diff --git a/src/frontend/factories/feature-flag-factory.ts b/src/frontend/factories/feature-flag-factory.ts
index b1b6cbb0..14153b32 100644
--- a/src/frontend/factories/feature-flag-factory.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/factories/feature-flag-factory.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 import { config } from "../../config";
-import { KindeFlag, KindeFlagRaw, KindeFlagTypeCode } from "../../types";
-import { flagDataTypeMap } from "../OldAuthProvider";
+import {
+  KindeFlag,
+  KindeFlagRaw,
+  KindeFlagTypeCode,
+  KindeFlagTypeValue,
+} from "../../types";
 import { KindeFeatureFlags } from "../types";
 
+/** @type {Record<KindeFlagTypeCode, KindeFlagTypeValue>} */
+export const flagDataTypeMap: Record<KindeFlagTypeCode, KindeFlagTypeValue> = {
+  s: "string",
+  i: "integer",
+  b: "boolean",
+  j: "json",
+};
+
 export const getFlagFactory = (featureFlags: KindeFeatureFlags) => {
   return (
     code: string,
diff --git a/src/frontend/index.js b/src/frontend/index.js
index 658e09f3..5369b2d2 100644
--- a/src/frontend/index.js
+++ b/src/frontend/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-export { useKindeAuth } from "./OldAuthProvider.jsx";
 export { useKindeBrowserClient } from "./hooks/public/use-kinde-browser-client.js";
 export { KindeProvider } from "./KindeProvider.tsx";
+export { useKindeAuth } from "./useKindeAuth.ts";
diff --git a/src/frontend/useKindeAuth.ts b/src/frontend/useKindeAuth.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b51d404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/useKindeAuth.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"use client";
+import { useKindeBrowserClient } from "./hooks/public/use-kinde-browser-client.js";
+
+let hasWarned = false;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use `useKindeBrowserClient` instead. `useKindeAuth` will be removed in a future major version.
+ * @returns {import('../types').KindeState}
+ */
+export const useKindeAuth = () => {
+  if (!hasWarned) {
+    hasWarned = true;
+    console.warn(
+      "[Kinde] useKindeAuth() is deprecated. Please use useKindeBrowserClient() instead. " +
+        "useKindeAuth will be removed in a future major version.",
+    );
+  }
+  return useKindeBrowserClient();
+};