diff --git a/docs/for_pandas.rst b/docs/for_pandas.rst
index 3b552bc8..ced424e3 100644
--- a/docs/for_pandas.rst
+++ b/docs/for_pandas.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ This is useful when dataframe has nullable columns because pandas auto-conversio
 Easy to Load DataFrame
 ----------------------
 
-The :func:`~gokart.task.TaskOnKart.load_data_frame` method is used to load input ``pandas.DataFrame``.
+The :func:`~gokart.task.TaskOnKart.load` method is used to load input ``pandas.DataFrame``.
 
 .. code:: python
 
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ The :func:`~gokart.task.TaskOnKart.load_data_frame` method is used to load input
         return MakeDataFrameTask()
 
     def run(self):
-        df = self.load_data_frame(required_columns={'colA', 'colB'}, drop_columns=True)
+        df = self.load()
 
-This allows us to omit ``reset_index`` and ``drop`` when loading. If there is a missing column in an example above, ``AssertionError`` will be raised. This feature is useful for pipelines based on pandas.
-
-Please refer to :func:`~gokart.task.TaskOnKart.load_data_frame`.
+Please refer to :func:`~gokart.task.TaskOnKart.load`.
 
 
 Fail on empty DataFrame
diff --git a/docs/task_on_kart.rst b/docs/task_on_kart.rst
index 0a924d8a..ce52c6d5 100644
--- a/docs/task_on_kart.rst
+++ b/docs/task_on_kart.rst
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ TaskOnKart.load_data_frame
 
 Please refer to :doc:`for_pandas`.
 
+.. warning::
+    This function is deprecated. Please use :func:`~gokart.task.TaskOnKart.load` instead.
+
 
 TaskOnKart.fail_on_empty_dump
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/gokart/task.py b/gokart/task.py
index 2f351d2a..a7f7a06d 100644
--- a/gokart/task.py
+++ b/gokart/task.py
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@
 import inspect
 import os
 import random
+import sys
 import types
 from importlib import import_module
 from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Generator, Generic, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, TypeVar, Union, overload
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 13):
+    from typing_extensions import deprecated
+else:
+    from warning import deprecated
+
 import luigi
 import pandas as pd
 from luigi.parameter import ParameterVisibility
@@ -311,6 +317,9 @@ def _load(targets):
 
         return _load(self._get_input_targets(target))
 
+    @deprecated("""This function is deprecated. use `load` instead.
+If you want to specify `required_columns` and `drop_columns`, please extract the columns after loading. ex: `load()[['colA', 'colB']]`
+""")
     def load_data_frame(
         self, target: Union[None, str, TargetOnKart] = None, required_columns: Optional[Set[str]] = None, drop_columns: bool = False
     ) -> pd.DataFrame:
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6bc381c5..319b1bee 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.5 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "apscheduler"
@@ -2324,4 +2324,4 @@ test = ["big-O", "importlib-resources", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools",
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.9,<4"
-content-hash = "bd857b87476ecb8812a0546918bc59ed94c91f8e132637bb47daa1251f458461"
+content-hash = "5912abedf4502ca2decaf792f500528ec6f9a4c98deb8d5f394a083ee198085d"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b3fb2a01..ce3a7113 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ APScheduler = "*"
 redis = "*"
 dill = "*"
 backoff = "^2.2.1"
+typing-extensions = [
+    {version = "^4.11.0", python = "<3.13"}
+]
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 ruff = "*"