diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d88869da1c..459042417a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ filterwarnings = [
     "ignore:websockets.server.WebSocketServerProtocol is deprecated:DeprecationWarning",
     # pywin32 internal deprecation warning
     "ignore:getargs.*The 'u' format is deprecated:DeprecationWarning",
+    # `mcp` prefers `httpx2`; importing `mcp.shared._httpx` warns when falling back to
+    # `httpx`. The lockfile pins `httpx`, so CI always exercises the fallback. We match on
+    # the message string only — naming the category would force pytest's filter parser to
+    # `__import__` the module hosting `MCPDeprecationWarning`, which cascades through
+    # `mcp/__init__.py` and triggers the very warning we're trying to filter (the same trap
+    # pydantic-ai documents). The dedicated test in `tests/shared/test_httpx_shim.py` covers
+    # emission. Remove this entry once `httpx2` is the dependency and the fallback is dropped.
+    "ignore:Using `httpx` with `mcp` is deprecated",
 ]
 
 [tool.markdown.lint]
diff --git a/src/mcp/client/auth/extensions/client_credentials.py b/src/mcp/client/auth/extensions/client_credentials.py
index cb6dafb407..c8eefded8a 100644
--- a/src/mcp/client/auth/extensions/client_credentials.py
+++ b/src/mcp/client/auth/extensions/client_credentials.py
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 from typing import Any, Literal
 from uuid import uuid4
 
-import httpx
 import jwt
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 from mcp.client.auth import OAuthClientProvider, OAuthFlowError, OAuthTokenError, TokenStorage
+from mcp.shared._httpx import httpx
 from mcp.shared.auth import OAuthClientInformationFull, OAuthClientMetadata
 
 
diff --git a/src/mcp/client/auth/oauth2.py b/src/mcp/client/auth/oauth2.py
index 72309f5775..f8ab67b5d6 100644
--- a/src/mcp/client/auth/oauth2.py
+++ b/src/mcp/client/auth/oauth2.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 from urllib.parse import quote, urlencode, urljoin, urlparse
 
 import anyio
-import httpx
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ValidationError
 
 from mcp.client.auth.exceptions import OAuthFlowError, OAuthTokenError
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@
     should_use_client_metadata_url,
 )
 from mcp.client.streamable_http import MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION
+from mcp.shared._httpx import httpx
 from mcp.shared.auth import (
     OAuthClientInformationFull,
     OAuthClientMetadata,
diff --git a/src/mcp/client/auth/utils.py b/src/mcp/client/auth/utils.py
index d75324f2f0..0261057da2 100644
--- a/src/mcp/client/auth/utils.py
+++ b/src/mcp/client/auth/utils.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import re
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
-from httpx import Request, Response
 from pydantic import AnyUrl, ValidationError
 
 from mcp.client.auth import OAuthRegistrationError, OAuthTokenError
 from mcp.client.streamable_http import MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION
+from mcp.shared._httpx import httpx
 from mcp.shared.auth import (
     OAuthClientInformationFull,
     OAuthClientMetadata,
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from mcp.types import LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION
 
 
-def extract_field_from_www_auth(response: Response, field_name: str) -> str | None:
+def extract_field_from_www_auth(response: httpx.Response, field_name: str) -> str | None:
     """Extract field from WWW-Authenticate header.
 
     Returns:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def extract_field_from_www_auth(response: Response, field_name: str) -> str | No
     return None
 
 
-def extract_scope_from_www_auth(response: Response) -> str | None:
+def extract_scope_from_www_auth(response: httpx.Response) -> str | None:
     """Extract scope parameter from WWW-Authenticate header as per RFC 6750.
 
     Returns:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def extract_scope_from_www_auth(response: Response) -> str | None:
     return extract_field_from_www_auth(response, "scope")
 
 
-def extract_resource_metadata_from_www_auth(response: Response) -> str | None:
+def extract_resource_metadata_from_www_auth(response: httpx.Response) -> str | None:
     """Extract protected resource metadata URL from WWW-Authenticate header as per RFC 9728.
 
     Returns:
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def build_oauth_authorization_server_metadata_discovery_urls(auth_server_url: st
 
 
 async def handle_protected_resource_response(
-    response: Response,
+    response: httpx.Response,
 ) -> ProtectedResourceMetadata | None:
     """Handle protected resource metadata discovery response.
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ async def handle_protected_resource_response(
         return None
 
 
-async def handle_auth_metadata_response(response: Response) -> tuple[bool, OAuthMetadata | None]:
+async def handle_auth_metadata_response(response: httpx.Response) -> tuple[bool, OAuthMetadata | None]:
     if response.status_code == 200:
         try:
             content = await response.aread()
@@ -211,13 +211,13 @@ async def handle_auth_metadata_response(response: Response) -> tuple[bool, OAuth
     return True, None
 
 
-def create_oauth_metadata_request(url: str) -> Request:
-    return Request("GET", url, headers={MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION: LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION})
+def create_oauth_metadata_request(url: str) -> httpx.Request:
+    return httpx.Request("GET", url, headers={MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION: LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION})
 
 
 def create_client_registration_request(
     auth_server_metadata: OAuthMetadata | None, client_metadata: OAuthClientMetadata, auth_base_url: str
-) -> Request:
+) -> httpx.Request:
     """Build a client registration request."""
 
     if auth_server_metadata and auth_server_metadata.registration_endpoint:
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ def create_client_registration_request(
 
     registration_data = client_metadata.model_dump(by_alias=True, mode="json", exclude_none=True)
 
-    return Request("POST", registration_url, json=registration_data, headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})
+    return httpx.Request("POST", registration_url, json=registration_data, headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})
 
 
-async def handle_registration_response(response: Response) -> OAuthClientInformationFull:
+async def handle_registration_response(response: httpx.Response) -> OAuthClientInformationFull:
     """Handle registration response."""
     if response.status_code not in (200, 201):
         await response.aread()
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def create_client_info_from_metadata_url(
 
 
 async def handle_token_response_scopes(
-    response: Response,
+    response: httpx.Response,
 ) -> OAuthToken:
     """Parse and validate a token response.
 
diff --git a/src/mcp/client/session_group.py b/src/mcp/client/session_group.py
index 9610212642..5fa44ca2fb 100644
--- a/src/mcp/client/session_group.py
+++ b/src/mcp/client/session_group.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from typing import Any, TypeAlias
 
 import anyio
-import httpx
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@
 from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
 from mcp.client.stdio import StdioServerParameters
 from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamable_http_client
+from mcp.shared._httpx import httpx
 from mcp.shared._httpx_utils import create_mcp_http_client
 from mcp.shared.exceptions import MCPError
 from mcp.shared.session import ProgressFnT
diff --git a/src/mcp/client/sse.py b/src/mcp/client/sse.py
index 74e5ba8062..5e51939a62 100644
--- a/src/mcp/client/sse.py
+++ b/src/mcp/client/sse.py
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urljoin, urlparse
 
 import anyio
-import httpx
 from anyio.abc import TaskStatus
 from httpx_sse import SSEError, aconnect_sse
 
 from mcp import types
 from mcp.shared._context_streams import create_context_streams
+from mcp.shared._httpx import httpx
 from mcp.shared._httpx_utils import McpHttpClientFactory, create_mcp_http_client
 from mcp.shared.message import SessionMessage
 
diff --git a/src/mcp/client/streamable_http.py b/src/mcp/client/streamable_http.py
index 9a119c6338..c71c3f7790 100644
--- a/src/mcp/client/streamable_http.py
+++ b/src/mcp/client/streamable_http.py
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 import anyio
-import httpx
 from anyio.abc import TaskGroup
 from httpx_sse import EventSource, ServerSentEvent, aconnect_sse
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from mcp.client._transport import TransportStreams
 from mcp.shared._context_streams import ContextReceiveStream, ContextSendStream, create_context_streams
+from mcp.shared._httpx import httpx
 from mcp.shared._httpx_utils import create_mcp_http_client
 from mcp.shared.message import ClientMessageMetadata, SessionMessage
 from mcp.types import (
diff --git a/src/mcp/server/mcpserver/resources/types.py b/src/mcp/server/mcpserver/resources/types.py
index d9e472e362..5d52519d12 100644
--- a/src/mcp/server/mcpserver/resources/types.py
+++ b/src/mcp/server/mcpserver/resources/types.py
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 import anyio
 import anyio.to_thread
-import httpx
 import pydantic
 import pydantic_core
 from pydantic import Field, ValidationInfo, validate_call
 
 from mcp.server.mcpserver.resources.base import Resource
 from mcp.shared._callable_inspection import is_async_callable
+from mcp.shared._httpx import httpx
 from mcp.types import Annotations, Icon
 
 
diff --git a/src/mcp/shared/_httpx.py b/src/mcp/shared/_httpx.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03fd1e5359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mcp/shared/_httpx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""Compatibility shim: prefer `httpx2`, fall back to `httpx` with a deprecation warning.
+
+Mirrors the pattern from
+[Kludex/starlette@508023b](https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/508023b488b649d97c091eb60da1d8ef3636ee06)
+and [pydantic/pydantic-ai#5664](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/pull/5664).
+
+`mcp` declares `httpx` (not `httpx2`) as a dependency, so unless the user installs `httpx2`
+explicitly the fallback path is exercised. The MCP v2 cut will drop the fallback and bump the
+dependency to `httpx2`.
+
+The warning is emitted at module-import time and fires at most once per process via Python's
+module cache.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import warnings
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from mcp.shared.exceptions import MCPDeprecationWarning
+
+__all__ = ["httpx"]
+
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import httpx as httpx
+else:
+    try:
+        import httpx2 as httpx
+    except ImportError:
+        import httpx
+
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Using `httpx` with `mcp` is deprecated; install `httpx2` instead.",
+            MCPDeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
diff --git a/src/mcp/shared/_httpx_utils.py b/src/mcp/shared/_httpx_utils.py
index 251469eaa1..117a196ddc 100644
--- a/src/mcp/shared/_httpx_utils.py
+++ b/src/mcp/shared/_httpx_utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Protocol
 
-import httpx
+from mcp.shared._httpx import httpx
 
 __all__ = ["create_mcp_http_client", "MCP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT", "MCP_DEFAULT_SSE_READ_TIMEOUT"]
 
diff --git a/src/mcp/shared/exceptions.py b/src/mcp/shared/exceptions.py
index f153ea319d..b3f4213cf9 100644
--- a/src/mcp/shared/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/mcp/shared/exceptions.py
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
         return self.message
 
 
+class MCPDeprecationWarning(UserWarning):
+    """A custom deprecation warning for MCP.
+
+    Unlike the built-in DeprecationWarning, this inherits from UserWarning to ensure it is visible by default, helping
+    users discover deprecated features without needing to enable warnings explicitly.
+
+    Reference: https://sethmlarson.dev/deprecations-via-warnings-dont-work-for-python-libraries
+    """
+
+
 class StatelessModeNotSupported(RuntimeError):
     """Raised when attempting to use a method that is not supported in stateless mode.
 
diff --git a/tests/shared/test_httpx_shim.py b/tests/shared/test_httpx_shim.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c4b06fdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/shared/test_httpx_shim.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""Tests for the `httpx` → `httpx2` migration shim in `mcp.shared._httpx`.
+
+`mcp` prefers `httpx2` and falls back to `httpx` with an `MCPDeprecationWarning` emitted at
+the shim's import time. The lockfile pins `httpx` (not `httpx2`), so the canonical state of
+the shim is the fallback path.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib
+import warnings
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+import mcp.shared._httpx
+from mcp.shared.exceptions import MCPDeprecationWarning
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _restore_shim_state():
+    """Reload the shim after each test so a simulated `httpx2` doesn't leak into later tests."""
+    yield
+    importlib.reload(mcp.shared._httpx)
+
+
+def test_fallback_emits_warning() -> None:
+    with mock.patch.dict("sys.modules", {"httpx2": None}):
+        with pytest.warns(MCPDeprecationWarning, match=r"install `httpx2` instead"):
+            importlib.reload(mcp.shared._httpx)
+
+
+def test_httpx2_present_is_silent() -> None:
+    import httpx
+
+    with mock.patch.dict("sys.modules", {"httpx2": httpx}):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("error", MCPDeprecationWarning)
+            importlib.reload(mcp.shared._httpx)
+        assert mcp.shared._httpx.httpx is httpx