("m.call.candidates"));
diff --git a/crates/ruma-macros/src/events/event_type.rs b/crates/ruma-macros/src/events/event_type.rs
index 5e8025a3..5d8789e0 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-macros/src/events/event_type.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-macros/src/events/event_type.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ fn generate_enum(
     let byte_doc = format!("Creates a byte slice from this `{}`.", ident);
     let enum_doc = format!("The type of `{}` this is.", ident.strip_suffix("Type").unwrap());
 
+    let deprecated_attr = (ident == "EventType").then(|| {
+        quote! {
+            #[deprecated = "use a fine-grained event type enum like RoomEventType instead"]
+        }
+    });
+
     let ident = Ident::new(ident, Span::call_site());
 
     let mut deduped: Vec<&EventEnumEntry> = vec![];
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ fn generate_enum(
         ///
         /// This type can hold an arbitrary string. To check for events that are not available as a
         /// documented variant here, use its string representation, obtained through `.as_str()`.
+        #deprecated_attr
         #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, #ruma_common::serde::StringEnum)]
         #[cfg_attr(not(feature = "unstable-exhaustive-types"), non_exhaustive)]
         pub enum #ident {
@@ -100,6 +107,7 @@ fn generate_enum(
             _Custom(crate::PrivOwnedStr),
         }
 
+        #[allow(deprecated)]
         impl #ident {
             #[doc = #str_doc]
             pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {