diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-placement-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/deprecated/nova/nova-placement-container-puppet.yaml
similarity index 95%
rename from deployment/nova/nova-placement-container-puppet.yaml
rename to deployment/deprecated/nova/nova-placement-container-puppet.yaml
index 65dd8cd72b..4051bc4263 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-placement-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/deprecated/nova/nova-placement-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 heat_template_version: rocky
 
 description: >
-  OpenStack containerized Nova Placement API service
+  OpenStack containerized Nova Placement API service. Note, this service is
+  deprecated in Stein and will be replaced in Train by an extracted Placement
+  API service.
 
 parameters:
   DockerNovaPlacementImage:
@@ -68,16 +70,16 @@ conditions:
 resources:
 
   ContainersCommon:
-    type: ../../docker/services/containers-common.yaml
+    type: ../../../docker/services/containers-common.yaml
 
   MySQLClient:
-    type: ../../deployment/database/mysql-client.yaml
+    type: ../../../deployment/database/mysql-client.yaml
 
   NovaPlacementLogging:
     type: OS::TripleO::Services::Logging::NovaPlacement
 
   ApacheServiceBase:
-    type: ../../puppet/services/apache.yaml
+    type: ../../../puppet/services/apache.yaml
     properties:
       ServiceData: {get_param: ServiceData}
       ServiceNetMap: {get_param: ServiceNetMap}
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ resources:
       EnableInternalTLS: {get_param: EnableInternalTLS}
 
   NovaBase:
-    type: ./nova-base-puppet.yaml
+    type: ../../nova/nova-base-puppet.yaml
     properties:
       ServiceData: {get_param: ServiceData}
       ServiceNetMap: {get_param: ServiceNetMap}
diff --git a/overcloud-resource-registry-puppet.j2.yaml b/overcloud-resource-registry-puppet.j2.yaml
index 1580789c83..c2de51c8d0 100644
--- a/overcloud-resource-registry-puppet.j2.yaml
+++ b/overcloud-resource-registry-puppet.j2.yaml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ resource_registry:
   OS::TripleO::Services::NovaLibvirtGuests: deployment/nova/nova-libvirt-guests-container-puppet.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Services::NovaMetadata: deployment/nova/nova-metadata-container-puppet.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Services::NovaMigrationTarget: deployment/nova/nova-migration-target-container-puppet.yaml
-  OS::TripleO::Services::NovaPlacement: deployment/nova/nova-placement-container-puppet.yaml
+  OS::TripleO::Services::NovaPlacement: deployment/deprecated/nova/nova-placement-container-puppet.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Services::NovaScheduler: deployment/nova/nova-scheduler-container-puppet.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Services::NovaVncProxy: deployment/nova/nova-vnc-proxy-container-puppet.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Services::Novajoin: OS::Heat::None
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/nova-placement-43fd353e6870461c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/nova-placement-43fd353e6870461c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6220f6805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/nova-placement-43fd353e6870461c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The nova-placement service is deprecated in Stein and will be replaced in
+    Train by an extracted Placement API service.