diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/__init__.py b/dpctl/tensor/__init__.py
index 1e1de32126..517d8b989f 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/__init__.py
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 [ArrayAPI] https://data-apis.org/array-api
 """
 
+# import for deprecation warning
+import warnings as _warnings
+
 from dpctl.tensor._copy_utils import asnumpy, astype, copy, from_numpy, to_numpy
 from dpctl.tensor._ctors import (
     arange,
@@ -208,6 +211,16 @@
 from ._testing import allclose
 from ._type_utils import can_cast, finfo, iinfo, isdtype, result_type
 
+# deprecation warning for the dpctl.tensor module
+_warnings.warn(
+    "dpctl.tensor is deprecated since dpctl 0.21.1 and will be removed in a "
+    "future release. The functionality will be moved to separate package, dpnp "
+    "(see: https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp). After that, use "
+    "'import dpnp.tensor' instead.",
+    DeprecationWarning,
+    stacklevel=2,
+)
+
 __all__ = [
     "Device",
     "usm_ndarray",
@@ -397,3 +410,19 @@
     "sycl_device_to_dldevice",
     "isin",
 ]
+
+
+def __getattr__(name: str):  # pragma: no cover
+    # per-attribute access deprecation notices per PEP 562
+    if name in __all__:
+        _warnings.warn(
+            f"dpctl.tensor.{name} is deprecated; dpctl.tensor is deprecated "
+            "since dpctl 0.21.1 and will be removed in a future release. The "
+            "functionality will be moved to separate package, dpnp (see: "
+            "https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp). After that, use 'import "
+            "dpnp.tensor' instead.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return globals()[name]
+    raise AttributeError(f"module 'dpctl.tensor' has no attribute '{name}'")