diff --git a/.changeset/large-carpets-post.md b/.changeset/large-carpets-post.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..002e6645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/large-carpets-post.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@playcanvas/react": patch
+---
+
+Adds a deprecation warning to OrbitControls
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/components/Script.tsx b/packages/lib/src/components/Script.tsx
index fda2d61b..547026f8 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/components/Script.tsx
+++ b/packages/lib/src/components/Script.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ interface ScriptProps {
     [key: string]: unknown;
 }
 
-class NullScript extends PcScript {}
+class NullScript extends PcScript {
+    static scriptName = 'null-script';
+}
 
 const componentDefinition = {
     name: "Script",
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/scripts/orbit-controls/index.tsx b/packages/lib/src/scripts/orbit-controls/index.tsx
index bb688116..bac438fa 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/scripts/orbit-controls/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/lib/src/scripts/orbit-controls/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Entity, Vec3 } from "playcanvas";
 import { Script } from "../../components/Script.tsx";
 import { OrbitCamera, OrbitCameraInputMouse, OrbitCameraInputTouch } from "./orbit-camera.js";
+import { warnOnce } from "../../utils/validation.ts";
 
 type OrbitCameraProps = {
     distanceMax?: number
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ export const OrbitControls = ({
     mouse = { orbitSensitivity: 0.3, distanceSensitivity: 0.15 }, 
     touch = { orbitSensitivity: 0.4, distanceSensitivity: 0.2 }, 
  } : OrbitControls) => {
+
+    warnOnce('The `<OrbitControls/>` component is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use the PlayCanvas `CameraControls` script from `playcanvas` via the `<Script/>` component instead: `<Script script={CameraControls}/>`.');
     
     const orbitCameraProps : OrbitCameraProps = { distanceMax, distanceMin, pitchAngleMax, pitchAngleMin, inertiaFactor, focusEntity, pivotPoint, frameOnStart, distance }