diff --git a/src/pyrecest/deprecation.py b/src/pyrecest/deprecation.py
index 69400f3ecd..1075bd1897 100644
--- a/src/pyrecest/deprecation.py
+++ b/src/pyrecest/deprecation.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import functools
+import inspect
 import warnings
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import ParamSpec, TypeVar
@@ -48,6 +49,18 @@ def decorator(func: Callable[P, R]) -> Callable[P, R]:
         if replacement:
             message += f" Use {replacement} instead."
 
+        if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(func):
+
+            @functools.wraps(func)
+            async def async_wrapper(*args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs):
+                warnings.warn(message, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+                return await func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+            async_wrapper.__deprecated_since__ = since  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            async_wrapper.__deprecated_remove_in__ = remove_in  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            async_wrapper.__deprecated_replacement__ = replacement  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            return async_wrapper  # type: ignore[return-value]
+
         @functools.wraps(func)
         def wrapper(*args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs) -> R:
             warnings.warn(message, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
diff --git a/tests/test_deprecation_helper.py b/tests/test_deprecation_helper.py
index 7624e6e810..d1a8222517 100644
--- a/tests/test_deprecation_helper.py
+++ b/tests/test_deprecation_helper.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import asyncio
+import inspect
 import warnings
 
 import pytest
@@ -18,6 +20,21 @@ def legacy_function():
     assert "new_function" in str(caught[0].message)
 
 
+def test_deprecated_decorator_preserves_async_function_contract():
+    @deprecated(since="2.3.0", remove_in="3.0.0", replacement="new_async_function")
+    async def legacy_async_function(value):
+        return value + 1
+
+    assert inspect.iscoroutinefunction(legacy_async_function)
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as caught:
+        warnings.simplefilter("always")
+        assert asyncio.run(legacy_async_function(1)) == 2
+
+    assert len(caught) == 1
+    assert issubclass(caught[0].category, DeprecationWarning)
+    assert "new_async_function" in str(caught[0].message)
+
+
 def test_deprecated_decorator_rejects_blank_since():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="since must be a non-empty string"):
         deprecated(since=" ", remove_in="3.0.0")