diff --git a/doc/api/module.md b/doc/api/module.md
index 58092ab1c62a02..4032f0ab89c1d4 100644
--- a/doc/api/module.md
+++ b/doc/api/module.md
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ added:
   - v20.6.0
   - v18.19.0
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/62518
+    description: Runtime experimental warning added. This feature is pending removal.
   - version:
     - v23.6.1
     - v22.13.1
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ changes:
     description: Add support for WHATWG URL instances.
 -->
 
-> Stability: 1.1 - Active development
+> Stability: 1.0 - Early development
 
 * `specifier` {string|URL} Customization hooks to be registered; this should be
   the same string that would be passed to `import()`, except that if it is
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
index 04c374c00cfc3e..52ab0c99d4de0c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 const { isURL, pathToFileURL } = require('internal/url');
-const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
+const {
+  getDeprecationWarningEmitter,
+  kEmptyObject,
+} = require('internal/util');
 const {
   compileSourceTextModule,
   SourceTextModuleTypes: { kUser },
@@ -955,7 +958,16 @@ function isCascadedLoaderInitialized() {
  * });
  * ```
  */
+const emitRegisterExperimentalWarning = getDeprecationWarningEmitter(
+  'ExperimentalWarning',
+  '`module.register()` is an experimental feature and will be removed in a future version of Node.js. ' +
+    'Use `module.registerHooks()` instead.',
+  undefined,
+  false,
+);
+
 function register(specifier, parentURL = undefined, options) {
+  emitRegisterExperimentalWarning();
   if (parentURL != null && typeof parentURL === 'object' && !isURL(parentURL)) {
     options = parentURL;
     parentURL = options.parentURL;
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-register-experimental-warning.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-register-experimental-warning.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8f19cea8cb1256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-register-experimental-warning.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { spawnPromisified } from '../common/index.mjs';
+import * as fixtures from '../common/fixtures.mjs';
+
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import { execPath } from 'node:process';
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+
+const urlToRegister = fixtures.fileURL('es-module-loaders', 'loader-resolve-passthru.mjs');
+const urlToRegisterEscaped = JSON.stringify(urlToRegister.href);
+
+
+describe('module.register() experimental warning', { concurrency: !process.env.TEST_PARALLEL }, () => {
+  it('emits ExperimentalWarning when module.register() is called', async () => {
+    const { code, stderr } = await spawnPromisified(execPath, [
+      '--input-type=module',
+      '--eval',
+      `import { register } from 'node:module'; register(${urlToRegisterEscaped});`,
+    ]);
+
+    const expectedWarning = 'ExperimentalWarning: `module.register()` is an experimental feature and will be ' +
+      'removed in a future version of Node.js. Use `module.registerHooks()` instead.';
+    assert.ok(stderr.includes(expectedWarning));
+    assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
+  });
+
+  it('only emits the warning once per process', async () => {
+    const { code, stderr } = await spawnPromisified(execPath, [
+      '--input-type=module',
+      '--eval',
+      `import { register } from 'node:module';
+       register(${urlToRegisterEscaped});
+       register(${urlToRegisterEscaped});`,
+    ]);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr.split('module.register()').length - 1, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
+  });
+
+  it('does not emit when --no-warnings is set', async () => {
+    const { code, stderr } = await spawnPromisified(execPath, [
+      '--no-warnings',
+      '--input-type=module',
+      '--eval',
+      `import { register } from 'node:module'; register(${urlToRegisterEscaped});`,
+    ]);
+
+    assert.doesNotMatch(stderr, /ExperimentalWarning/);
+    assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/module-hooks/test-async-loader-hooks-use-hooks-require-esm.mjs b/test/module-hooks/test-async-loader-hooks-use-hooks-require-esm.mjs
index a86b0607246fa9..80e638ad177980 100644
--- a/test/module-hooks/test-async-loader-hooks-use-hooks-require-esm.mjs
+++ b/test/module-hooks/test-async-loader-hooks-use-hooks-require-esm.mjs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { spawnSyncAndAssert } from '../common/child_process.js';
 spawnSyncAndAssert(
   execPath,
   [
+    '--no-warnings',
     '--no-experimental-require-module',
     '--import',
     fixtures.fileURL('es-module-loaders/builtin-named-exports.mjs'),