diff --git a/amazon-sns-java-messaging-lib-v1/src/main/java/com/amazon/sns/messaging/lib/core/AmazonSnsTemplate.java b/amazon-sns-java-messaging-lib-v1/src/main/java/com/amazon/sns/messaging/lib/core/AmazonSnsTemplate.java
index ff53fbf..8127504 100644
--- a/amazon-sns-java-messaging-lib-v1/src/main/java/com/amazon/sns/messaging/lib/core/AmazonSnsTemplate.java
+++ b/amazon-sns-java-messaging-lib-v1/src/main/java/com/amazon/sns/messaging/lib/core/AmazonSnsTemplate.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public static <E> Builder<AmazonSNS, PublishBatchRequest, PublishBatchResult, E,
   /**
    * Creates a new v1 SNS template with default settings.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(AmazonSNS, TopicProperty)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient the v1 {@link AmazonSNS} client
    * @param topicProperty   the topic configuration
    */
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v1 SNS template with a custom publish decorator.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(AmazonSNS, TopicProperty)} and {@link Builder#publishDecorator(UnaryOperator)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient  the v1 {@link AmazonSNS} client
    * @param topicProperty    the topic configuration
    * @param publishDecorator a decorator for the publish batch request
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v1 SNS template with a custom topic request queue.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(AmazonSNS, TopicProperty)} and {@link Builder#topicRequests(BlockingQueue)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient the v1 {@link AmazonSNS} client
    * @param topicProperty   the topic configuration
    * @param topicRequests   the blocking queue for topic requests
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v1 SNS template with a custom queue and publish decorator.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(AmazonSNS, TopicProperty)} with {@link Builder#topicRequests(BlockingQueue)} and {@link Builder#publishDecorator(UnaryOperator)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient  the v1 {@link AmazonSNS} client
    * @param topicProperty    the topic configuration
    * @param topicRequests    the blocking queue for topic requests
@@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v1 SNS template with a custom ObjectMapper.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(AmazonSNS, TopicProperty)} and {@link Builder#objectMapper(ObjectMapper)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient the v1 {@link AmazonSNS} client
    * @param topicProperty   the topic configuration
    * @param objectMapper    the Jackson ObjectMapper for payload serialization
@@ -146,6 +151,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v1 SNS template with a custom ObjectMapper and publish decorator.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(AmazonSNS, TopicProperty)} with {@link Builder#objectMapper(ObjectMapper)} and {@link Builder#publishDecorator(UnaryOperator)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient  the v1 {@link AmazonSNS} client
    * @param topicProperty    the topic configuration
    * @param objectMapper     the Jackson ObjectMapper for payload serialization
@@ -163,6 +169,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v1 SNS template with a custom queue and ObjectMapper.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(AmazonSNS, TopicProperty)} with {@link Builder#topicRequests(BlockingQueue)} and {@link Builder#objectMapper(ObjectMapper)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient the v1 {@link AmazonSNS} client
    * @param topicProperty   the topic configuration
    * @param topicRequests   the blocking queue for topic requests
@@ -180,6 +187,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v1 SNS template with full custom configuration.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(AmazonSNS, TopicProperty)} with builder setters instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient  the v1 {@link AmazonSNS} client
    * @param topicProperty    the topic configuration
    * @param topicRequests    the blocking queue for topic requests
diff --git a/amazon-sns-java-messaging-lib-v2/src/main/java/com/amazon/sns/messaging/lib/core/AmazonSnsTemplate.java b/amazon-sns-java-messaging-lib-v2/src/main/java/com/amazon/sns/messaging/lib/core/AmazonSnsTemplate.java
index d206f88..d3f84fd 100644
--- a/amazon-sns-java-messaging-lib-v2/src/main/java/com/amazon/sns/messaging/lib/core/AmazonSnsTemplate.java
+++ b/amazon-sns-java-messaging-lib-v2/src/main/java/com/amazon/sns/messaging/lib/core/AmazonSnsTemplate.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public static <E> Builder<SnsClient, PublishBatchRequest, PublishBatchResponse,
   /**
    * Creates a new v2 SNS template with default settings.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(SnsClient, TopicProperty)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient the v2 {@link SnsClient}
    * @param topicProperty   the topic configuration
    */
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v2 SNS template with a custom publish decorator.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(SnsClient, TopicProperty)} and {@link Builder#publishDecorator(UnaryOperator)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient  the v2 {@link SnsClient}
    * @param topicProperty    the topic configuration
    * @param publishDecorator a decorator for the publish batch request
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v2 SNS template with a custom topic request queue.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(SnsClient, TopicProperty)} and {@link Builder#topicRequests(BlockingQueue)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient the v2 {@link SnsClient}
    * @param topicProperty   the topic configuration
    * @param topicRequests   the blocking queue for topic requests
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v2 SNS template with a custom queue and publish decorator.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(SnsClient, TopicProperty)} with {@link Builder#topicRequests(BlockingQueue)} and {@link Builder#publishDecorator(UnaryOperator)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient  the v2 {@link SnsClient}
    * @param topicProperty    the topic configuration
    * @param topicRequests    the blocking queue for topic requests
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v2 SNS template with a custom ObjectMapper.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(SnsClient, TopicProperty)} and {@link Builder#objectMapper(ObjectMapper)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient the v2 {@link SnsClient}
    * @param topicProperty   the topic configuration
    * @param objectMapper    the Jackson ObjectMapper for payload serialization
@@ -147,6 +152,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v2 SNS template with a custom ObjectMapper and publish decorator.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(SnsClient, TopicProperty)} with {@link Builder#objectMapper(ObjectMapper)} and {@link Builder#publishDecorator(UnaryOperator)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient  the v2 {@link SnsClient}
    * @param topicProperty    the topic configuration
    * @param objectMapper     the Jackson ObjectMapper for payload serialization
@@ -164,6 +170,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v2 SNS template with a custom queue and ObjectMapper.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(SnsClient, TopicProperty)} with {@link Builder#topicRequests(BlockingQueue)} and {@link Builder#objectMapper(ObjectMapper)} instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient the v2 {@link SnsClient}
    * @param topicProperty   the topic configuration
    * @param topicRequests   the blocking queue for topic requests
@@ -181,6 +188,7 @@ public AmazonSnsTemplate(
   /**
    * Creates a new v2 SNS template with full custom configuration.
    *
+   * @deprecated since 1.3.0, use {@link #builder(SnsClient, TopicProperty)} with builder setters instead
    * @param amazonSnsClient  the v2 {@link SnsClient}
    * @param topicProperty    the topic configuration
    * @param topicRequests    the blocking queue for topic requests