diff --git a/src/caosdb/utils/escape.py b/src/caosdb/utils/escape.py
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+
+from linkahead.utils.escape import *
+from warnings import warn
+
+warn(("CaosDB was renamed to LinkAhead. Please import this library as `import linkahead.utils.escape`. Using the"
+      " old name, starting with caosdb, is deprecated."), DeprecationWarning)