diff --git a/spring-modulith-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/core/ApplicationModuleDetectionStrategy.java b/spring-modulith-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/core/ApplicationModuleDetectionStrategy.java
index 04b2d5bf..f1b4d28d 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/core/ApplicationModuleDetectionStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/core/ApplicationModuleDetectionStrategy.java
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ public interface ApplicationModuleDetectionStrategy {
 		return pkg -> pkg.getDirectSubPackages().stream();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * A {@link ApplicationModuleDetectionStrategy} that considers packages explicitly annotated with
+	 * {@link ApplicationModule} module base packages.
+	 *
+	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
+	 * @deprecated since 1.3. Use {@link #explicitlyAnnotated()} instead.
+	 */
+	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
+	static ApplicationModuleDetectionStrategy explictlyAnnotated() {
+		return explicitlyAnnotated();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * A {@link ApplicationModuleDetectionStrategy} that considers packages explicitly annotated with
 	 * {@link ApplicationModule} module base packages.