diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5232cc793163f..1a7cbd2e9993a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Deprecated `DataModule` properties: `train_transforms`, `val_transforms`, `test_transforms`, `size`, `dims` ([#8851](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/8851))
 
 
-- Deprecated `prepare_data_per_node` flag on Trainer and set it as a property of `DataHooks`, accessible in the `LightningModule` and `LightningDataModule` [#8958](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/8958)
+- Deprecated `prepare_data_per_node` flag on Trainer and set it as a property of `DataHooks`, accessible in the `LightningModule` and `LightningDataModule` ([#8958](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/8958))
+
+
+- Deprecated the `TestTubeLogger` ([#9065](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/9065))
 
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/loggers/test_tube.py b/pytorch_lightning/loggers/test_tube.py
index bbe4897b47528..9a3b6ccee64df 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/loggers/test_tube.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/loggers/test_tube.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 import pytorch_lightning as pl
 from pytorch_lightning.loggers.base import LightningLoggerBase, rank_zero_experiment
-from pytorch_lightning.utilities import _module_available, rank_zero_warn
+from pytorch_lightning.utilities import _module_available, rank_zero_deprecation, rank_zero_warn
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.distributed import rank_zero_only
 
 _TESTTUBE_AVAILABLE = _module_available("test_tube")
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ class TestTubeLogger(LightningLoggerBase):
     Log to local file system in `TensorBoard <https://www.tensorflow.org/tensorboard>`_ format
     but using a nicer folder structure (see `full docs <https://williamfalcon.github.io/test-tube>`_).
 
+    Warning:
+        The test-tube package is no longer maintained and PyTorch Lightning will remove the :class:´TestTubeLogger´
+        in v1.7.0.
+
     Install it with pip:
 
     .. code-block:: bash
@@ -97,6 +101,10 @@ def __init__(
         log_graph: bool = False,
         prefix: str = "",
     ):
+        rank_zero_deprecation(
+            "The TestTubeLogger is deprecated since v1.5 and will be removed in v1.7. We recommend switching to the"
+            " `pytorch_lightning.loggers.TensorBoardLogger` as an alternative."
+        )
         if Experiment is None:
             raise ImportError(
                 "You want to use `test_tube` logger which is not installed yet,"
diff --git a/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-7.py b/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-7.py
index 7581bf2b0c142..ae8f9e1dcc53d 100644
--- a/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-7.py
+++ b/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-7.py
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 """ Test deprecated functionality which will be removed in v1.7.0 """
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 
 from pytorch_lightning import LightningDataModule, Trainer
+from pytorch_lightning.loggers import TestTubeLogger
 from tests.deprecated_api import _soft_unimport_module
 from tests.helpers import BoringModel
 from tests.helpers.datamodules import MNISTDataModule
@@ -87,3 +89,9 @@ def test_v1_7_0_trainer_prepare_data_per_node(tmpdir):
         match="Setting `prepare_data_per_node` with the trainer flag is deprecated and will be removed in v1.7.0!"
     ):
         _ = Trainer(prepare_data_per_node=False)
+
+
+@mock.patch("pytorch_lightning.loggers.test_tube.Experiment")
+def test_v1_7_0_test_tube_logger(_, tmpdir):
+    with pytest.deprecated_call(match="The TestTubeLogger is deprecated since v1.5 and will be removed in v1.7"):
+        _ = TestTubeLogger(tmpdir)