diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 49c9cb5e8f7..a786d0dbf71 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1998,6 +1998,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger 0.10.0",
  "futures",
  "libp2p",
+ "libp2p-quic",
+ "libp2p-webrtc",
  "log",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "redis",
diff --git a/interop-tests/Cargo.toml b/interop-tests/Cargo.toml
index cdd8cdac00b..dfaf93fd9df 100644
--- a/interop-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/interop-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ anyhow = "1"
 either = "1.8.0"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 futures = "0.3.27"
-libp2p = { path = "../libp2p", features = ["websocket", "quic",  "mplex", "yamux", "tcp", "tokio", "ping", "noise", "tls", "dns", "rsa", "macros", "webrtc"] }
+libp2p = { path = "../libp2p", features = ["websocket", "mplex", "yamux", "tcp", "tokio", "ping", "noise", "tls", "dns", "rsa", "macros"] }
+libp2p-quic = { path = "../transports/quic", features = ["tokio"] }
+libp2p-webrtc = { path = "../transports/webrtc", features = ["tokio"] }
 log = "0.4"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 redis = { version = "0.22.1", default-features = false, features = ["tokio-comp"] }
diff --git a/interop-tests/src/bin/ping.rs b/interop-tests/src/bin/ping.rs
index 71cdf6e833e..25d4459d0fa 100644
--- a/interop-tests/src/bin/ping.rs
+++ b/interop-tests/src/bin/ping.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ use libp2p::swarm::{keep_alive, NetworkBehaviour, SwarmEvent};
 use libp2p::tls::TlsStream;
 use libp2p::websocket::WsConfig;
 use libp2p::{
-    identity, mplex, noise, ping, quic, swarm::SwarmBuilder, tcp, tls, webrtc, yamux,
-    InboundUpgradeExt, Multiaddr, OutboundUpgradeExt, PeerId, Transport as _,
+    identity, mplex, noise, ping, swarm::SwarmBuilder, tcp, tls, yamux, InboundUpgradeExt,
+    Multiaddr, OutboundUpgradeExt, PeerId, Transport as _,
 };
+use libp2p_quic as quic;
+use libp2p_webrtc as webrtc;
 use redis::AsyncCommands;
 
 #[tokio::main]
diff --git a/libp2p/CHANGELOG.md b/libp2p/CHANGELOG.md
index 36e4204ca88..946b0dfdd0e 100644
--- a/libp2p/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/libp2p/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
 - Introduce `libp2p::connection_limits` module.
   See [PR 3386].
 
+- Deprecate the `quic` and `webrtc` feature.
+  These two crates are only in alpha state.
+  To properly communicate this to users, we want them to add the dependency directly which makes the `alpha` version visible.
+  See [PR 3580].
+
 [PR 3386]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/3386
+[PR 3580]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/3580
 
 # 0.51.1
 
diff --git a/libp2p/src/lib.rs b/libp2p/src/lib.rs
index 0fe8ee9c0fd..322decc1fb4 100644
--- a/libp2p/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libp2p/src/lib.rs
@@ -97,8 +97,12 @@ pub use libp2p_plaintext as plaintext;
 pub use libp2p_pnet as pnet;
 #[cfg(feature = "quic")]
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-#[doc(inline)]
-pub use libp2p_quic as quic;
+#[deprecated(
+    note = "`quic` is only in alpha status. Please depend on `libp2p-quic` directly and don't ues the `quic` feature of `libp2p`."
+)]
+pub mod quic {
+    pub use libp2p_quic::*;
+}
 #[cfg(feature = "relay")]
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use libp2p_relay as relay;
@@ -131,8 +135,12 @@ pub use libp2p_wasm_ext as wasm_ext;
 #[cfg(feature = "webrtc")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "webrtc")))]
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-#[doc(inline)]
-pub use libp2p_webrtc as webrtc;
+#[deprecated(
+    note = "`webrtc` is only in alpha status. Please depend on `libp2p-webrtc` directly and don't ues the `webrtc` feature of `libp2p`."
+)]
+pub mod webrtc {
+    pub use libp2p_webrtc::*;
+}
 #[cfg(feature = "websocket")]
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 #[doc(inline)]