diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index d1497e2a821d..571f4f19dbff 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -8186,6 +8186,12 @@
     github = "EstebanMacanek";
     githubId = 75503218;
   };
+  esteve = {
+    name = "Esteve Fernandez";
+    email = "nixpkgs@nara.ac";
+    github = "esteve";
+    githubId = 33620;
+  };
   ethancedwards8 = {
     email = "ethan@ethancedwards.com";
     matrix = "@ethancedwards8:matrix.org";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vc/vcstool/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vc/vcs2l/package.nix
similarity index 70%
rename from pkgs/by-name/vc/vcstool/package.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/vc/vcs2l/package.nix
index c1abbe223b56..745bb39ac07f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vc/vcstool/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vc/vcs2l/package.nix
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 with python3Packages;
 
 buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "vcstool";
-  version = "0.3.0";
+  pname = "vcs2l";
+  version = "1.1.7";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
-    sha256 = "04b3a963e15386660f139e5b95d293e43e3cb414e3b13e14ee36f5223032ee2c";
+    sha256 = "1d86e685f9e01dda271b89df1b2bd42ca5555f5c0dcbef5cc727d443f25738cd";
   };
 
   build-system = with python3Packages; [ setuptools ];
@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
 
   doCheck = false; # requires network
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "vcstool" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "vcs2l" ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Provides a command line tool to invoke vcs commands on multiple repositories";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/dirk-thomas/vcstool";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/vcs2l";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sivteck ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      esteve
+      sivteck
+    ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index af491f9d8642..b9a3e035fd98 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2005,6 +2005,7 @@ mapAliases {
   vbetool = throw "'vbetool' has been removed as it is broken and not maintained upstream."; # Added 2025-06-11
   vboot_reference = vboot-utils; # Added 2025-11-01
   vc_0_7 = throw "'vc_0_7' has been removed as it was broken, unused in nixpkgs and unmaintained"; # Added 2025-10-20
+  vcstool = throw "'vcstool' has been removed, as it has been unmaintained upstream since January 2022. Please switch to 'vcs2l'"; # Added 2026-03-13
   vdhcoapp = throw "VDH >= 10 doesn't require a companion app and the repo has been archived."; # Added 2026-01-26
   vdirsyncerStable = throw "'vdirsyncerStable' has been renamed to/replaced by 'vdirsyncer'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   ventoy-bin = throw "'ventoy-bin' has been renamed to/replaced by 'ventoy'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27