diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index 24654e6061d..04115d03e40 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -317,6 +317,18 @@ parameters:
             message: '#Fetching (deprecated )?class constant (.*?) of (deprecated )?class (Rector\\Set\\ValueObject\\DowngradeLevelSetList|Rector\\Symfony\\Set\\(.*?))#'
             path: src/Configuration/RectorConfigBuilder.php
 
+        # the deprecated set objects are still resolved internally, until every extension bonds its rules
+        -
+            message: '#deprecated (class|interface) Rector\\(Set|Bridge)\\#'
+            paths:
+                - src/Set/SetManager.php
+                - src/Set/SetProvider/CoreSetProvider.php
+                - src/Set/SetProvider/PHPSetProvider.php
+                - src/Bridge/SetProviderCollector.php
+                - src/Configuration/RectorConfigBuilder.php
+                - tests/Set/ValueObject/ComposerTriggeredSetTest.php
+                - tests/Set/SetManager/SetManagerTest.php
+
         # runtime comparison
         - '#Comparison operation ".*" between int<\d+, \d+> and \d+ is always true#'
 
diff --git a/src/Bridge/SetProviderCollector.php b/src/Bridge/SetProviderCollector.php
index 2697ec553c4..c83f8309482 100644
--- a/src/Bridge/SetProviderCollector.php
+++ b/src/Bridge/SetProviderCollector.php
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
  * @api
  *
  * Utils class to ease building bridges by 3rd-party tools
+ *
+ * @deprecated Bond the rules themselves instead, by implementing the ComposerPackageConstraintInterface. A set
+ * described as an object only existed to be matched against the installed packages; a bonded rule states the exact
+ * package version its target API is available from and applies from there upwards, so a plain set file is enough.
+ *
+ * @see \Rector\VersionBonding\Contract\ComposerPackageConstraintInterface
+ * @see https://github.com/rectorphp/rector-src/pull/8296
  */
 final readonly class SetProviderCollector
 {
diff --git a/src/Set/Contract/SetInterface.php b/src/Set/Contract/SetInterface.php
index 3f3fb3d0455..f32334a6e36 100644
--- a/src/Set/Contract/SetInterface.php
+++ b/src/Set/Contract/SetInterface.php
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 namespace Rector\Set\Contract;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Bond the rules themselves instead, by implementing the ComposerPackageConstraintInterface. A set
+ * described as an object only existed to be matched against the installed packages; a bonded rule states the exact
+ * package version its target API is available from and applies from there upwards, so a plain set file is enough.
+ *
+ * @see \Rector\VersionBonding\Contract\ComposerPackageConstraintInterface
+ * @see https://github.com/rectorphp/rector-src/pull/8296
+ */
 interface SetInterface
 {
     public function getGroupName(): string;
diff --git a/src/Set/Contract/SetProviderInterface.php b/src/Set/Contract/SetProviderInterface.php
index 00a37dcc9b1..23bc119ca41 100644
--- a/src/Set/Contract/SetProviderInterface.php
+++ b/src/Set/Contract/SetProviderInterface.php
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 namespace Rector\Set\Contract;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Bond the rules themselves instead, by implementing the ComposerPackageConstraintInterface. A set
+ * described as an object only existed to be matched against the installed packages; a bonded rule states the exact
+ * package version its target API is available from and applies from there upwards, so a plain set file is enough.
+ *
+ * @see \Rector\VersionBonding\Contract\ComposerPackageConstraintInterface
+ * @see https://github.com/rectorphp/rector-src/pull/8296
+ */
 interface SetProviderInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Set/SetManager.php b/src/Set/SetManager.php
index da1960d1e1e..22d6f04fdea 100644
--- a/src/Set/SetManager.php
+++ b/src/Set/SetManager.php
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 
 /**
  * @see \Rector\Tests\Set\SetManager\SetManagerTest
+ *
+ * @deprecated Bond the rules themselves instead, by implementing the ComposerPackageConstraintInterface. A set
+ * described as an object only existed to be matched against the installed packages; a bonded rule states the exact
+ * package version its target API is available from and applies from there upwards, so a plain set file is enough.
+ *
+ * @see \Rector\VersionBonding\Contract\ComposerPackageConstraintInterface
+ * @see https://github.com/rectorphp/rector-src/pull/8296
  */
 final readonly class SetManager
 {
diff --git a/src/Set/SetProvider/CoreSetProvider.php b/src/Set/SetProvider/CoreSetProvider.php
index 1ce42614582..04b80d582f8 100644
--- a/src/Set/SetProvider/CoreSetProvider.php
+++ b/src/Set/SetProvider/CoreSetProvider.php
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 use Rector\Set\Enum\SetGroup;
 use Rector\Set\ValueObject\Set;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Bond the rules themselves instead, by implementing the ComposerPackageConstraintInterface. A set
+ * described as an object only existed to be matched against the installed packages; a bonded rule states the exact
+ * package version its target API is available from and applies from there upwards, so a plain set file is enough.
+ *
+ * @see \Rector\VersionBonding\Contract\ComposerPackageConstraintInterface
+ * @see https://github.com/rectorphp/rector-src/pull/8296
+ */
 final class CoreSetProvider implements SetProviderInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Set/SetProvider/PHPSetProvider.php b/src/Set/SetProvider/PHPSetProvider.php
index 513d94855a7..a74fdfa628f 100644
--- a/src/Set/SetProvider/PHPSetProvider.php
+++ b/src/Set/SetProvider/PHPSetProvider.php
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 use Rector\Set\Enum\SetGroup;
 use Rector\Set\ValueObject\Set;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Bond the rules themselves instead, by implementing the ComposerPackageConstraintInterface. A set
+ * described as an object only existed to be matched against the installed packages; a bonded rule states the exact
+ * package version its target API is available from and applies from there upwards, so a plain set file is enough.
+ *
+ * @see \Rector\VersionBonding\Contract\ComposerPackageConstraintInterface
+ * @see https://github.com/rectorphp/rector-src/pull/8296
+ */
 final class PHPSetProvider implements SetProviderInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Set/ValueObject/ComposerTriggeredSet.php b/src/Set/ValueObject/ComposerTriggeredSet.php
index eac453f6de5..1193322c5c7 100644
--- a/src/Set/ValueObject/ComposerTriggeredSet.php
+++ b/src/Set/ValueObject/ComposerTriggeredSet.php
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 
 /**
  * @api used by extensions
+ *
+ * @deprecated Bond the rules themselves instead, by implementing the ComposerPackageConstraintInterface. A set
+ * triggered on a single major version has to be repeated for every version an upgrade passes through, while a bonded
+ * rule states the exact package version its target API is available from and applies from there upwards.
+ *
+ * @see \Rector\VersionBonding\Contract\ComposerPackageConstraintInterface
+ * @see https://github.com/rectorphp/rector-src/pull/8296
+ *
  * @see \Rector\Tests\Set\ValueObject\ComposerTriggeredSetTest
  */
 final readonly class ComposerTriggeredSet implements SetInterface
diff --git a/src/Set/ValueObject/Set.php b/src/Set/ValueObject/Set.php
index 5e3d05bf307..75b5834b1ef 100644
--- a/src/Set/ValueObject/Set.php
+++ b/src/Set/ValueObject/Set.php
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 
 /**
  * @api used by extensions
+ *
+ * @deprecated Bond the rules themselves instead, by implementing the ComposerPackageConstraintInterface. A set
+ * described as an object only existed to be matched against the installed packages; a bonded rule states the exact
+ * package version its target API is available from and applies from there upwards, so a plain set file is enough.
+ *
+ * @see \Rector\VersionBonding\Contract\ComposerPackageConstraintInterface
+ * @see https://github.com/rectorphp/rector-src/pull/8296
  */
 final readonly class Set implements SetInterface
 {