diff --git a/doc/api/deprecations.md b/doc/api/deprecations.md
index 763c5792650f32..734929240ce743 100644
--- a/doc/api/deprecations.md
+++ b/doc/api/deprecations.md
@@ -3535,12 +3535,15 @@ The [`util.types.isWebAssemblyCompiledModule`][] API is deprecated. Please use
 
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/51050
+    description: Runtime deprecation.
   - version: REPLACEME
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/51020
     description: Documentation-only deprecation.
 -->
 
-Type: Documentation-only
+Type: Runtime
 
 The [`dirent.path`][] is deprecated due to its lack of consistency across
 release lines. Please use [`dirent.parentPath`][] instead.
diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 95afa01cbdec7b..0f9d7e1636f77b 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -6658,13 +6658,17 @@ added:
   - v20.1.0
   - v18.17.0
 deprecated: REPLACEME
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/51050
+    description: Accessing this property emits a warning. It is now read-only.
 -->
 
 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`dirent.parentPath`][] instead.
 
 * {string}
 
-Alias for `dirent.parentPath`.
+Alias for `dirent.parentPath`. Read-only.
 
 ### Class: `fs.FSWatcher`
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index fa2851a244b5ee..297752499ecae0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const {
   NumberIsFinite,
   MathMin,
   MathRound,
+  ObjectDefineProperty,
   ObjectIs,
   ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
   ReflectApply,
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ const {
   isUint8Array,
 } = require('internal/util/types');
 const {
+  deprecate,
   kEmptyObject,
   once,
 } = require('internal/util');
@@ -166,7 +168,6 @@ class Dirent {
   constructor(name, type, path) {
     this.name = name;
     this.parentPath = path;
-    this.path = path;
     this[kType] = type;
   }
 
@@ -215,6 +216,15 @@ for (const name of ReflectOwnKeys(Dirent.prototype)) {
   };
 }
 
+ObjectDefineProperty(Dirent.prototype, 'path', {
+  __proto__: null,
+  get: deprecate(function() {
+    return this.parentPath;
+  }, 'dirent.path is deprecated in favor of dirent.parentPath', 'DEP0178'),
+  configurable: true,
+  enumerable: false,
+});
+
 function copyObject(source) {
   const target = {};
   for (const key in source)
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-utils-get-dirents.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-utils-get-dirents.js
index 9c53a4146a6768..dfc851090b269d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-utils-get-dirents.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-utils-get-dirents.js
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ const filename = 'foo';
     common.mustCall((err, dirent) => {
       assert.strictEqual(err, null);
       assert.strictEqual(dirent.name, filenameBuffer);
+      common.expectWarning(
+        'DeprecationWarning',
+        'dirent.path is deprecated in favor of dirent.parentPath',
+        'DEP0178');
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(dirent.path, Buffer.from(tmpdir.resolve(`${filename}/`)));
     },
     ));
 }