diff --git a/newsfragments/3679.changed.md b/newsfragments/3679.changed.md
index 2e8e28a9..ab46598a 100644
--- a/newsfragments/3679.changed.md
+++ b/newsfragments/3679.changed.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Add lifetime parameter to `PyTzInfoAccess` trait and change the return type of `PyTzInfoAccess::get_tzinfo` to `Option<Bound<PyTzInfo>>`. For the deprecated gil-ref API, the trait is now implemented for `&'py PyTime` and `&'py PyDateTime` instead of `PyTime` and `PyDate`.
+Add lifetime parameter to `PyTzInfoAccess` trait. For the deprecated gil-ref API, the trait is now implemented for `&'py PyTime` and `&'py PyDateTime` instead of `PyTime` and `PyDate`.
diff --git a/pytests/src/datetime.rs b/pytests/src/datetime.rs
index 7f0492da..f5a15b4f 100644
--- a/pytests/src/datetime.rs
+++ b/pytests/src/datetime.rs
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ fn datetime_from_timestamp<'p>(
 
 #[pyfunction]
 fn get_datetime_tzinfo(dt: &PyDateTime) -> Option<Bound<'_, PyTzInfo>> {
-    dt.get_tzinfo()
+    dt.get_tzinfo_bound()
 }
 
 #[pyfunction]
 fn get_time_tzinfo(dt: &PyTime) -> Option<Bound<'_, PyTzInfo>> {
-    dt.get_tzinfo()
+    dt.get_tzinfo_bound()
 }
 
 #[pyclass(extends=PyTzInfo)]
diff --git a/src/conversions/chrono.rs b/src/conversions/chrono.rs
index 0ad5b445..dd541bff 100644
--- a/src/conversions/chrono.rs
+++ b/src/conversions/chrono.rs
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ impl FromPyObject<'_> for NaiveDateTime {
         // we return a hard error. We could silently remove tzinfo, or assume local timezone
         // and do a conversion, but better leave this decision to the user of the library.
         #[cfg(not(Py_LIMITED_API))]
-        let has_tzinfo = dt.get_tzinfo().is_some();
+        let has_tzinfo = dt.get_tzinfo_bound().is_some();
         #[cfg(Py_LIMITED_API)]
         let has_tzinfo = !dt.getattr(intern!(dt.py(), "tzinfo"))?.is_none();
         if has_tzinfo {
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ impl<Tz: TimeZone + for<'a> FromPyObject<'a>> FromPyObject<'_> for DateTime<Tz>
         check_type(dt, &DatetimeTypes::get(dt.py()).datetime, "PyDateTime")?;
 
         #[cfg(not(Py_LIMITED_API))]
-        let tzinfo = dt.get_tzinfo();
+        let tzinfo = dt.get_tzinfo_bound();
         #[cfg(Py_LIMITED_API)]
         let tzinfo: Option<&PyAny> = dt.getattr(intern!(dt.py(), "tzinfo"))?.extract()?;
 
diff --git a/src/types/datetime.rs b/src/types/datetime.rs
index 94802fe1..b2d0f6ef 100644
--- a/src/types/datetime.rs
+++ b/src/types/datetime.rs
@@ -163,12 +163,21 @@ pub trait PyTimeAccess {
 
 /// Trait for accessing the components of a struct containing a tzinfo.
 pub trait PyTzInfoAccess<'py> {
+    /// Deprecated form of `get_tzinfo_bound`.
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.21.0",
+        note = "`get_tzinfo` will be replaced by `get_tzinfo_bound` in a future PyO3 version"
+    )]
+    fn get_tzinfo(&self) -> Option<&'py PyTzInfo> {
+        self.get_tzinfo_bound().map(Bound::into_gil_ref)
+    }
+
     /// Returns the tzinfo (which may be None).
     ///
     /// Implementations should conform to the upstream documentation:
     /// <https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/datetime.html#c.PyDateTime_DATE_GET_TZINFO>
     /// <https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/datetime.html#c.PyDateTime_TIME_GET_TZINFO>
-    fn get_tzinfo(&self) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyTzInfo>>;
+    fn get_tzinfo_bound(&self) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyTzInfo>>;
 }
 
 /// Bindings around `datetime.date`
@@ -413,13 +422,13 @@ impl PyTimeAccess for Bound<'_, PyDateTime> {
 }
 
 impl<'py> PyTzInfoAccess<'py> for &'py PyDateTime {
-    fn get_tzinfo(&self) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyTzInfo>> {
-        Bound::borrowed_from_gil_ref(self).get_tzinfo()
+    fn get_tzinfo_bound(&self) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyTzInfo>> {
+        Bound::borrowed_from_gil_ref(self).get_tzinfo_bound()
     }
 }
 
 impl<'py> PyTzInfoAccess<'py> for Bound<'py, PyDateTime> {
-    fn get_tzinfo(&self) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyTzInfo>> {
+    fn get_tzinfo_bound(&self) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyTzInfo>> {
         let ptr = self.as_ptr() as *mut ffi::PyDateTime_DateTime;
         unsafe {
             if (*ptr).hastzinfo != 0 {
@@ -543,13 +552,13 @@ impl PyTimeAccess for Bound<'_, PyTime> {
 }
 
 impl<'py> PyTzInfoAccess<'py> for &'py PyTime {
-    fn get_tzinfo(&self) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyTzInfo>> {
-        Bound::borrowed_from_gil_ref(self).get_tzinfo()
+    fn get_tzinfo_bound(&self) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyTzInfo>> {
+        Bound::borrowed_from_gil_ref(self).get_tzinfo_bound()
     }
 }
 
 impl<'py> PyTzInfoAccess<'py> for Bound<'py, PyTime> {
-    fn get_tzinfo(&self) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyTzInfo>> {
+    fn get_tzinfo_bound(&self) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyTzInfo>> {
         let ptr = self.as_ptr() as *mut ffi::PyDateTime_Time;
         unsafe {
             if (*ptr).hastzinfo != 0 {
@@ -725,6 +734,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     #[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", ignore)] // DateTime import fails on wasm for mysterious reasons
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn test_get_tzinfo() {
         crate::Python::with_gil(|py| {
             let utc = timezone_utc(py);