diff --git a/llama_index/node_parser/__init__.py b/llama_index/node_parser/__init__.py
index 34f61679cc17b..5c32929197eca 100644
--- a/llama_index/node_parser/__init__.py
+++ b/llama_index/node_parser/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 from llama_index.node_parser.text.sentence_window import SentenceWindowNodeParser
 from llama_index.node_parser.text.token import TokenTextSplitter
 
+# deprecated, for backwards compatibility
+SimpleNodeParser = SentenceSplitter
+
 __all__ = [
     "TokenTextSplitter",
     "SentenceSplitter",
@@ -40,4 +43,6 @@
     "UnstructuredElementNodeParser",
     "get_leaf_nodes",
     "get_root_nodes",
+    # deprecated, for backwards compatibility
+    "SimpleNodeParser",
 ]