diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Annotation/Route.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Annotation/Route.php
index 4751f14b2d84d..dda98eac70ed5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Annotation/Route.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Annotation/Route.php
@@ -69,7 +69,19 @@ public function __construct(
         } elseif (!\is_array($data)) {
             throw new \TypeError(sprintf('"%s": Argument $data is expected to be a string or array, got "%s".', __METHOD__, get_debug_type($data)));
         } elseif ([] !== $data) {
-            trigger_deprecation('symfony/routing', '5.3', 'Passing an array as first argument to "%s" is deprecated. Use named arguments instead.', __METHOD__);
+            $deprecation = false;
+            foreach ($data as $key => $val) {
+                if (\in_array($key, ['path', 'name', 'requirements', 'options', 'defaults', 'host', 'methods', 'schemes', 'condition', 'priority', 'locale', 'format', 'utf8', 'stateless', 'env', 'value'])) {
+                    $deprecation = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ($deprecation) {
+                trigger_deprecation('symfony/routing', '5.3', 'Passing an array as first argument to "%s" is deprecated. Use named arguments instead.', __METHOD__);
+            } else {
+                $localizedPaths = $data;
+                $data = ['path' => $localizedPaths];
+            }
         }
         if (null !== $path && !\is_string($path) && !\is_array($path)) {
             throw new \TypeError(sprintf('"%s": Argument $path is expected to be a string, array or null, got "%s".', __METHOD__, get_debug_type($path)));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Annotation/RouteTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Annotation/RouteTest.php
index d0c57113adab8..d5f4e19291c6f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Annotation/RouteTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Annotation/RouteTest.php
@@ -11,73 +11,98 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Routing\Tests\Annotation;
 
+use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Bridge\PhpUnit\ExpectDeprecationTrait;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Tests\Fixtures\AnnotationFixtures\FooController;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Tests\Fixtures\AttributeFixtures\FooController as FooAttributesController;
 
 class RouteTest extends TestCase
 {
     use ExpectDeprecationTrait;
 
-    /**
-     * @group legacy
-     */
-    public function testInvalidRouteParameter()
+    private function getMethodAnnotation(string $method, bool $attributes): Route
     {
-        $this->expectException(\BadMethodCallException::class);
-        new Route(['foo' => 'bar']);
+        $class = $attributes ? FooAttributesController::class : FooController::class;
+        $reflection = new \ReflectionMethod($class, $method);
+
+        if ($attributes) {
+            $attributes = $reflection->getAttributes(Route::class);
+            $route = $attributes[0]->newInstance();
+        } else {
+            $reader = new AnnotationReader();
+            $route = $reader->getMethodAnnotation($reflection, Route::class);
+        }
+
+        if (!$route instanceof Route) {
+            throw new \Exception('Can\'t parse annotation');
+        }
+
+        return $route;
+    }
+
+    public function provideDeprecationArrayAsFirstArgument()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['requirements', ['locale' => 'en'], 'getRequirements'],
+            ['options', ['compiler_class' => 'RouteCompiler'], 'getOptions'],
+            ['name', 'blog_index', 'getName'],
+            ['defaults', ['_controller' => 'MyBlogBundle:Blog:index'], 'getDefaults'],
+            ['schemes', ['https'], 'getSchemes'],
+            ['methods', ['GET', 'POST'], 'getMethods'],
+            ['host', '{locale}.example.com', 'getHost'],
+            ['condition', 'context.getMethod() == "GET"', 'getCondition'],
+            ['value', '/Blog', 'getPath'],
+            ['value', ['nl' => '/hier', 'en' => '/here'], 'getLocalizedPaths'],
+        ];
     }
 
     /**
      * @group legacy
+     * @dataProvider provideDeprecationArrayAsFirstArgument
      */
-    public function testTryingToSetLocalesDirectly()
+    public function testDeprecationArrayAsFirstArgument(string $parameter, $value, string $getter)
     {
-        $this->expectException(\BadMethodCallException::class);
-        new Route(['locales' => ['nl' => 'bar']]);
+        $this->expectDeprecation('Since symfony/routing 5.3: Passing an array as first argument to "Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route::__construct" is deprecated. Use named arguments instead.');
+
+        $route = new Route([$parameter => $value]);
+        $this->assertEquals($route->$getter(), $value);
     }
 
     /**
      * @requires PHP 8
      * @dataProvider getValidParameters
      */
-    public function testRouteParameters(string $parameter, $value, string $getter)
+    public function testRouteParameters(string $methodName, string $getter, $expectedReturn)
     {
-        $route = new Route(...[$parameter => $value]);
-        $this->assertEquals($route->$getter(), $value);
+        $route = $this->getMethodAnnotation($methodName, true);
+        $this->assertEquals($route->$getter(), $expectedReturn);
     }
 
     /**
      * @group legacy
-     * @dataProvider getLegacyValidParameters
+     * @dataProvider getValidParameters
      */
-    public function testLegacyRouteParameters(string $parameter, $value, string $getter)
+    public function testLegacyRouteParameters(string $methodName, string $getter, $expectedReturn)
     {
-        $this->expectDeprecation('Since symfony/routing 5.3: Passing an array as first argument to "Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route::__construct" is deprecated. Use named arguments instead.');
-
-        $route = new Route([$parameter => $value]);
-        $this->assertEquals($route->$getter(), $value);
+        $route = $this->getMethodAnnotation($methodName, false);
+        $this->assertEquals($route->$getter(), $expectedReturn);
     }
 
     public function getValidParameters(): iterable
     {
         return [
-            ['requirements', ['locale' => 'en'], 'getRequirements'],
-            ['options', ['compiler_class' => 'RouteCompiler'], 'getOptions'],
-            ['name', 'blog_index', 'getName'],
-            ['defaults', ['_controller' => 'MyBlogBundle:Blog:index'], 'getDefaults'],
-            ['schemes', ['https'], 'getSchemes'],
-            ['methods', ['GET', 'POST'], 'getMethods'],
-            ['host', '{locale}.example.com', 'getHost'],
-            ['condition', 'context.getMethod() == "GET"', 'getCondition'],
+            ['simplePath', 'getPath', '/Blog'],
+            ['localized', 'getLocalizedPaths', ['nl' => '/hier', 'en' => '/here']],
+            ['requirements', 'getRequirements', ['locale' => 'en']],
+            ['options', 'getOptions', ['compiler_class' => 'RouteCompiler']],
+            ['name', 'getName', 'blog_index'],
+            ['defaults', 'getDefaults', ['_controller' => 'MyBlogBundle:Blog:index']],
+            ['schemes', 'getSchemes', ['https']],
+            ['methods', 'getMethods', ['GET', 'POST']],
+            ['host', 'getHost', '{locale}.example.com'],
+            ['condition', 'getCondition', 'context.getMethod() == \'GET\''],
         ];
     }
-
-    public function getLegacyValidParameters(): iterable
-    {
-        yield from $this->getValidParameters();
-
-        yield ['value', '/Blog', 'getPath'];
-        yield ['value', ['nl' => '/hier', 'en' => '/here'], 'getLocalizedPaths'];
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/AnnotationFixtures/FooController.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/AnnotationFixtures/FooController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2eea313bba5a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/AnnotationFixtures/FooController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Routing\Tests\Fixtures\AnnotationFixtures;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+
+class FooController
+{
+    /**
+     * @Route("/Blog")
+     */
+    public function simplePath()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @Route({"nl":"/hier","en":"/here"})
+     */
+    public function localized()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @Route(requirements={"locale":"en"})
+     */
+    public function requirements()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @Route(options={"compiler_class":"RouteCompiler"})
+     */
+    public function options()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @Route(name="blog_index")
+     */
+    public function name()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @Route(defaults={"_controller":"MyBlogBundle:Blog:index"})
+     */
+    public function defaults()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @Route(schemes={"https"})
+     */
+    public function schemes()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @Route(methods={"GET","POST"})
+     */
+    public function methods()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @Route(host="{locale}.example.com")
+     */
+    public function host()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @Route(condition="context.getMethod() == 'GET'")
+     */
+    public function condition()
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/AttributeFixtures/FooController.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/AttributeFixtures/FooController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d34855913a6dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/AttributeFixtures/FooController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Routing\Tests\Fixtures\AttributeFixtures;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+
+class FooController
+{
+    #[Route('/Blog')]
+    public function simplePath()
+    {
+    }
+
+    #[Route(['nl' => '/hier', 'en' => '/here'])]
+    public function localized()
+    {
+    }
+
+    #[Route(requirements: ['locale' => 'en'])]
+    public function requirements()
+    {
+    }
+
+    #[Route(options: ['compiler_class' => 'RouteCompiler'])]
+    public function options()
+    {
+    }
+
+    #[Route(name: 'blog_index')]
+    public function name()
+    {
+    }
+
+    #[Route(defaults: ['_controller' => 'MyBlogBundle:Blog:index'])]
+    public function defaults()
+    {
+    }
+
+    #[Route(schemes: ['https'])]
+    public function schemes()
+    {
+    }
+
+    #[Route(methods: ['GET', 'POST'])]
+    public function methods()
+    {
+    }
+
+    #[Route(host: '{locale}.example.com')]
+    public function host()
+    {
+    }
+
+    #[Route(condition: 'context.getMethod() == \'GET\'')]
+    public function condition()
+    {
+    }
+}