diff --git a/rules/windows/discovery_file_dir_discovery.toml b/rules/_deprecated/discovery_file_dir_discovery.toml
similarity index 97%
rename from rules/windows/discovery_file_dir_discovery.toml
rename to rules/_deprecated/discovery_file_dir_discovery.toml
index e66f9a343..18c76568c 100644
--- a/rules/windows/discovery_file_dir_discovery.toml
+++ b/rules/_deprecated/discovery_file_dir_discovery.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [metadata]
 creation_date = "2020/12/04"
-maturity = "production"
-updated_date = "2022/04/21"
+deprecation_date = "2022/08/02"
+maturity = "deprecated"
+updated_date = "2022/08/02"
 
 [rule]
 author = ["Elastic"]