diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectOutputStream.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectOutputStream.java
index dda9318f9bd..2dcf174cf53 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectOutputStream.java
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ public class ObjectOutputStream
          *         calling the {@link java.io.ObjectOutputStream#writeFields()}
          *         method.
          */
-        @Deprecated
+        @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "1.4")
         public abstract void write(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException;
     }