diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c5994267a6..566c981a46 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Note that the only difference between `v2` and `v3` of the CodeQL Action is the
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
+- _Deprecation:_ The `add-snippets` input on the `analyze` Action is deprecated and will be removed in the first release in August 2025. [#2436](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/2436)
 - Fix an issue where the disk usage system call used for telemetry would fail on MacOS ARM machines with System Integrity Protection disabled, and then surface a warning. The system call is now disabled for these machines. [#2434](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/2434)
 
 ## 3.26.3 - 19 Aug 2024
diff --git a/analyze/action.yml b/analyze/action.yml
index 2742bdf34c..aade3426a1 100644
--- a/analyze/action.yml
+++ b/analyze/action.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ inputs:
     description: Specify whether or not to add code snippets to the output sarif file.
     required: false
     default: "false"
+    deprecationMessage: >-
+      The input "add-snippets" is deprecated and will be removed on the first release in August 2025.
+      When this input is set to true it is expected to add code snippets with an alert to the SARIF file.
+      However, since Code Scanning ignores code snippets provided as part of a SARIF file this is currently
+      a no operation. No alternative is available.
   skip-queries:
     description: If this option is set, the CodeQL database will be built but no queries will be run on it. Thus, no results will be produced.
     required: false