diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libgdamm/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libgdamm/package.nix
index 074a8167e9a0..02b5014e4741 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libgdamm/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libgdamm/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   fetchurl,
   pkg-config,
   glibmm,
-  libgda,
+  libgda5,
   libxml2,
   gnome,
   mysqlSupport ? false,
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  gda = libgda.override {
+  gda = libgda5.override {
     inherit mysqlSupport postgresSupport;
   };
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pl/planner/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pl/planner/package.nix
index 24b026d257d1..4539fa878bda 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pl/planner/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pl/planner/package.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   gsettings-desktop-schemas,
   glib,
   gtk3,
-  libgda,
+  libgda5,
   libxml2,
   libxslt,
   makeWrapper,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    libgda
+    libgda5
     libxml2
     libxslt
     glib
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/se/sequeler/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/se/sequeler/package.nix
index 798b8503ad6a..bff7c1c6bab3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/se/sequeler/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/se/sequeler/package.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   gtk3,
   glib,
   libgee,
-  libgda,
+  libgda5,
   gtksourceview,
   libxml2,
   libsecret,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  sqlGda = libgda.override {
+  sqlGda = libgda5.override {
     mysqlSupport = true;
     postgresSupport = true;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/5.x.nix
similarity index 92%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/5.x.nix
index f3239b80c5c3..6c58fd6e5c6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/5.x.nix
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.2.10";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-b2zfe4BT9VO5B+DIimBk60jPJ1GFLrJDI9zwJ3kjNMg=";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libgda/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/libgda-${version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-1j1l4dwjgw6w4d1v4bl5a4kwyj7bcih8mj700ywm7xakh1xxyv3g";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome.updateScript {
-      packageName = pname;
+      packageName = "libgda";
+      attrPath = "libgda5";
       versionPolicy = "odd-unstable";
       freeze = true;
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index df23115bb549..79dc5dd6a318 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ mapAliases {
   libbitcoin-protocol = throw "libbitcoin-protocol has been removed as it required an obsolete version of Boost and had no maintainer in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-11-24
   libdwg = throw "libdwg has been removed as upstream is unmaintained, the code doesn't build without significant patches, and the package had no reverse dependencies"; # Added 2024-12-28
   libgcrypt_1_8 = throw "'libgcrypt_1_8' is end-of-life. Consider using 'libgcrypt' instead"; # Added 2025-01-05
+  libgda = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘libgda’ has been renamed to ‘libgda5’" libgda5; # Added 2025-01-21
   libgme = game-music-emu; # Added 2022-07-20
   libgnome-keyring3 = libgnome-keyring; # Added 2024-06-22
   libgpgerror = throw "'libgpgerror' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libgpg-error'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7e624e8e2080..257671f33092 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9544,7 +9544,7 @@ with pkgs;
     extraOnly = true;
   };
 
-  libgda = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgda { };
+  libgda5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgda/5.x.nix { };
 
   libgda6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgda/6.x.nix { };