diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/9456-yaml-callback-deprecation.yml b/changelogs/fragments/9456-yaml-callback-deprecation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47c0708c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/9456-yaml-callback-deprecation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deprecated_features:
+  - yaml callback plugin - deprecate plugin in favor of ``result_format=yaml`` in plugin ``ansible.bulitin.default`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9456).
diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index 427c376b0f..b52bc8b911 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ plugin_routing:
         removal_version: 2.0.0
         warning_text: Use the 'default' callback plugin with 'display_failed_stderr
           = yes' option.
+    yaml:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 13.0.0
+        warning_text: The plugin has been superseded by the the option `result_format=yaml` in callback plugin ansible.builtin.default from ansible-core 2.13 onwards.
   connection:
     docker:
       redirect: community.docker.docker
diff --git a/plugins/callback/yaml.py b/plugins/callback/yaml.py
index 6bee5086c3..0484f80a34 100644
--- a/plugins/callback/yaml.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/yaml.py
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ author: Unknown (!UNKNOWN)
 name: yaml
 type: stdout
 short_description: YAML-ized Ansible screen output
+deprecated:
+  removed_in: 13.0.0
+  why: Starting in ansible-core 2.13, the P(ansible.builtin.default#callback) callback has support for printing output in YAML format.
+  alternative: Use O(ansible.builtin.default#callback:result_format=yaml).
 description:
   - Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting.
 extends_documentation_fragment: