diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/line_profiler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/line-profiler/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/line_profiler/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/line-profiler/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 00f517bc5788..9d7c3d8f4d5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   lammps-cython = throw "lammps-cython no longer builds and is unmaintained"; # added 2021-07-04
   lazy_imports = lazy-imports; # added 2023-10-13
   lektor = throw "lektor has been promoted to a top-level attribute"; # added 2023-08-01
+  line_profiler = line-profiler; # added 2023-11-04
   logilab_astng = throw "logilab-astng has not been released since 2013 and is unmaintained"; # added 2022-11-29
   logilab_common = logilab-common; # added 2022-11-21
   loo-py = loopy; # added 2022-05-03
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 228cabf855d1..64b2d5c2ead0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6318,7 +6318,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   lineedit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lineedit { };
 
-  line_profiler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/line_profiler { };
+  line-profiler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/line-profiler { };
 
   linetable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/linetable { };