diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/pipeline/transform/BaseTransformMeta.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/pipeline/transform/BaseTransformMeta.java
index 633bb596169..cf6542e185c 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/pipeline/transform/BaseTransformMeta.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/pipeline/transform/BaseTransformMeta.java
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ public IRowMeta getTableFields(IVariables variables) {
    * @return String containing the XML describing this transform.
    * @throws HopException in case there is an XML conversion or encoding error
    */
+  @Deprecated(since = "2.10.0", forRemoval = false)
   public String getXml() throws HopException {
     convertIOMetaToTransformNames();
     return XmlMetadataUtil.serializeObjectToXml(this);
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ public String getXml() throws HopException {
    * @param metadataProvider
    * @throws HopXmlException
    */
+  @Deprecated(since = "2.10.0", forRemoval = false)
   public void loadXml(Node transformNode, IHopMetadataProvider metadataProvider)
       throws HopXmlException {
     XmlMetadataUtil.deSerializeFromXml(transformNode, getClass(), this, metadataProvider);