diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-contenttype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-contenttype/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9d88d056eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-contenttype/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
+, zope_testrunner
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope-contenttype";
+  version = "5.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "zope.contenttype";
+    inherit version;
+    hash = "sha256-AAHvG2XKZQUZBW3OUwxY0LOWlXzPBQIyPIoVSdtk0xc=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    zope_testrunner
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "zope.contenttype"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.contenttype";
+    description = "A utility module for content-type (MIME type) handling";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.contenttype/blob/${version}/CHANGES.rst";
+    license = licenses.zpl21;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_contenttype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_contenttype/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d90dcce7283..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_contenttype/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, zope_testrunner
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "zope.contenttype";
-  version = "4.6";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-NnVoeLxSWzY2TQ1b2ZovCw/TuaUND+m73Eqxs4rCOAA=";
-  };
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ zope_testrunner ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.contenttype";
-    description = "A utility module for content-type (MIME type) handling";
-    license = licenses.zpl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index d3717a81617e..3068df299d85 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   zc_buildout_nix = throw "zc_buildout_nix was pinned to a version no longer compatible with other modules";
   zope_broken = throw "zope_broken has been removed because it is obsolete and not needed in zodb>=3.10"; # added 2023-07-26
   zope_component = zope-component; # added 2023-07-28
+  zope_contenttype = zope-contenttype; # added 2023-10-11
   zope_deprecation = zope-deprecation; # added 2023-10-07
   zope_i18nmessageid = zope-i18nmessageid; # added 2023-07-29
   zope_proxy = zope-proxy; # added 2023-10-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1480f9b8e8bd..802e1db3d1d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15906,7 +15906,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   zope_configuration = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_configuration { };
 
-  zope_contenttype = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_contenttype { };
+  zope-contenttype = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope-contenttype { };
 
   zope_copy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_copy { };