diff --git a/monai/transforms/utility/array.py b/monai/transforms/utility/array.py
index a28f468cf4..999636d0b9 100644
--- a/monai/transforms/utility/array.py
+++ b/monai/transforms/utility/array.py
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ def __call__(self, img: NdarrayOrTensor) -> NdarrayOrTensor:
         return img
 
 
+@deprecated(since="0.8", msg_suffix="please use MetaTensor data type and monai.transforms.EnsureChannelFirst instead.")
 class AsChannelFirst(Transform):
     """
     Change the channel dimension of the image to the first dimension.
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ def __call__(self, img: NdarrayOrTensor) -> NdarrayOrTensor:
         return out
 
 
+@deprecated(since="0.8", msg_suffix="please use MetaTensor data type and monai.transforms.EnsureChannelFirst instead.")
 class AddChannel(Transform):
     """
     Adds a 1-length channel dimension to the input image.