diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index d2bb47050..ddd31809a 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Number of Examples: 72 (0 deprecated)
 
 | link:ftp/README.adoc[FTP] (ftp) | File | An example for showing Camel FTP integration
 
-| link:minio/README.adoc[Minio] (minio) | File | An example for showing Camel using MinIO Component
+| link:minio/README.adoc[Minio] (minio) | File | (Deprecated) An example for showing Camel using MinIO Component
 
 | link:kamelet/README.adoc[Kamelet] (kamelet) | Kamelet | How to use Kamelets
 
diff --git a/minio/README.adoc b/minio/README.adoc
index 32eddb548..691ce9bbf 100644
--- a/minio/README.adoc
+++ b/minio/README.adoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-== Camel MinIO Example
+== Camel MinIO Example (Deprecated)
 
 This example shows how to use Camel MinIO component to write and read objects in a bucket.
 
diff --git a/minio/pom.xml b/minio/pom.xml
index 85faca7d4..da5a11ba9 100644
--- a/minio/pom.xml
+++ b/minio/pom.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>camel-example-minio</artifactId>
-    <name>Camel :: Example :: MinIO</name>
-    <description>An example for showing Camel using MinIO Component</description>
+    <name>Camel :: Example :: MinIO (Deprecated)</name>
+    <description>An example for showing Camel using MinIO Component (Deprecated)</description>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/minio/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/example/MainMinioTest.java b/minio/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/example/MainMinioTest.java
index 63a9a86d2..5a7b8f3f7 100644
--- a/minio/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/example/MainMinioTest.java
+++ b/minio/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/example/MainMinioTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.camel.test.infra.minio.services.MinioService;
 import org.apache.camel.test.infra.minio.services.MinioServiceFactory;
 import org.apache.camel.test.main.junit6.CamelMainTestSupport;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+@Disabled("MinIO was deprecated in 4.23. The upstream project is closed and container images were aggressively removed from registries.")
 public class MainMinioTest extends CamelMainTestSupport {
 
     @RegisterExtension