diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19e4e61f1c..587ed9453b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ ___
 - Allow setting descending sort to full text queries (dblythy) [#7496](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7496)
 - Allow cloud string for ES modules (Daniel Blyth) [#7560](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7560)
 - docs: Introduce deprecation ID for reference in comments and online search (Manuel Trezza) [#7562](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7562)
+- refactor: deprecate `Parse.Cloud.httpRequest`; it is recommended to use a HTTP library instead. (Daniel Blyth) [#7595](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7595)
 - refactor: Modernize HTTPRequest tests (brandongregoryscott) [#7604](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7604)
 - Allow liveQuery on Session class (Daniel Blyth) [#7554](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7554)
 
diff --git a/DEPRECATIONS.md b/DEPRECATIONS.md
index 05ef29bc75..dc913dd0e7 100644
--- a/DEPRECATIONS.md
+++ b/DEPRECATIONS.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ The following is a list of deprecations, according to the [Deprecation Policy](h
 | DEPPS1 | Native MongoDB syntax in aggregation pipeline   | [#7338](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/7338) | 5.0.0 (2022)                    | 6.0.0 (2023)                    | deprecated            | -     |
 | DEPPS2 | Config option `directAccess` defaults to `true` | [#6636](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/6636)   | 5.0.0 (2022)                    | 6.0.0 (2023)                    | deprecated            | -     |
 | DEPPS3 | Config option `enforcePrivateUsers` defaults to `true` | [#7319](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7319)   | 5.0.0 (2022)                    | 6.0.0 (2023)                    | deprecated            | -     |
+| DEPPS4 | Remove convenience method for http request `Parse.Cloud.httpRequest` | [#7589](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7589)   | 5.0.0 (2022)                    | 6.0.0 (2023)                    | deprecated            | -     |
 
 [i_deprecation]: ## "The version and date of the deprecation."
 [i_removal]: ## "The version and date of the planned removal."
diff --git a/spec/CloudCode.spec.js b/spec/CloudCode.spec.js
index adace31078..fb9d3aedd7 100644
--- a/spec/CloudCode.spec.js
+++ b/spec/CloudCode.spec.js
@@ -1554,6 +1554,25 @@ describe('Cloud Code', () => {
     obj.save().then(done, done.fail);
   });
 
+  it('can deprecate Parse.Cloud.httpRequest', async () => {
+    const logger = require('../lib/logger').logger;
+    spyOn(logger, 'warn').and.callFake(() => {});
+    Parse.Cloud.define('hello', () => {
+      return 'Hello world!';
+    });
+    await Parse.Cloud.httpRequest({
+      method: 'POST',
+      url: 'http://localhost:8378/1/functions/hello',
+      headers: {
+        'X-Parse-Application-Id': Parse.applicationId,
+        'X-Parse-REST-API-Key': 'rest',
+      },
+    });
+    expect(logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'DeprecationWarning: Parse.Cloud.httpRequest is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use a http request library instead.'
+    );
+  });
+
   describe('cloud jobs', () => {
     it('should define a job', done => {
       expect(() => {
diff --git a/src/cloud-code/Parse.Cloud.js b/src/cloud-code/Parse.Cloud.js
index 5329a3eda2..9fb437cada 100644
--- a/src/cloud-code/Parse.Cloud.js
+++ b/src/cloud-code/Parse.Cloud.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Parse } from 'parse/node';
 import * as triggers from '../triggers';
+import Deprecator from '../Deprecator/Deprecator';
 const Config = require('../Config');
 
 function isParseObjectConstructor(object) {
@@ -716,7 +717,14 @@ ParseCloud.useMasterKey = () => {
   );
 };
 
-ParseCloud.httpRequest = require('./httpRequest');
+const request = require('./httpRequest');
+ParseCloud.httpRequest = opts => {
+  Deprecator.logRuntimeDeprecation({
+    usage: 'Parse.Cloud.httpRequest',
+    solution: 'Use a http request library instead.',
+  });
+  return request(opts);
+};
 
 module.exports = ParseCloud;