diff --git a/psalm.xml.dist b/psalm.xml.dist
index d19deca8322..35d556d2db8 100644
--- a/psalm.xml.dist
+++ b/psalm.xml.dist
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
                 <file name="src/Query/Expression/CompositeExpression.php"/>
                 <file name="tests/Query/Expression/CompositeExpressionTest.php"/>
                 <file name="tests/Query/Expression/ExpressionBuilderTest.php"/>
+                <referencedMethod name="Doctrine\DBAL\Statement::execute"/>
             </errorLevel>
         </DeprecatedMethod>
         <DocblockTypeContradiction>
diff --git a/src/Statement.php b/src/Statement.php
index d7a541a8de3..69a713b72f0 100644
--- a/src/Statement.php
+++ b/src/Statement.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Statement as DriverStatement;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
+use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 
 use function is_string;
 
@@ -155,12 +156,20 @@ public function bindParam($param, &$variable, $type = ParameterType::STRING, $le
     /**
      * Executes the statement with the currently bound parameters.
      *
+     * @deprecated Statement::execute() is deprecated, use Statement::executeQuery() or executeStatement() instead
+     *
      * @param mixed[]|null $params
      *
      * @throws Exception
      */
     public function execute($params = null): Result
     {
+        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4580',
+            'Statement::execute() is deprecated, use Statement::executeQuery() or Statement::executeStatement() instead'
+        );
+
         if ($params !== null) {
             $this->params = $params;
         }
@@ -184,6 +193,38 @@ public function execute($params = null): Result
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Executes the statement with the currently bound parameters and return result.
+     *
+     * @param mixed[] $params
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public function executeQuery(array $params = []): Result
+    {
+        if ($params === []) {
+            $params = null; // Workaround as long execute() exists and used internally.
+        }
+
+        return $this->execute($params);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes the statement with the currently bound parameters and return affected rows.
+     *
+     * @param mixed[] $params
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public function executeStatement(array $params = []): int
+    {
+        if ($params === []) {
+            $params = null; // Workaround as long execute() exists and used internally.
+        }
+
+        return $this->execute($params)->rowCount();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the wrapped driver statement.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Functional/StatementTest.php b/tests/Functional/StatementTest.php
index dea120981f5..2c7669118bf 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/StatementTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/StatementTest.php
@@ -300,4 +300,42 @@ public function testFetchInColumnMode(): void
 
         self::assertEquals(1, $result);
     }
+
+    public function testExecuteQuery(): void
+    {
+        $platform = $this->connection->getDatabasePlatform();
+        $query    = $platform->getDummySelectSQL();
+        $result   = $this->connection->prepare($query)->executeQuery()->fetchOne();
+
+        self::assertEquals(1, $result);
+    }
+
+    public function testExecuteQueryWithParams(): void
+    {
+        $this->connection->insert('stmt_test', ['id' => 1]);
+
+        $query  = 'SELECT id FROM stmt_test WHERE id = ?';
+        $result = $this->connection->prepare($query)->executeQuery([1])->fetchOne();
+
+        self::assertEquals(1, $result);
+    }
+
+    public function testExecuteStatement(): void
+    {
+        $this->connection->insert('stmt_test', ['id' => 1]);
+
+        $query = 'UPDATE stmt_test SET name = ? WHERE id = 1';
+        $stmt  = $this->connection->prepare($query);
+
+        $stmt->bindValue(1, 'bar');
+
+        $result = $stmt->executeStatement();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result);
+
+        $query  = 'UPDATE stmt_test SET name = ? WHERE id = ?';
+        $result = $this->connection->prepare($query)->executeStatement(['foo', 1]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Query/QueryBuilderTest.php b/tests/Query/QueryBuilderTest.php
index d3574b6d079..2ee42b9d088 100644
--- a/tests/Query/QueryBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Query/QueryBuilderTest.php
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Query\Expression\ExpressionBuilder;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryBuilder;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Result;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 class QueryBuilderTest extends TestCase
 {
-    /** @var Connection */
+    /** @var Connection&MockObject */
     protected $conn;
 
     protected function setUp(): void
@@ -949,4 +951,21 @@ public function testJoinWithNonUniqueAliasThrowsException(): void
 
         $qb->getSQL();
     }
+
+    public function testExecuteSelect(): void
+    {
+        $qb = new QueryBuilder($this->conn);
+
+        $this->conn
+            ->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('executeQuery')
+            ->willReturn($this->createMock(Result::class));
+
+        $result = $qb
+            ->select('id')
+            ->from('foo')
+            ->execute();
+
+        self::assertInstanceOf(Result::class, $result);
+    }
 }