diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/DeprecationHelper.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/DeprecationHelper.php
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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Drupal\Component\Utility;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a helper method for handling deprecated code paths in projects.
+ */
+final class DeprecationHelper {
+
+  /**
+   * Helper to run a callback based on the installed version of a project.
+   *
+   * With this helper, contributed or custom modules can easily run different
+   * code paths based on the version of a project (e.g. Drupal) using callbacks.
+   *
+   * The below templates help code editors and PHPStan understand the return
+   * value of this function.
+   *
+   * @template Current
+   * @template Deprecated
+   *
+   * @param string $currentVersion
+   *   Version to check against.
+   * @param callable(): Current $current
+   *    Callback for the current version of Drupal.
+   * @param string $deprecatedVersion
+   *   Version that deprecated the old code path.
+   * @param callable(): Deprecated $deprecatedCallable
+   *   Callback for older versions of Drupal.
+   *
+   * @return Current|Deprecated
+   */
+  public static function backwardsCompatibleCall(string $currentVersion, callable $currentCallable, string $deprecatedVersion, callable $deprecatedCallable): mixed {
+    // Normalize the version string when it's a dev version to the first point release of that minor. Eg. 10.2.x-dev
+    // and 10.2-dev both translate to 10.2.0
+    $normalizedVersion = str_ends_with($currentVersion, '-dev') ? str_replace(['.x-dev', '-dev'], '.0', $currentVersion) : $currentVersion;
+
+    return version_compare($normalizedVersion, $deprecatedVersion, '>=') ? $currentCallable() : $deprecatedCallable();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Component/Utility/DeprecationHelperTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Component/Utility/DeprecationHelperTest.php
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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Component\Utility;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\DeprecationHelper;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\Component\Utility\DeprecationHelper
+ * @group Utility
+ */
+class DeprecationHelperTest extends TestCase {
+
+  protected function currentImplementation() {
+    return func_get_arg(0);
+  }
+
+  protected function deprecatedImplementation() {
+    return func_get_arg(0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param string $core
+   *   The core version to test against.
+   * @param array $tests
+   *   Array of versions and their expected result.
+   *
+   * @dataProvider deprecatedHelperTestCases
+   */
+  public function testDeprecationHelper(string $core, array $tests) {
+    $current = $this->currentImplementation(...);
+    $deprecated = $this->deprecatedImplementation(...);
+    foreach ($tests as $version => $expected) {
+      $result = DeprecationHelper::backwardsCompatibleCall(
+        currentVersion: $core,
+        currentCallable: fn() => $current('current'),
+        deprecatedVersion: $version,
+        deprecatedCallable: fn() => $deprecated('deprecated'),
+      );
+      $this->assertEquals($expected, $result, "Change introduced in $version should return $expected for core version $core");
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static function deprecatedHelperTestCases(): array {
+    return [
+      [
+        'core' => '10.2.x-dev',
+        'introduced' => [
+          '11.0.0' => 'deprecated',
+          '10.3.0' => 'deprecated',
+          '10.2.1' => 'deprecated',
+          '10.2.0' => 'current',
+          '10.1.0' => 'current',
+          '10.0.0' => 'current',
+          '9.5.0' => 'current',
+        ],
+      ],
+      [
+        'core' => '10.2.1',
+        'introduced' => [
+          '11.0.0' => 'deprecated',
+          '10.2.2' => 'deprecated',
+          '10.2.1' => 'current',
+          '10.2.0' => 'current',
+          '10.1.0' => 'current',
+          '10.0.0' => 'current',
+          '9.5.0' => 'current',
+        ],
+      ],
+      [
+        'core' => '11.0-dev',
+        'introduced' => [
+          '11.5.0' => 'deprecated',
+          '11.0.1' => 'deprecated',
+          '11.0.0' => 'current',
+          '10.1.0' => 'current',
+          '9.5.0' => 'current',
+        ],
+      ],
+      [
+        'core' => '11.0.0',
+        'introduced' => [
+          '11.5.0' => 'deprecated',
+          '11.2.1' => 'deprecated',
+          '11.0.1' => 'deprecated',
+          '11.0.0' => 'current',
+          '10.1.0' => 'current',
+          '9.5.0' => 'current',
+        ],
+      ],
+    ];
+  }
+
+}