diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index d4e0e4210..046b62589 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <action issue="LANG-1699" type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Darren Coleman">Corrected value of SystemUtils.JAVA_VENDOR #1066.</action>
     <action                   type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="step-security-bot, Gary Gregory">[StepSecurity] ci: Harden GitHub Actions #1067.</action>
     <action                   type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dimitrios Efthymiou">Update Javadoc for the insert methods in ArrayUtils #1078.</action>
+    <action                   type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Deprecate ExceptionUtils.ExceptionUtils().</action>
     <!-- ADD -->
     <action                   type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Add GitHub coverage.yml.</action>
     <action                   type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Add EnumUtils.getEnumSystemProperty(...).</action>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/exception/ExceptionUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/exception/ExceptionUtils.java
index 3125aab41..c98b5ed36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/exception/ExceptionUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/exception/ExceptionUtils.java
@@ -1012,7 +1012,10 @@ public class ExceptionUtils {
     /**
      * Public constructor allows an instance of {@link ExceptionUtils} to be created, although that is not
      * normally necessary.
+     *
+     * @deprecated Will be private in 3.0.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public ExceptionUtils() {
     }
 }