diff --git a/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/LTRRescorer.java b/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/LTRRescorer.java
index 4909a6f8a96..6d14e5d0095 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/LTRRescorer.java
+++ b/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/LTRRescorer.java
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ protected static ScoreDoc[] getFirstPassDocsRanked(TopDocs firstPassTopDocs) {
     return hits;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated From Solr 9.1.0 onwards this method will become private.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public void scoreFeatures(IndexSearcher indexSearcher,
                             int topN, LTRScoringQuery.ModelWeight modelWeight, ScoreDoc[] hits, List<LeafReaderContext> leaves,
                             ScoreDoc[] reranked) throws IOException {
diff --git a/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/interleaving/LTRInterleavingRescorer.java b/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/interleaving/LTRInterleavingRescorer.java
index 799f4d9e36a..3633a4643b6 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/interleaving/LTRInterleavingRescorer.java
+++ b/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/interleaving/LTRInterleavingRescorer.java
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ private ScoreDoc[][] rerank(IndexSearcher searcher, int topN, ScoreDoc[] firstPa
     return reRankedPerModel;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated From Solr 9.1.0 onwards this method will become private.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public void scoreFeatures(IndexSearcher indexSearcher,
                             int topN, LTRScoringQuery.ModelWeight[] modelWeights, ScoreDoc[] hits, List<LeafReaderContext> leaves,
                             ScoreDoc[][] rerankedPerModel) throws IOException {