diff --git a/src/Exceptions/StatusFilterNotSupportedException.php b/src/Exceptions/StatusFilterNotSupportedException.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b8e5f5b950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exceptions/StatusFilterNotSupportedException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Statamic\Exceptions;
+
+class StatusFilterNotSupportedException extends \Exception
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/CP/Collections/CollectionsController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/CP/Collections/CollectionsController.php
index 6df25f43e52..fc57a5353da 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/CP/Collections/CollectionsController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/CP/Collections/CollectionsController.php
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ private function collections()
                 'id' => $collection->handle(),
                 'title' => $collection->title(),
                 'entries_count' => $collection->queryEntries()->where('site', Site::selected())->count(),
-                'published_entries_count' => $collection->queryEntries()->where('site', Site::selected())->where('status', 'published')->count(),
-                'draft_entries_count' => $collection->queryEntries()->where('site', Site::selected())->where('status', 'draft')->count(),
-                'scheduled_entries_count' => $collection->queryEntries()->where('site', Site::selected())->where('status', 'scheduled')->count(),
+                'published_entries_count' => $collection->queryEntries()->where('site', Site::selected())->whereStatus('published')->count(),
+                'draft_entries_count' => $collection->queryEntries()->where('site', Site::selected())->whereStatus('draft')->count(),
+                'scheduled_entries_count' => $collection->queryEntries()->where('site', Site::selected())->whereStatus('scheduled')->count(),
                 'blueprints' => $collection->entryBlueprints()->reject->hidden()
                     ->map(fn ($blueprint) => [
                         ...$blueprint->toArray(),
diff --git a/src/Stache/Query/EntryQueryBuilder.php b/src/Stache/Query/EntryQueryBuilder.php
index 701b050c46f..0ae11b6d259 100644
--- a/src/Stache/Query/EntryQueryBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Stache/Query/EntryQueryBuilder.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Statamic\Contracts\Entries\QueryBuilder;
 use Statamic\Entries\EntryCollection;
+use Statamic\Exceptions\StatusFilterNotSupportedException;
 use Statamic\Facades;
 use Statamic\Facades\Blink;
 use Statamic\Facades\Collection;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ public function where($column, $operator = null, $value = null, $boolean = 'and'
         }
 
         if ($column === 'status') {
-            trigger_error('Filtering by status is deprecated. Use whereStatus() instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            throw new StatusFilterNotSupportedException('Filtering by status is not supported. Use whereStatus() instead.');
         }
 
         return parent::where($column, $operator, $value, $boolean);
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ public function whereIn($column, $values, $boolean = 'and')
         }
 
         if ($column === 'status') {
-            trigger_error('Filtering by status is deprecated. Use whereStatus() instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            throw new StatusFilterNotSupportedException('Filtering by status is not supported. Use whereStatus() instead.');
         }
 
         return parent::whereIn($column, $values, $boolean);
diff --git a/src/Tags/Collection/Entries.php b/src/Tags/Collection/Entries.php
index e11ef1c762e..df3b3dd3a59 100644
--- a/src/Tags/Collection/Entries.php
+++ b/src/Tags/Collection/Entries.php
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ protected function queryPublished($query)
             return;
         }
 
-        return $query->where('published', true);
+        return $query->whereStatus('published');
     }
 
     protected function queryPastFuture($query)
diff --git a/tests/Data/Entries/EntryQueryBuilderTest.php b/tests/Data/Entries/EntryQueryBuilderTest.php
index 70a67fc8f33..2a038018cbd 100644
--- a/tests/Data/Entries/EntryQueryBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Data/Entries/EntryQueryBuilderTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Statamic\Exceptions\StatusFilterNotSupportedException;
 use Statamic\Facades\Blueprint;
 use Statamic\Facades\Collection;
 use Statamic\Facades\Entry;
@@ -1097,11 +1098,11 @@ public function entries_can_be_reordered()
     }
 
     #[Test]
-    public function filtering_using_where_status_column_writes_deprecation_log()
+    public function filtering_using_where_status_column_throws_exception()
     {
         $this->withoutDeprecationHandling();
-        $this->expectException(\ErrorException::class);
-        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Filtering by status is deprecated. Use whereStatus() instead.');
+        $this->expectException(StatusFilterNotSupportedException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Filtering by status is not supported. Use whereStatus() instead.');
 
         $this->createDummyCollectionAndEntries();
 
@@ -1109,11 +1110,11 @@ public function filtering_using_where_status_column_writes_deprecation_log()
     }
 
     #[Test]
-    public function filtering_using_whereIn_status_column_writes_deprecation_log()
+    public function filtering_using_whereIn_status_column_throws_exception()
     {
         $this->withoutDeprecationHandling();
-        $this->expectException(\ErrorException::class);
-        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Filtering by status is deprecated. Use whereStatus() instead.');
+        $this->expectException(StatusFilterNotSupportedException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Filtering by status is not supported. Use whereStatus() instead.');
 
         $this->createDummyCollectionAndEntries();
 
diff --git a/tests/Tags/Collection/EntriesTest.php b/tests/Tags/Collection/EntriesTest.php
index 603f6bae49c..d99325bc783 100644
--- a/tests/Tags/Collection/EntriesTest.php
+++ b/tests/Tags/Collection/EntriesTest.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Mockery;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
 use Statamic\Contracts\Query\Builder;
+use Statamic\Exceptions\StatusFilterNotSupportedException;
 use Statamic\Facades;
 use Statamic\Facades\Blueprint;
 use Statamic\Facades\Site;
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ public function it_filters_by_future_and_past()
         $this->assertCount(3, $this->getEntries());
         $this->assertCount(0, $this->getEntries(['show_future' => false]));
         $this->assertCount(3, $this->getEntries(['show_future' => true]));
-        $this->assertCount(8, $this->getEntries(['show_past' => true]));
+        $this->assertCount(3, $this->getEntries(['show_past' => true]));
         $this->assertCount(3, $this->getEntries(['show_past' => false]));
         $this->assertCount(3, $this->getEntries(['show_past' => false, 'show_future' => true]));
 
@@ -307,10 +308,10 @@ public function it_filters_by_future_and_past()
         $this->collection->dated(true)->futureDateBehavior('private')->pastDateBehavior('public')->save();
         $this->assertCount(4, $this->getEntries());
         $this->assertCount(4, $this->getEntries(['show_future' => false]));
-        $this->assertCount(8, $this->getEntries(['show_future' => true]));
+        $this->assertCount(4, $this->getEntries(['show_future' => true]));
         $this->assertCount(4, $this->getEntries(['show_past' => true]));
         $this->assertCount(0, $this->getEntries(['show_past' => false]));
-        $this->assertCount(3, $this->getEntries(['show_past' => false, 'show_future' => true]));
+        $this->assertCount(0, $this->getEntries(['show_past' => false, 'show_future' => true]));
     }
 
     #[Test]
@@ -353,11 +354,27 @@ public function it_filters_by_status()
 
         $this->assertCount(1, $this->getEntries()); // defaults to 'published'
         $this->assertCount(1, $this->getEntries(['status:is' => 'published']));
-        $this->assertCount(3, $this->getEntries(['status:not' => 'published']));
-        $this->assertCount(3, $this->getEntries(['status:in' => 'published|draft']));
         $this->assertCount(4, $this->getEntries(['status:is' => 'any']));
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_throws_an_exception_when_filtering_by_status_with_not_operator()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(StatusFilterNotSupportedException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Filtering by status is not supported. Use whereStatus() instead.');
+
+        $this->getEntries(['status:not' => 'published']);
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_throws_an_exception_when_filtering_by_status_with_in_operator()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(StatusFilterNotSupportedException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Filtering by status is not supported. Use whereStatus() instead.');
+
+        $this->getEntries(['status:in' => 'published|draft']);
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function it_filters_by_published_boolean()
     {