diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/constructor/WidgetTypeMsgConstructor.java b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/constructor/WidgetTypeMsgConstructor.java
index b2b82a34d7..3845fd870e 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/constructor/WidgetTypeMsgConstructor.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/constructor/WidgetTypeMsgConstructor.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class WidgetTypeMsgConstructor {
         if (widgetTypeDetails.getDescription() != null) {
             builder.setDescription(widgetTypeDetails.getDescription());
         }
+        builder.setDeprecated(widgetTypeDetails.isDeprecated());
         return builder.build();
     }
 
diff --git a/common/edge-api/src/main/proto/edge.proto b/common/edge-api/src/main/proto/edge.proto
index e505eb1140..a057bd74a4 100644
--- a/common/edge-api/src/main/proto/edge.proto
+++ b/common/edge-api/src/main/proto/edge.proto
@@ -362,12 +362,14 @@ message WidgetTypeUpdateMsg {
   int64 idMSB = 2;
   int64 idLSB = 3;
   optional string bundleAlias = 4;
-  optional string fqn = 5;
+  optional string alias = 5; // deprecated
   optional string name = 6;
   optional string descriptorJson = 7;
   bool isSystem = 8;
   optional string image = 9;
   optional string description = 10;
+  optional string fqn = 11;
+  bool deprecated = 12;
 }
 
 message AdminSettingsUpdateMsg {