diff --git a/Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.20.rst b/Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.20.rst
index 8bc863b185d..c86979c8ff9 100644
--- a/Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.20.rst
+++ b/Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.20.rst
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ Pending removal in Python 3.20
   - :mod:`tabnanny`
   - :mod:`tkinter.font`
   - :mod:`tkinter.ttk`
+  - :mod:`zlib`
 
-  (Contributed by Hugo van Kemenade in :gh:`76007`.)
+  (Contributed by Hugo van Kemenade and Stan Ulbrych in :gh:`76007`.)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
index c5321ee9983..8a757724442 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
@@ -828,8 +828,9 @@ New deprecations
     - :mod:`tabnanny`
     - :mod:`tkinter.font`
     - :mod:`tkinter.ttk`
+    - :mod:`zlib`
 
-    (Contributed by Hugo van Kemenade in :gh:`76007`.)
+    (Contributed by Hugo van Kemenade and Stan Ulbrych in :gh:`76007`.)
 
 .. Add deprecations above alphabetically, not here at the end.
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
index c57ab51eca1..ed9d8540815 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
@@ -1222,5 +1222,15 @@ def __index__(self):
         return 100
 
 
+class TestModule(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_deprecated__version__(self):
+        with self.assertWarnsRegex(
+                DeprecationWarning,
+                "'__version__' is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.20",
+        ) as cm:
+            getattr(zlib, "__version__")
+        self.assertEqual(cm.filename, __file__)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-14-20-27-06.gh-issue-76007.2NcUbo.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-14-20-27-06.gh-issue-76007.2NcUbo.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..567fb5ef904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-14-20-27-06.gh-issue-76007.2NcUbo.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:mod:`zlib`: Deprecate ``__version__`` and schedule for removal in Python
+3.20.
diff --git a/Modules/zlibmodule.c b/Modules/zlibmodule.c
index 36c933bf618..6bac09aa6c2 100644
--- a/Modules/zlibmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/zlibmodule.c
@@ -2015,6 +2015,27 @@ zlib_crc32_combine_impl(PyObject *module, unsigned int crc1,
     return crc32_combine(crc1, crc2, len);
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+zlib_getattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *name;
+    if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "__getattr__", 1, 1, &name)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (PyUnicode_Check(name) && PyUnicode_EqualToUTF8(name, "__version__")) {
+        if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                         "'__version__' is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.20",
+                         1) < 0) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        return PyUnicode_FromString("1.0");
+    }
+
+    PyErr_Format(PyExc_AttributeError, "module 'zlib' has no attribute %R", name);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef zlib_methods[] =
 {
     ZLIB_ADLER32_METHODDEF
@@ -2025,6 +2046,7 @@ static PyMethodDef zlib_methods[] =
     ZLIB_CRC32_COMBINE_METHODDEF
     ZLIB_DECOMPRESS_METHODDEF
     ZLIB_DECOMPRESSOBJ_METHODDEF
+    {"__getattr__", zlib_getattr, METH_VARARGS, "Module __getattr__"},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -2221,9 +2243,6 @@ zlib_exec(PyObject *mod)
         return -1;
     }
 #endif
-    if (PyModule_AddStringConstant(mod, "__version__", "1.0") < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
     return 0;
 }