diff --git a/changes/204.removal.rst b/changes/204.removal.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b46f1d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/204.removal.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecate Step.__call__. For users that do not want to use CRDS parameters please use Step.run.
diff --git a/src/stpipe/step.py b/src/stpipe/step.py
index f956c454..8776eb5f 100644
--- a/src/stpipe/step.py
+++ b/src/stpipe/step.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import gc
 import os
 import sys
+import warnings
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from contextlib import contextmanager, suppress
 from functools import partial
@@ -593,7 +594,13 @@ def run(self, *args):
 
         return step_result
 
-    __call__ = run
+    def __call__(self, *args):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Step.__call__ is deprecated. It is equivalent to Step.run "
+            "and is not recommended.",
+            UserWarning,
+        )
+        return self.run(*args)
 
     def finalize_result(self, result, reference_files_used):
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_hooks.py b/tests/test_hooks.py
index 15dc5623..3196f27a 100644
--- a/tests/test_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_hooks.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ def _datamodels_open(cls, init, **kwargs):
         return init
 
     def process(self, input_data):
-        result = self.shovelpixels(input_data)
-        result = self.cancelnoise(result)
+        result = self.shovelpixels.run(input_data)
+        result = self.cancelnoise.run(result)
 
         return result  # noqa: RET504