diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
index b329cf1542334..799517fcd72b0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+7.1
+---
+
+* Let `UnwrappingDenormalizer` implement `DenormalizerAwareInterface` instead of `SerializerAwareInterface`
+* Deprecate method `UnwrappingDenormalizer::setSerializer()`, use `UnwrappingDenormalizer::setDenormalizer()` instead
+
 7.0
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/UnwrappingDenormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/UnwrappingDenormalizer.php
index 51397961c7df6..041b5cba4cdce 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/UnwrappingDenormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/UnwrappingDenormalizer.php
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccess;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccessorInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\LogicException;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerAwareInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerAwareTrait;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface;
 
 /**
  * @author Eduard Bulava <bulavaeduard@gmail.com>
  */
-final class UnwrappingDenormalizer implements DenormalizerInterface, SerializerAwareInterface
+final class UnwrappingDenormalizer implements DenormalizerInterface, DenormalizerAwareInterface
 {
-    use SerializerAwareTrait;
+    use DenormalizerAwareTrait;
 
     public const UNWRAP_PATH = 'unwrap_path';
 
@@ -51,15 +50,25 @@ public function denormalize(mixed $data, string $type, string $format = null, ar
             $data = $this->propertyAccessor->getValue($data, $propertyPath);
         }
 
-        if (!$this->serializer instanceof DenormalizerInterface) {
-            throw new LogicException('Cannot unwrap path because the injected serializer is not a denormalizer.');
-        }
-
-        return $this->serializer->denormalize($data, $type, $format, $context);
+        return $this->denormalizer->denormalize($data, $type, $format, $context);
     }
 
     public function supportsDenormalization(mixed $data, string $type, string $format = null, array $context = []): bool
     {
         return \array_key_exists(self::UNWRAP_PATH, $context) && !isset($context['unwrapped']);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Since symfony/serializer 7.1: The "setSerializer()" method is deprecated, use "setDenormalizer()" instead.
+     */
+    public function setSerializer(SerializerInterface $serializer): void
+    {
+        trigger_deprecation('symfony/serializer', '7.1', 'The "%s()" method is deprecated, use "setDenormalizer()" instead.', __METHOD__);
+
+        if (!$serializer instanceof DenormalizerInterface) {
+            throw new LogicException(sprintf('Cannot set denormalizer because the injected serializer does not implement the "%s".', DenormalizerInterface::class));
+        }
+
+        $this->setDenormalizer($serializer);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/UnwrappinDenormalizerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/UnwrappinDenormalizerTest.php
index 59ddd6da65aad..ab21fb3d0aa93 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/UnwrappinDenormalizerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/UnwrappinDenormalizerTest.php
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\UnwrappingDenormalizer;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Normalizer\Features\ObjectDummy;
 
 /**
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 class UnwrappinDenormalizerTest extends TestCase
 {
     private UnwrappingDenormalizer $denormalizer;
-    private MockObject&Serializer $serializer;
+    private MockObject&DenormalizerInterface $baseDenormalizer;
 
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        $this->serializer = $this->createMock(Serializer::class);
+        $this->baseDenormalizer = $this->createMock(DenormalizerInterface::class);
         $this->denormalizer = new UnwrappingDenormalizer();
-        $this->denormalizer->setSerializer($this->serializer);
+        $this->denormalizer->setDenormalizer($this->baseDenormalizer);
     }
 
     public function testSupportsNormalization()
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public function testDenormalize()
         $expected->bar = 'bar';
         $expected->setFoo('foo');
 
-        $this->serializer->expects($this->exactly(1))
+        $this->baseDenormalizer->expects($this->exactly(1))
             ->method('denormalize')
             ->with(['foo' => 'foo', 'bar' => 'bar', 'baz' => true])
             ->willReturn($expected);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public function testDenormalize()
 
     public function testDenormalizeInvalidPath()
     {
-        $this->serializer->expects($this->exactly(1))
+        $this->baseDenormalizer->expects($this->exactly(1))
             ->method('denormalize')
             ->with(null)
             ->willReturn(new ObjectDummy());
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/composer.json
index 627bfccaf3061..9f5607b4378aa 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=8.2",
-        "symfony/polyfill-ctype": "~1.8"
+        "symfony/polyfill-ctype": "~1.8",
+        "symfony/deprecation-contracts": "^2.5|^3"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^3.2|^4.0|^5.0",