diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e547195..bb40b01 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mdbook-template"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1+deprecated"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Goudham Suresh <sgoudham@gmail.com>"]
 description = "A mdbook preprocessor that allows the re-usability of template files with dynamic arguments"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a03b3f1..16c39d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 
 > A mdbook preprocessor that allows the re-usability of template files with dynamic arguments
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **This package is no longer actively maintained**. I initially created this
+> when I was actively using mdBook for my website but am no longer doing so and
+> find it hard to motivate myself to work on this project.
+
 ## Table of Contents
 
 * [Author Notes](#author-notes)
@@ -297,4 +302,4 @@ before contributing!
 This preprocessor is heavily based off the
 [`links.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/src/preprocess/links.rs) file within
 [mdbook](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook) itself. I definitely wouldn't have been able to mock up something like
-this without the strong foundations that mdbook already implemented.
\ No newline at end of file
+this without the strong foundations that mdbook already implemented.