diff --git a/python/core/qgsbearingutils.sip.in b/python/core/qgsbearingutils.sip.in
index 2aacf9bf52b..6417402f29b 100644
--- a/python/core/qgsbearingutils.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/qgsbearingutils.sip.in
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Utilities for calculating bearings and directions.
   public:
 
     static double bearingTrueNorth( const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs,
+                                    const QgsCoordinateTransformContext  &transformContext,
                                     const QgsPointXY &point );
 %Docstring
 Returns the direction to true north from a specified point and for a specified
diff --git a/src/app/qgsdecorationnortharrow.cpp b/src/app/qgsdecorationnortharrow.cpp
index 6c38d0346ba..a30ccb45e65 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsdecorationnortharrow.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsdecorationnortharrow.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void QgsDecorationNorthArrow::render( const QgsMapSettings &mapSettings, QgsRend
       {
         try
         {
-          mRotationInt = QgsBearingUtils:: bearingTrueNorth( mapSettings.destinationCrs(), context.extent().center() );
+          mRotationInt = QgsBearingUtils:: bearingTrueNorth( mapSettings.destinationCrs(), mapSettings.transformContext(), context.extent().center() );
         }
         catch ( QgsException & )
         {
diff --git a/src/core/layout/qgslayoutitempicture.cpp b/src/core/layout/qgslayoutitempicture.cpp
index bb1544be34f..474b15232fa 100644
--- a/src/core/layout/qgslayoutitempicture.cpp
+++ b/src/core/layout/qgslayoutitempicture.cpp
@@ -463,10 +463,11 @@ void QgsLayoutItemPicture::updateMapRotation()
     {
       QgsPointXY center = mRotationMap->extent().center();
       QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem crs = mRotationMap->crs();
+      QgsCoordinateTransformContext transformContext = mLayout->project()->transformContext();
 
       try
       {
-        double bearing = QgsBearingUtils::bearingTrueNorth( crs, center );
+        double bearing = QgsBearingUtils::bearingTrueNorth( crs, transformContext, center );
         rotation += bearing;
       }
       catch ( QgsException &e )
diff --git a/src/core/qgsbearingutils.cpp b/src/core/qgsbearingutils.cpp
index 8ec11e09dcb..320ea227c08 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsbearingutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsbearingutils.cpp
@@ -17,16 +17,15 @@
 
 #include "qgsbearingutils.h"
 #include "qgscoordinatereferencesystem.h"
+#include "qgscoordinatetransformcontext.h"
 #include "qgspointxy.h"
 #include "qgscoordinatetransform.h"
 #include "qgsexception.h"
 
-double QgsBearingUtils::bearingTrueNorth( const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs, const QgsPointXY &point )
+double QgsBearingUtils::bearingTrueNorth( const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs, const QgsCoordinateTransformContext  &transformContext, const QgsPointXY &point )
 {
   // step 1 - transform point into WGS84 geographic crs
-  Q_NOWARN_DEPRECATED_PUSH
-  QgsCoordinateTransform transform( crs, QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem::fromEpsgId( 4326 ) );
-  Q_NOWARN_DEPRECATED_POP
+  QgsCoordinateTransform transform( crs, QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem::fromEpsgId( 4326 ), transformContext );
 
   if ( !transform.isValid() )
   {
diff --git a/src/core/qgsbearingutils.h b/src/core/qgsbearingutils.h
index d1e07c42f36..65d66fe9cd3 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsbearingutils.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsbearingutils.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define QGSBEARINGUTILS_H
 
 class QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem;
+class QgsCoordinateTransformContext;
 class QgsPointXY;
 
 #include "qgis_core.h"
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsBearingUtils
      * vertical. An exception will be thrown if the bearing could not be calculated.
      */
     static double bearingTrueNorth( const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs,
+                                    const QgsCoordinateTransformContext  &transformContext,
                                     const QgsPointXY &point );
 
 };
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_qgsbearingutils.py b/tests/src/python/test_qgsbearingutils.py
index f1635d7141f..4e899c326a4 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_qgsbearingutils.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_qgsbearingutils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import qgis  # NOQA switch sip api
 
 from qgis.core import (QgsBearingUtils,
                        QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem,
+                       QgsCoordinateTransformContext,
                        QgsPointXY
                        )
 
@@ -32,26 +33,28 @@ class TestQgsBearingUtils(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # short circuit - already a geographic crs
         crs = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem.fromEpsgId(4326)
-        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, QgsPointXY(0, 0)), 0)
-        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, QgsPointXY(44, 0)), 0)
-        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, QgsPointXY(44, -43)), 0)
-        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, QgsPointXY(44, 43)), 0)
+        transformContext = QgsCoordinateTransformContext()
 
-        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, QgsPointXY(44, 200)), 0)
-        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, QgsPointXY(44, -200)), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, transformContext, QgsPointXY(0, 0)), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, transformContext, QgsPointXY(44, 0)), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, transformContext, QgsPointXY(44, -43)), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, transformContext, QgsPointXY(44, 43)), 0)
+
+        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, transformContext, QgsPointXY(44, 200)), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, transformContext, QgsPointXY(44, -200)), 0)
 
         # no short circuit
         crs = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem.fromEpsgId(3111)
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, QgsPointXY(2508807, 2423425)), 0.06, 2)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, transformContext, QgsPointXY(2508807, 2423425)), 0.06, 2)
 
         # try a south-up crs
         crs = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem.fromEpsgId(2053)
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, QgsPointXY(29, -27.55)), -180.0, 1)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, transformContext, QgsPointXY(29, -27.55)), -180.0, 1)
 
         # try a north pole crs
         crs = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem.fromEpsgId(3575)
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, QgsPointXY(-780770, 652329)), 129.9, 1)
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, QgsPointXY(513480, 873173)), -149.5, 1)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, transformContext, QgsPointXY(-780770, 652329)), 129.9, 1)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(QgsBearingUtils.bearingTrueNorth(crs, transformContext, QgsPointXY(513480, 873173)), -149.5, 1)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':