diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/conf/OzoneConfiguration.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/conf/OzoneConfiguration.java
index 9cfe0f671d22..4b26cf14cb55 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/conf/OzoneConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/conf/OzoneConfiguration.java
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.LegacyHadoopConfigurationSource;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import org.apache.ratis.server.RaftServerConfigKeys;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.ratis.RatisHelper.HDDS_DATANODE_RATIS_PREFIX_KEY;
 
 /**
  * Configuration for ozone.
@@ -49,6 +52,8 @@
 public class OzoneConfiguration extends Configuration
     implements MutableConfigurationSource {
   static {
+    addDeprecatedKeys();
+
     activate();
   }
 
@@ -287,4 +292,13 @@ public Map<String, String> getPropsWithPrefix(String confPrefix) {
     }
     return configMap;
   }
+
+  private static void addDeprecatedKeys(){
+    Configuration.addDeprecations(new DeprecationDelta[]{
+        new DeprecationDelta(HDDS_DATANODE_RATIS_PREFIX_KEY + "."
+           + RaftServerConfigKeys.PREFIX + "." + "rpcslowness.timeout",
+           HDDS_DATANODE_RATIS_PREFIX_KEY + "."
+           + RaftServerConfigKeys.PREFIX + "." + "rpc.slowness.timeout")
+    });
+  }
 }