diff --git a/acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/domain/EhCacheBasedAclCache.java b/acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/domain/EhCacheBasedAclCache.java
index 124ec9671d..9ad106d7af 100644
--- a/acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/domain/EhCacheBasedAclCache.java
+++ b/acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/domain/EhCacheBasedAclCache.java
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * {@link PermissionGrantingStrategy} and {@link AclAuthorizationStrategy} instances.
  *
  * @author Ben Alex
+ * @deprecated since 5.6. In favor of JCache based implementations
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class EhCacheBasedAclCache implements AclCache {
 
 	private final Ehcache cache;
diff --git a/cas/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/cas/authentication/EhCacheBasedTicketCache.java b/cas/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/cas/authentication/EhCacheBasedTicketCache.java
index 037b2a3f0f..595c0d23f2 100644
--- a/cas/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/cas/authentication/EhCacheBasedTicketCache.java
+++ b/cas/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/cas/authentication/EhCacheBasedTicketCache.java
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * <a href="https://www.ehcache.org/">EHCACHE</a>.
  *
  * @author Ben Alex
+ * @deprecated since 5.6. In favor of JCache based implementations
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class EhCacheBasedTicketCache implements StatelessTicketCache, InitializingBean {
 
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(EhCacheBasedTicketCache.class);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/cache/EhCacheBasedUserCache.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/cache/EhCacheBasedUserCache.java
index 201199ffeb..1aba15b218 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/cache/EhCacheBasedUserCache.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/cache/EhCacheBasedUserCache.java
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * <A HREF="https://www.ehcache.org/">EHCACHE</a>.
  *
  * @author Ben Alex
+ * @deprecated since 5.6. In favor of JCache based implementations
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class EhCacheBasedUserCache implements UserCache, InitializingBean {
 
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(EhCacheBasedUserCache.class);