diff --git a/python/lsst/pipe/base/config.py b/python/lsst/pipe/base/config.py
index 21afc3ba5..6e16a17cf 100644
--- a/python/lsst/pipe/base/config.py
+++ b/python/lsst/pipe/base/config.py
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ def __new__(
                 docString = "Template parameter used to format corresponding field template parameter"
                 for templateName, default in connectionsClass.defaultTemplates.items():
                     configConnectionsNamespace[templateName] = TemplateField(
-                        dtype=str, doc=docString, default=default
+                        dtype=str,
+                        doc=docString,
+                        default=default,
+                        deprecated=connectionsClass.deprecatedTemplates.get(templateName),
                     )
             # add a reference to the connection class used to create this sub
             # config
diff --git a/python/lsst/pipe/base/connections.py b/python/lsst/pipe/base/connections.py
index 54286b9f8..9f442975c 100644
--- a/python/lsst/pipe/base/connections.py
+++ b/python/lsst/pipe/base/connections.py
@@ -224,14 +224,20 @@ def __new__(cls, name, bases, dct, **kwargs):
             # look up any template from base classes and merge them all
             # together
             mergeDict = {}
+            mergeDeprecationsDict = {}
             for base in bases[::-1]:
                 if hasattr(base, "defaultTemplates"):
                     mergeDict.update(base.defaultTemplates)
+                if hasattr(base, "deprecatedTemplates"):
+                    mergeDeprecationsDict.update(base.deprecatedTemplates)
             if "defaultTemplates" in kwargs:
                 mergeDict.update(kwargs["defaultTemplates"])
-
+            if "deprecatedTemplates" in kwargs:
+                mergeDeprecationsDict.update(kwargs["deprecatedTemplates"])
             if len(mergeDict) > 0:
                 kwargs["defaultTemplates"] = mergeDict
+            if len(mergeDeprecationsDict) > 0:
+                kwargs["deprecatedTemplates"] = mergeDeprecationsDict
 
             # Verify that if templated strings were used, defaults were
             # supplied as an argument in the declaration of the connection
@@ -258,6 +264,7 @@ def __new__(cls, name, bases, dct, **kwargs):
                         f" (conflicts are {nameTemplateIntersection})."
                     )
             dct["defaultTemplates"] = kwargs.get("defaultTemplates", {})
+            dct["deprecatedTemplates"] = kwargs.get("deprecatedTemplates", {})
 
         # Convert all the connection containers into frozensets so they cannot
         # be modified at the class scope
diff --git a/tests/test_connections.py b/tests/test_connections.py
index 8317332e3..7d088c926 100644
--- a/tests/test_connections.py
+++ b/tests/test_connections.py
@@ -187,10 +187,15 @@ class TestConnectionsWithBrokenDimensionsIter(pipeBase.PipelineTask, dimensions=
     def test_deprecation(self) -> None:
         """Test support for deprecating connections."""
 
-        class TestConnections(pipeBase.PipelineTaskConnections, dimensions=self.test_dims):
+        class TestConnections(
+            pipeBase.PipelineTaskConnections,
+            dimensions=self.test_dims,
+            defaultTemplates={"t1": "dataset_type_1"},
+            deprecatedTemplates={"t1": "Deprecated in v600, will be removed after v601."},
+        ):
             input1 = pipeBase.connectionTypes.Input(
                 doc="Docs for input1",
-                name="input1_dataset_type",
+                name="input1_{t1}",
                 storageClass="StructuredDataDict",
                 deprecated="Deprecated in v50000, will be removed after v50001.",
             )
@@ -204,7 +209,9 @@ class TestConfig(pipeBase.PipelineTaskConfig, pipelineConnections=TestConnection
 
         config = TestConfig()
         with self.assertWarns(FutureWarning):
-            config.connections.input1 = "some_other_dataset_type"
+            config.connections.input1 = "dataset_type_2"
+        with self.assertWarns(FutureWarning):
+            config.connections.t1 = "dataset_type_3"
 
         with self.assertWarns(FutureWarning):
             TestConnections(config=config)