diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index e3fe3ae7..2967d4f2 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -51,16 +51,6 @@
 #   every 30 seconds.
 #   Defaults to $facts['os_service_default']
 #
-# [*rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread*]
-#   (Optional) EXPERIMENTAL: Run the health check heartbeat thread
-#   through a native python thread. By default if this
-#   option isn't provided the  health check heartbeat will
-#   inherit the execution model from the parent process. By
-#   example if the parent process have monkey patched the
-#   stdlib by using eventlet/greenlet then the heartbeat
-#   will be run through a green thread.
-#   Defaults to $facts['os_service_default']
-#
 # [*rabbit_qos_prefetch_count*]
 #   (Optional) Specifies the number of messages to prefetch.
 #   Defaults to $facts['os_service_default']
@@ -160,6 +150,18 @@
 #   in the octavia config.
 #   Defaults to false.
 #
+# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+#
+# [*rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread*]
+#   (Optional) EXPERIMENTAL: Run the health check heartbeat thread
+#   through a native python thread. By default if this
+#   option isn't provided the  health check heartbeat will
+#   inherit the execution model from the parent process. By
+#   example if the parent process have monkey patched the
+#   stdlib by using eventlet/greenlet then the heartbeat
+#   will be run through a green thread.
+#   Defaults to undef
+#
 class octavia (
   $package_ensure                     = 'present',
   $default_transport_url              = $facts['os_service_default'],
@@ -169,7 +171,6 @@ class octavia (
   $rabbit_use_ssl                     = $facts['os_service_default'],
   $rabbit_heartbeat_timeout_threshold = $facts['os_service_default'],
   $rabbit_heartbeat_rate              = $facts['os_service_default'],
-  $rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread        = $facts['os_service_default'],
   $rabbit_qos_prefetch_count          = $facts['os_service_default'],
   $rabbit_quorum_queue                = $facts['os_service_default'],
   $rabbit_transient_quorum_queue      = $facts['os_service_default'],
@@ -192,6 +193,8 @@ class octavia (
   $notification_retry                 = $facts['os_service_default'],
   $topic                              = 'octavia-rpc',
   Boolean $purge_config               = false,
+  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+  $rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread        = undef,
 ) inherits octavia::params {
 
   include octavia::deps
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-d18828a91f93d95f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-d18828a91f93d95f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e096513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-d18828a91f93d95f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``octavia::rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread`` parameter has been deprecated
+    and will be removed in the future release.