diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index 1140e9b5ddff..7cf681b8b8cd 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@
 
 - `ast-grep` remove `sg` command to prevent conflict with `sg` command from shadow-utils. If you need legacy sg command compatibility with old code, you can use `ast-grep.override { enableLegacySg = true; }`
 
+- rename package `wtf` to `wtfutil`.
+
 - `python3Packages.beancount` was updated to 3.1.0. Previous major version remains available as `python3Packages.beancount_2`.
 
 - `binwalk` was updated to 3.1.0, which has been rewritten in rust. The python module is no longer available.
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wt/wtf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wt/wtfutil/package.nix
similarity index 63%
rename from pkgs/by-name/wt/wtf/package.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/wt/wtfutil/package.nix
index 6bb27c9f932c..d4f638264b13 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wt/wtf/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wt/wtfutil/package.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 {
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  lib,
   makeWrapper,
   ncurses,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "wtf";
+  pname = "wtfutil";
   version = "0.43.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "wtfutil";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "wtf";
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-DFrA4bx+wSOxmt1CVA1oNiYVmcWeW6wpfR5F1tnhyDY=";
   };
@@ -25,24 +28,37 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
     "-w"
-    "-X main.version=${version}"
   ];
 
   subPackages = [ "." ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace flags/flags.go --replace-fail 'version := "dev"' 'version := "v${version}"'
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     mv "$out/bin/wtf" "$out/bin/wtfutil"
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/wtfutil" --prefix PATH : "${ncurses.dev}/bin"
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  # Darwin Error: mkdir /var/empty: file exists
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Personal information dashboard for your terminal";
     homepage = "https://wtfutil.com/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/raw/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      xiaoxiangmoe
+      kalbasit
+    ];
     mainProgram = "wtfutil";
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8ccf7791d8c6..2f12b0bbc463 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1607,6 +1607,7 @@ mapAliases {
   wmii_hg = wmii;
   wrapGAppsHook = wrapGAppsHook3; # Added 2024-03-26
   write_stylus = styluslabs-write-bin; # Added 2024-10-09
+  wtf = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'wtf' has been renamed to 'wtfutil'." wtfutil; # Added 2025-03-01
 
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