diff --git a/executor_test.go b/executor_test.go
index 556cd0b..f27e93d 100644
--- a/executor_test.go
+++ b/executor_test.go
@@ -1890,3 +1890,19 @@ func TestDistinctNumericValues(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotNil(t, result)
 	require.Equal(t, 3, result.RowCount) // 100, 85, 90
 }
+
+func TestCursorCountDeprecated(t *testing.T) {
+	client, cleanup := setupTestContainer(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	gc := gomongo.NewClient(client)
+
+	// cursor.count() is deprecated and should return an error
+	_, err := gc.Execute(ctx, "testdb", "db.users.find().count()")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "count()")
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "countDocuments()")
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "estimatedDocumentCount()")
+}
diff --git a/translator.go b/translator.go
index ae5f433..3a9a5a9 100644
--- a/translator.go
+++ b/translator.go
@@ -608,6 +608,12 @@ func (v *mongoShellVisitor) visitMethodCall(ctx mongodb.IMethodCallContext) {
 		case "distinct":
 			v.operation.opType = opDistinct
 			v.extractDistinctArgs(gmCtx)
+		case "count":
+			// cursor.count() is deprecated
+			v.err = &UnsupportedOperationError{
+				Operation: "count()",
+				Hint:      "MongoDB drivers deprecate their respective cursor and collection count() APIs in favor of countDocuments() and estimatedDocumentCount()",
+			}
 		default:
 			v.err = &UnsupportedOperationError{
 				Operation: methodName,