diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 445264998..1f2cc9f26 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude module: 'cglib'
         exclude group: 'com.google.code.gson'
     }
-    compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.0'
+    compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.1'
     compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.3'
     compile 'cglib:cglib:3.2.5'
     compile 'commons-validator:commons-validator:1.6'
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/youiengine/YouiEngineDriver.java b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/youiengine/YouiEngineDriver.java
index e800a524a..effa2ca85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/youiengine/YouiEngineDriver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/youiengine/YouiEngineDriver.java
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 
 import java.net.URL;
 
+/**
+ * This class is going to be removed.
+ * Please use {@link AppiumDriver} instead
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class YouiEngineDriver<T extends WebElement> extends AppiumDriver<T> {
 
     /** Constructor takes in the Appium Server URL and the capabilities you want to use for this
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/youiengine/YouiEngineElement.java b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/youiengine/YouiEngineElement.java
index 7e20df81b..b25722bed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/youiengine/YouiEngineElement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/youiengine/YouiEngineElement.java
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 
 import io.appium.java_client.MobileElement;
 
+/**
+ * This class is going to be removed.
+ * Please use any convenient {@link MobileElement} subclass or
+ * {@link org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement} instead.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class YouiEngineElement extends MobileElement {
 
 }