diff --git a/pkg/storage/value/metrics.go b/pkg/storage/value/metrics.go
index 3cb0efb5f..3d7f30bfc 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/value/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/value/metrics.go
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ var (
 
 	deprecatedTransformerFailuresTotal = metrics.NewCounterVec(
 		&metrics.CounterOpts{
-			Namespace:      namespace,
-			Subsystem:      subsystem,
-			Name:           "transformation_failures_total",
-			Help:           "(Deprecated) Total number of failed transformation operations.",
-			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+			Namespace:         namespace,
+			Subsystem:         subsystem,
+			Name:              "transformation_failures_total",
+			Help:              "Total number of failed transformation operations.",
+			StabilityLevel:    metrics.ALPHA,
+			DeprecatedVersion: "1.15.0",
 		},
 		[]string{"transformation_type"},
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/value/metrics_test.go b/pkg/storage/value/metrics_test.go
index 22109bb2a..5fd5b6b96 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/value/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/value/metrics_test.go
@@ -48,68 +48,52 @@ func TestTotals(t *testing.T) {
 			prefix: NewPrefixTransformers(nil, nonStatusErrTransformer),
 			metrics: []string{
 				"apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total",
-				"apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total",
 			},
 			want: `
-# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total [ALPHA] (Deprecated) Total number of failed transformation operations.
-# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total counter
-apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total{transformation_type="from_storage"} 1
-apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total{transformation_type="to_storage"} 1
-# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total [ALPHA] Total number of transformations.
-# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total counter
-apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="Unknown",transformation_type="from_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
-apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="Unknown",transformation_type="to_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
-`,
+				# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total [ALPHA] Total number of transformations.
+				# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total counter
+				apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="Unknown",transformation_type="from_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
+				apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="Unknown",transformation_type="to_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
+				`,
 		},
 		{
 			desc:   "ok",
 			prefix: NewPrefixTransformers(nil, okTransformer),
 			metrics: []string{
 				"apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total",
-				"apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total",
 			},
 			want: `
-# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total [ALPHA] Total number of transformations.
-# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total counter
-apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="OK",transformation_type="from_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
-apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="OK",transformation_type="to_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
-`,
+				# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total [ALPHA] Total number of transformations.
+				# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total counter
+				apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="OK",transformation_type="from_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
+				apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="OK",transformation_type="to_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
+				`,
 		},
 		{
 			desc:   "failed precondition",
 			prefix: NewPrefixTransformers(nil, failedPreconditionErrTransformer),
 			metrics: []string{
 				"apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total",
-				"apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total",
 			},
 			want: `
-# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total [ALPHA] (Deprecated) Total number of failed transformation operations.
-# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total counter
-apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total{transformation_type="from_storage"} 1
-apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total{transformation_type="to_storage"} 1
-# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total [ALPHA] Total number of transformations.
-# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total counter
-apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="FailedPrecondition",transformation_type="from_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
-apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="FailedPrecondition",transformation_type="to_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
-`,
+				# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total [ALPHA] Total number of transformations.
+				# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total counter
+				apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="FailedPrecondition",transformation_type="from_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
+				apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="FailedPrecondition",transformation_type="to_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
+				`,
 		},
 		{
 			desc:   "internal",
 			prefix: NewPrefixTransformers(nil, internalErrTransformer),
 			metrics: []string{
 				"apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total",
-				"apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total",
 			},
 			want: `
-# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total [ALPHA] (Deprecated) Total number of failed transformation operations.
-# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total counter
-apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total{transformation_type="from_storage"} 1
-apiserver_storage_transformation_failures_total{transformation_type="to_storage"} 1
-# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total [ALPHA] Total number of transformations.
-# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total counter
-apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="Internal",transformation_type="from_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
-apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="Internal",transformation_type="to_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
-`,
+				# HELP apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total [ALPHA] Total number of transformations.
+				# TYPE apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total counter
+				apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="Internal",transformation_type="from_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
+				apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total{status="Internal",transformation_type="to_storage",transformer_prefix="k8s:enc:kms:v1:"} 1
+				`,
 		},
 	}