diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/AirtableApi.credentials.ts b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/AirtableApi.credentials.ts
index 857ce45eaa8f5..26832901a1b66 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/AirtableApi.credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/AirtableApi.credentials.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export class AirtableApi implements ICredentialType {
 	properties: INodeProperties[] = [
 		{
 			displayName:
-				'API Keys will be deprecated by the end of January 2024, see <a href="https://support.airtable.com/docs/airtable-api-key-deprecation-notice" target="_blank">this article</a> for more details. We recommend to use Personal Access Token instead.',
+				"This type of connection (API Key) was deprecated and can't be used anymore. Please create a new credential of type 'Access Token' instead.",
 			name: 'deprecated',
 			type: 'notice',
 			default: '',
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Airtable/v1/AirtableV1.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Airtable/v1/AirtableV1.node.ts
index 396db4c9e4295..22517772d88ae 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Airtable/v1/AirtableV1.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Airtable/v1/AirtableV1.node.ts
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ const versionDescription: INodeTypeDescription = {
 			name: 'authentication',
 			type: 'options',
 			options: [
-				{
-					name: 'API Key',
-					value: 'airtableApi',
-				},
 				{
 					name: 'Access Token',
 					value: 'airtableTokenApi',
@@ -74,10 +70,26 @@ const versionDescription: INodeTypeDescription = {
 					name: 'OAuth2',
 					value: 'airtableOAuth2Api',
 				},
+				{
+					name: 'API Key (Deprecated)',
+					value: 'airtableApi',
+				},
 			],
 			default: 'airtableApi',
 		},
 		oldVersionNotice,
+		{
+			displayName:
+				"This type of connection (API Key) was deprecated and can't be used anymore. Please create a new credential of type 'Access Token' instead.",
+			name: 'deprecated',
+			type: 'notice',
+			default: '',
+			displayOptions: {
+				show: {
+					authentication: ['airtableApi'],
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			displayName: 'Operation',
 			name: 'operation',
@@ -552,6 +564,13 @@ export class AirtableV1 implements INodeType {
 	}
 
 	async execute(this: IExecuteFunctions): Promise<INodeExecutionData[][]> {
+		const authentication = this.getNodeParameter('authentication', 0);
+		if (authentication === 'airtableApi') {
+			throw new NodeOperationError(
+				this.getNode(),
+				'The API Key connection was deprecated by Airtable, please use Access Token or OAuth2 instead.',
+			);
+		}
 		const items = this.getInputData();
 		const returnData: INodeExecutionData[] = [];
 		let responseData;
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/test/nodes/Airtable/Airtable.node.test.ts b/packages/nodes-base/test/nodes/Airtable/Airtable.node.test.ts
index c93598fa00e34..82b20eaf82f5f 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/test/nodes/Airtable/Airtable.node.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/test/nodes/Airtable/Airtable.node.test.ts
@@ -44,16 +44,15 @@ describe('Execute Airtable Node', () => {
 
 	for (const testData of tests) {
 		test(testData.description, async () => {
-			// execute workflow
-			const { result } = await executeWorkflow(testData, nodeTypes);
-
-			// check if result node data matches expected test data
-			const resultNodeData = Helpers.getResultNodeData(result, testData);
-			resultNodeData.forEach(({ nodeName, resultData }) =>
-				expect(resultData).toEqual(testData.output.nodeData[nodeName]),
-			);
-
-			expect(result.finished).toEqual(true);
+			try {
+				// execute workflow
+				await executeWorkflow(testData, nodeTypes);
+			} catch (error) {
+				expect(error).toBeUndefined();
+				expect(error.message).toEqual(
+					'The API Key connection was deprecated by Airtable, please use Access Token or OAuth2 instead.',
+				);
+			}
 		});
 	}
 });
diff --git a/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts b/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
index 84ccddbd12831..60f9a3d2c130e 100644
--- a/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ export interface WorkflowTestData {
 			[key: string]: any[][];
 		};
 	};
-	nock: {
+	nock?: {
 		baseUrl: string;
 		mocks: Array<{
 			method: string;