diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 95b98efa95d..9ec7bd30317 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %pluginName
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.cdt.core.native;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 6.1.200.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 6.1.300.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.natives.CNativePlugin
 Bundle-Vendor: %providerName
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/pom.xml b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/pom.xml
index f5ae96e0350..8e5f5af013b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/pom.xml
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
-  <version>6.1.200-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>6.1.300-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.cdt.core.native</artifactId>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/src/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/spawner/ProcessFactory.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/src/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/spawner/ProcessFactory.java
index cb9b49d8295..a8dda6be4de 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/src/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/spawner/ProcessFactory.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native/src/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/spawner/ProcessFactory.java
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ public class ProcessFactory {
 		return instance;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated Do not use this method it splits command line arguments on whitespace with no regard to quoting rules. See Bug 573677
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public Process exec(String cmd) throws IOException {
 		cmd = modifyCmdIfFlatpak(cmd);
 		if (hasSpawner)
@@ -79,6 +83,10 @@ public class ProcessFactory {
 		return runtime.exec(cmdarray, envp);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated Do not use this method it splits command line arguments on whitespace with no regard to quoting rules. See Bug 573677
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public Process exec(String cmd, String[] envp) throws IOException {
 		cmd = modifyCmdIfFlatpak(cmd);
 		if (hasSpawner)
@@ -86,6 +94,10 @@ public class ProcessFactory {
 		return runtime.exec(cmd, envp);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated Do not use this method it splits command line arguments on whitespace with no regard to quoting rules. See Bug 573677
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public Process exec(String cmd, String[] envp, File dir) throws IOException {
 		cmd = modifyCmdIfFlatpak(cmd);
 		if (hasSpawner)