diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 31a3be6..c4f37e8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "parity-wasm"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.23.0"
 authors = ["Nikolay Volf <nikvolf@gmail.com>", "Svyatoslav Nikolsky <svyatonik@yandex.ru>", "Sergey Shulepov <s.pepyakin@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed8cc80..2249661 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 ## Rust WebAssembly format serializing/deserializing
 
-along with experimental interpreter
+along with (now deprecated) experimental interpreter
 
 ```rust
 
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Decoder can be fuzzed with `cargo-fuzz` using `wasm-opt` (https://github.com/Web
 - set rustup to use a nightly toolchain, because `cargo fuzz` uses a rust compiler plugin: `rustup override set nightly`
 - run `cargo fuzz run deserialize`
 
+## Interpreter deprecated
+
+Interpreter here is in deprecated state, new one (`wasmi`) can be found in separate crate: https://github.com/pepyakin/wasmi.
+
 # License
 
 `parity-wasm` is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT
diff --git a/src/interpreter/mod.rs b/src/interpreter/mod.rs
index 2001f2f..61ac6ff 100644
--- a/src/interpreter/mod.rs
+++ b/src/interpreter/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! WebAssembly interpreter module.
 
+#![deprecated(since = "0.23", note = "Use wasmi crate to interpret wasm")]
+
 use std::any::TypeId;
 use std::error;
 use std::fmt;