diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1189c5c..82c8249 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ authors = [
 description = "Project-oriented workflow in Python"
 readme = "README.md"
 dependencies = [
-  "typing-extensions"
+  "Deprecated",
+  "typing-extensions",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 classifiers = [
@@ -37,4 +38,4 @@ test = [
 
 [project.urls]
 "Homepage" = "https://github.com/chendaniely/pyprojroot"
-"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/chendaniely/pyprojroot/issues"
\ No newline at end of file
+"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/chendaniely/pyprojroot/issues"
diff --git a/src/pyprojroot/__init__.py b/src/pyprojroot/__init__.py
index 0ba0e9c..4b2c5da 100644
--- a/src/pyprojroot/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyprojroot/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
+from deprecated import deprecated as _deprecated
+
 from .criterion import as_root_criterion, has_dir, has_file
-from .here import here
 from .root import find_root, find_root_with_reason
 
 
+@_deprecated(version="0.4.0", reason="Use `from pyprojroot.here import here` instead.")
+def here(*args, **kwargs):
+    from .here import here as h
+
+    h(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
 __all__ = [
     "as_root_criterion",
     "find_root_with_reason",