diff --git a/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/Tests/L0.ts b/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/Tests/L0.ts
index ac441037adf0..fe48b0d951a7 100644
--- a/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/Tests/L0.ts
+++ b/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/Tests/L0.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe('NuGetRestore Suite', function () {
     after(() => {
     });
     it('restore single solution', (done: Mocha.Done) => {
-        this.timeout(1000);
+        this.timeout(10000);
 
         let tp = path.join(__dirname, 'singlesln.js')
         let tr: ttm.MockTestRunner = new ttm.MockTestRunner(tp);
diff --git a/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/nugetinstaller.ts b/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/nugetinstaller.ts
index 792ddf70cabf..107a959c7b14 100644
--- a/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/nugetinstaller.ts
+++ b/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/nugetinstaller.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class RestoreOptions implements INuGetCommandOptions {
 }
 
 async function main(): Promise<void> {
+    tl.warning("This task will be deprecated soon. Please switch to using NuGetCommand@2's 'restore' option");
     let packagingLocation: pkgLocationUtils.PackagingLocation;
     try {
         tl.debug("getting the uris");
diff --git a/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/task.json b/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/task.json
index 3eb77560dfe4..ae72e6ce4c6c 100644
--- a/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/task.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
     "version": {
         "Major": 1,
-        "Minor": 223,
+        "Minor": 226,
         "Patch": 0
     },
     "runsOn": [
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         "DeploymentGroup"
     ],
     "minimumAgentVersion": "2.144.0",
+    "deprecated": true,
     "groups": [
         {
             "name": "advanced",
diff --git a/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/task.loc.json b/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/task.loc.json
index bd58fdbf0893..23981c6e330a 100644
--- a/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/NuGetRestoreV1/task.loc.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
   "version": {
     "Major": 1,
-    "Minor": 223,
+    "Minor": 226,
     "Patch": 0
   },
   "runsOn": [
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "DeploymentGroup"
   ],
   "minimumAgentVersion": "2.144.0",
+  "deprecated": true,
   "groups": [
     {
       "name": "advanced",