diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4a1cd1221d..5509e9b553 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+8.0.0-dev.754 | 2025-07-28 12:24:41 -0400
+
+  * Deprecate `record_type_to_vector` (Evan Typanski, Corelight)
+
+    After #4682, record_fields is ordered so this is redundant. Furthermore,
+    it is incorrectly documented, as it says nested records are flattened.
+
 8.0.0-dev.751 | 2025-07-25 09:13:51 -0700
 
   * Use size_t for byte sizes in SerializationFormat (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 68d2c95773..89bc333b93 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.0-dev.751
+8.0.0-dev.754
diff --git a/src/zeek.bif b/src/zeek.bif
index 210aa12a69..f4b46c310b 100644
--- a/src/zeek.bif
+++ b/src/zeek.bif
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ function bare_mode%(%): bool
 ## rt: The name of the record type.
 ##
 ## Returns: A string vector with the field names of *rt*.
-function record_type_to_vector%(rt: string%): string_vec
+function record_type_to_vector%(rt: string%): string_vec &deprecated="Remove in v8.1: Consider using the ordered table from record_fields"
 	%{
 	auto result = zeek::make_intrusive<zeek::VectorVal>(zeek::id::string_vec);