diff --git a/examples/gallery/histograms/rose.py b/examples/gallery/histograms/rose.py
index 6ed3c038ac9..4541e8e70c7 100644
--- a/examples/gallery/histograms/rose.py
+++ b/examples/gallery/histograms/rose.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     # 0 to 1
     norm=True,
     # use red3 as color fill for the sectors
-    color="red3",
+    fill="red3",
     # define the frame with ticks and gridlines every 0.2
     # length unit in radial direction and every 30 degrees
     # in azimuthal direction, set background color to
diff --git a/pygmt/src/rose.py b/pygmt/src/rose.py
index 76226058fcf..dc82f6659e6 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/rose.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/rose.py
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@
 """
 
 from pygmt.clib import Session
-from pygmt.helpers import build_arg_string, fmt_docstring, kwargs_to_strings, use_alias
+from pygmt.helpers import (
+    build_arg_string,
+    deprecate_parameter,
+    fmt_docstring,
+    kwargs_to_strings,
+    use_alias,
+)
 
 
 @fmt_docstring
+@deprecate_parameter("color", "fill", "v0.8.0", "v0.12.0")
 @use_alias(
     A="sector",
     B="frame",
@@ -14,7 +21,7 @@
     D="shift",
     Em="vectors",
     F="no_scale",
-    G="color",
+    G="fill",
     I="inquire",
     JX="diameter",
     L="labels",
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ def rose(self, data=None, length=None, azimuth=None, **kwargs):
          consideration, set them all to unity with ``scale="u"``
          [Default is no scaling].
 
-    color : str
+    fill : str
          Selects shade, color or pattern for filling the sectors [Default
          is no fill].
 
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/test_rose.py b/pygmt/tests/test_rose.py
index b330fb43a54..c191ba89f95 100644
--- a/pygmt/tests/test_rose.py
+++ b/pygmt/tests/test_rose.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def test_rose_data_file(data_fractures_compilation):
         region=[0, 1, 0, 360],
         sector=15,
         diameter="5.5c",
-        color="blue",
+        fill="blue",
         frame=["x0.2g0.2", "y30g30", "+glightgray"],
         pen="1p",
         norm="",
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def test_rose_2d_array_single():
         region=[0, 1, 0, 360],
         sector=10,
         diameter="5.5c",
-        color="cyan",
+        fill="cyan",
         frame=["x0.2g0.2", "y30g30", "+glightgray"],
         pen="1p",
         norm=True,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_rose_2d_array_multiple(data):
         region=[0, 1, 0, 360],
         sector=10,
         diameter="5.5c",
-        color="blue",
+        fill="blue",
         frame=["x0.2g0.2", "y30g30", "+gmoccasin"],
         pen="1p",
         norm=True,
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def test_rose_plot_with_transparency(data_fractures_compilation):
         region=[0, 1, 0, 360],
         sector=15,
         diameter="5.5c",
-        color="blue",
+        fill="blue",
         frame=["x0.2g0.2", "y30g30", "+glightgray"],
         pen="1p",
         norm=True,
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def test_rose_bools(data_fractures_compilation):
         sector=10,
         diameter="10c",
         frame=["x0.2g0.2", "y30g30", "+glightgray"],
-        color="red3",
+        fill="red3",
         pen="1p",
         orientation=False,
         norm=True,