diff --git a/app/graphql/resolvers/merge_requests_resolver.rb b/app/graphql/resolvers/merge_requests_resolver.rb
index a0af588ee090c4f51b10729af6ff3b277bf0636f..c7b7e8835bd76d659664b740660cd9106f4b3402 100644
--- a/app/graphql/resolvers/merge_requests_resolver.rb
+++ b/app/graphql/resolvers/merge_requests_resolver.rb
@@ -162,10 +162,14 @@ def self.accept_reviewer
       argument :author_username, GraphQL::Types::String,
         required: false,
         description: 'Filters merge requests to exclude any that are authored by the given user.'
-      argument :labels, [GraphQL::Types::String],
+      argument :label_name, [GraphQL::Types::String],
         required: false,
-        as: :label_name,
         description: 'Filters merge requests to exclude any that have the labels provided in the given array.'
+      argument :labels, [GraphQL::Types::String],
+        as: :label_name,
+        required: false,
+        description: 'Filters merge requests to exclude any that have the labels provided in the given array.',
+        deprecated: { reason: 'Use `labelName`', milestone: '17.7' }
       argument :milestone_title, GraphQL::Types::String,
         required: false,
         description: 'Filters merge requests to those not in the given milestone.'
diff --git a/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md b/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md
index 3f34169b1d11ed892e42fae291f5176340c8a662..3403fd7c221e1140ae458495837365fa20bb3d15 100644
--- a/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md
+++ b/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md
@@ -44065,7 +44065,8 @@ Defines which user roles, users, or groups can merge into a protected branch.
 | <a id="mergerequestsresolvernegatedparamsapprovedby"></a>`approvedBy` | [`[String!]`](#string) | Filters merge requests to exclude any that are approved by usernames in the given array. |
 | <a id="mergerequestsresolvernegatedparamsassigneeusernames"></a>`assigneeUsernames` | [`[String!]`](#string) | Filters merge requests to exclude any that are assigned to the usernames in the given array. |
 | <a id="mergerequestsresolvernegatedparamsauthorusername"></a>`authorUsername` | [`String`](#string) | Filters merge requests to exclude any that are authored by the given user. |
-| <a id="mergerequestsresolvernegatedparamslabels"></a>`labels` | [`[String!]`](#string) | Filters merge requests to exclude any that have the labels provided in the given array. |
+| <a id="mergerequestsresolvernegatedparamslabelname"></a>`labelName` | [`[String!]`](#string) | Filters merge requests to exclude any that have the labels provided in the given array. |
+| <a id="mergerequestsresolvernegatedparamslabels"></a>`labels` **{warning-solid}** | [`[String!]`](#string) | **Deprecated:** Use `labelName`. Deprecated in GitLab 17.7. |
 | <a id="mergerequestsresolvernegatedparamsmilestonetitle"></a>`milestoneTitle` | [`String`](#string) | Filters merge requests to those not in the given milestone. |
 | <a id="mergerequestsresolvernegatedparamsmyreactionemoji"></a>`myReactionEmoji` | [`String`](#string) | Filters merge requests to those without the given reaction from the authenticated user. |
 | <a id="mergerequestsresolvernegatedparamsreleasetag"></a>`releaseTag` | [`String`](#string) | Filters merge requests to those without the given release tag. |