diff --git a/docs/5-development/02-custom-UI5-Web-Components.md b/docs/5-development/02-custom-UI5-Web-Components.md
index ec543f0f9e75..264e506cd4cf 100644
--- a/docs/5-development/02-custom-UI5-Web-Components.md
+++ b/docs/5-development/02-custom-UI5-Web-Components.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Demo extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ For a complete reference to all metadata entities, click [here](./03-understandi
 UI5 Web Components are agnostic of the DOM render engine used. However, all standard UI5 Web Components (`@ui5/webcomponents`, `@ui5/webcomponents-fiori`, etc.)
 use [lit-html](https://github.com/Polymer/lit-html) as the rendering technology of choice.
 
-The render engine is defined via the `render` static getter:
+The render engine is defined via the `renderer` static getter:
 
 ```js
 import UI5Element from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/UI5Element.js";
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Demo extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Demo extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class Demo extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class Demo extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class Demo extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class Demo extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class Demo extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
diff --git a/docs/5-development/07-typescript-in-UI5-Web-Components.md b/docs/5-development/07-typescript-in-UI5-Web-Components.md
index 285b2cbeb61e..c0dbe7542271 100644
--- a/docs/5-development/07-typescript-in-UI5-Web-Components.md
+++ b/docs/5-development/07-typescript-in-UI5-Web-Components.md
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ class MyElement extends UI5Element {
 }
 ```
 
-**Note**: the `static get render()` that we use when developing in JavaScript (still supported for backward compatibility) is replaced with **`renderer`** in the `@customElement` decorator.
-
 ### Property decorators
 
 These are used inside the class and are associated with accessors (class members).
diff --git a/packages/base/src/UI5Element.ts b/packages/base/src/UI5Element.ts
index 74de658f820a..93529993abe9 100644
--- a/packages/base/src/UI5Element.ts
+++ b/packages/base/src/UI5Element.ts
@@ -108,11 +108,7 @@ abstract class UI5Element extends HTMLElement {
 	static staticAreaTemplate?: TemplateFunction;
 	static _metadata: UI5ElementMetadata;
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	static render: Renderer;
-	static renderer?: Renderer;
+	static renderer: Renderer;
 
 	constructor() {
 		super();
diff --git a/packages/base/src/decorators/customElement.ts b/packages/base/src/decorators/customElement.ts
index 6fa8ecc80ba9..163813675592 100644
--- a/packages/base/src/decorators/customElement.ts
+++ b/packages/base/src/decorators/customElement.ts
@@ -49,9 +49,8 @@ const customElement = (tagNameOrComponentSettings: string | {
 			target.metadata.fastNavigation = fastNavigation;
 		}
 
-		["render", "renderer", "template", "staticAreaTemplate", "styles", "staticAreaStyles", "dependencies"].forEach((customElementEntity: string) => {
-			const _customElementEntity = customElementEntity === "render" ? "renderer" : customElementEntity;
-			const customElementEntityValue = tagNameOrComponentSettings[_customElementEntity as keyof typeof tag];
+		["renderer", "template", "staticAreaTemplate", "styles", "staticAreaStyles", "dependencies"].forEach((customElementEntity: string) => {
+			const customElementEntityValue = tagNameOrComponentSettings[customElementEntity as keyof typeof tag];
 
 			customElementEntityValue && Object.defineProperty(target, customElementEntity, {
 				get: () => customElementEntityValue,
diff --git a/packages/base/src/updateShadowRoot.ts b/packages/base/src/updateShadowRoot.ts
index d624c19100fb..6a4c1fba880d 100644
--- a/packages/base/src/updateShadowRoot.ts
+++ b/packages/base/src/updateShadowRoot.ts
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@ const updateShadowRoot = (element: UI5Element, forStaticArea = false) => {
 
 	shadowRoot.adoptedStyleSheets = getConstructableStyle(ctor, forStaticArea);
 
-	if (ctor.renderer) {
-		ctor.renderer(renderResult, shadowRoot, forStaticArea, { host: element });
-		return;
-	}
-
-	ctor.render(renderResult, shadowRoot, forStaticArea, { host: element });
+	ctor.renderer(renderResult, shadowRoot, forStaticArea, { host: element });
 };
 
 export default updateShadowRoot;
diff --git a/packages/base/test/elements/Child.js b/packages/base/test/elements/Child.js
index 6fa39d5a1d5e..15162ec6a290 100644
--- a/packages/base/test/elements/Child.js
+++ b/packages/base/test/elements/Child.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Child extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/base/test/elements/Generic.js b/packages/base/test/elements/Generic.js
index a65ce1eb5964..0c3d42a31b44 100644
--- a/packages/base/test/elements/Generic.js
+++ b/packages/base/test/elements/Generic.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Generic extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/base/test/elements/Parent.js b/packages/base/test/elements/Parent.js
index f5497dab3443..d720114e2155 100644
--- a/packages/base/test/elements/Parent.js
+++ b/packages/base/test/elements/Parent.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Parent extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/base/test/elements/WithComplexTemplate.js b/packages/base/test/elements/WithComplexTemplate.js
index 6771e13596bb..40e899206c2e 100644
--- a/packages/base/test/elements/WithComplexTemplate.js
+++ b/packages/base/test/elements/WithComplexTemplate.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class WithComplexTemplate extends UI5Element {
 		};
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/base/test/elements/WithStaticArea.js b/packages/base/test/elements/WithStaticArea.js
index 021bd03e6b54..eba6e0d642a7 100644
--- a/packages/base/test/elements/WithStaticArea.js
+++ b/packages/base/test/elements/WithStaticArea.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class WithStaticArea extends UI5Element {
 		return metadata;
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/main/src/SliderBase.ts b/packages/main/src/SliderBase.ts
index cf0927835a0f..ae7f443f9762 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/SliderBase.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/SliderBase.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ abstract class SliderBase extends UI5Element {
 		};
 	}
 
-	static get render() {
+	static get renderer() {
 		return litRender;
 	}