diff --git a/.upgradenotes/MDL-82160-2024061112162023.yml b/.upgradenotes/MDL-82160-2024061112162023.yml
index 06c5fbf8b12..e52733da16d 100644
--- a/.upgradenotes/MDL-82160-2024061112162023.yml
+++ b/.upgradenotes/MDL-82160-2024061112162023.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ issueNumber: MDL-82160
 notes:
   theme:
     - message: >-
-        The method `core_renderer::render_context_header` has been deprecated
-        please use core_renderer::render($contextheader) instead
+        The method `\core\output\core_renderer::render_context_header` has been deprecated
+        please use `\core\output\core_renderer::render($contextheader)` instead
       type: deprecated
diff --git a/lib/classes/output/core_renderer.php b/lib/classes/output/core_renderer.php
index e56a8dbeeea..8b07c2e4e44 100644
--- a/lib/classes/output/core_renderer.php
+++ b/lib/classes/output/core_renderer.php
@@ -4153,6 +4153,20 @@ EOD;
         return $this->render($contextheader);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Renders the header bar.
+     *
+     * @param context_header $contextheader Header bar object.
+     * @return string HTML for the header bar.
+     * @deprecated since 4.5 Please use core_renderer::render($contextheader) instead
+     * @todo MDL-82163 This will be deleted in Moodle 6.0.
+     */
+    #[\core\attribute\deprecated('core_renderer::render($contextheader)', since: '4.5', mdl: 'MDL-82160')]
+    protected function render_context_header(context_header $contextheader) {
+        $context = $contextheader->export_for_template($this);
+        return $this->render_from_template('core/context_header', $context);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Renders the skip links for the page.
      *