diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index 2d8086aba774..f8fbe6ccd2f1 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -365,6 +365,18 @@
           <literal>~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg</literal>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <literal>pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk</literal> is now deprecated in
+          favor of <literal>pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk-sans</literal> and
+          <literal>pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk-serif</literal> because they each
+          have different release schedules. To maintain compatibility
+          with prior releases of Nixpkgs,
+          <literal>pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk</literal> is currently an alias
+          of <literal>pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk-sans</literal> and doesn’t
+          include serif fonts.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-22.05-notable-changes">
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index f83573a3a860..ef0069ab7f33 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - MultiMC has been replaced with the fork PolyMC due to upstream developers being hostile to 3rd party package maintainers. PolyMC removes all MultiMC branding and is aimed at providing proper 3rd party packages like the one contained in Nixpkgs. This change affects the data folder where game instances and other save and configuration files are stored. Users with existing installations should rename `~/.local/share/multimc` to `~/.local/share/polymc`. The main config file's path has also moved from `~/.local/share/multimc/multimc.cfg` to `~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg`.
 
+- `pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk` is now deprecated in favor of `pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk-sans`
+  and `pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk-serif` because they each have different release
+  schedules. To maintain compatibility with prior releases of Nixpkgs,
+  `pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk` is currently an alias of `pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk-sans` and
+  doesn't include serif fonts.
+
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-22.05-notable-changes}
 
 - The option [services.redis.servers](#opt-services.redis.servers) was added
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
index d6b4488daf05..11f911aeb470 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchurl
-, fetchzip
 , cairo
 , python3
 , pkg-config
@@ -61,6 +60,42 @@ let
         maintainers = with maintainers; [ mathnerd314 emily ];
       };
     };
+
+  mkNotoCJK = { typeface, version, rev, sha256 }:
+    stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
+      pname = "noto-fonts-cjk-${lib.toLower typeface}";
+      inherit version;
+
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "googlefonts";
+        repo = "noto-cjk";
+        inherit rev sha256;
+      };
+
+      installPhase = ''
+        install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype/noto-cjk ${typeface}/Variable/OTC/*.otf.ttc
+      '';
+
+      meta = with lib; {
+        description = "Beautiful and free fonts for CJK languages";
+        homepage = "https://www.google.com/get/noto/help/cjk/";
+        longDescription = ''
+          Noto ${typeface} CJK is a ${lib.toLower typeface} typeface designed as
+          an intermediate style between the modern and traditional. It is
+          intended to be a multi-purpose digital font for user interface
+          designs, digital content, reading on laptops, mobile devices, and
+          electronic books. Noto ${typeface} CJK comprehensively covers
+          Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in a
+          unified font family. It supports regional variants of ideographic
+          characters for each of the four languages. In addition, it supports
+          Japanese kana, vertical forms, and variant characters (itaiji); it
+          supports Korean hangeul — both contemporary and archaic.
+        '';
+        license = licenses.ofl;
+        platforms = platforms.all;
+        maintainers = with maintainers; [ mathnerd314 emily ];
+      };
+    };
 in
 
 {
@@ -74,39 +109,18 @@ in
     weights = "{Black,Condensed,Extra,Medium,Semi,Thin}*";
   };
 
-  noto-fonts-cjk = let zip = fetchzip {
-    url = let rev = "be6c059ac1587e556e2412b27f5155c8eb3ddbe6"; in
-      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googlefonts/noto-cjk/${rev}/NotoSansCJK.ttc.zip";
-    # __MACOSX...
-    stripRoot = false;
-    sha256 = "0ik4z2b15i0pghskgfm3adzb0h35fr4gyzvz3bq49hhkhn9h85vi";
-  }; in stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
-    pname = "noto-fonts-cjk";
-    version = "2.001";
+  noto-fonts-cjk-sans = mkNotoCJK {
+    typeface = "Sans";
+    version = "2.004";
+    rev = "9f7f3c38eab63e1d1fddd8d50937fe4f1eacdb1d";
+    sha256 = "sha256-BX4tcDcz+RGka8mtced1k3BopUJQ14t1BtAVqTjyPik=";
+  };
 
-    buildCommand = ''
-      install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype/noto-cjk ${zip}/*.ttc
-    '';
-
-    meta = with lib; {
-      description = "Beautiful and free fonts for CJK languages";
-      homepage = "https://www.google.com/get/noto/help/cjk/";
-      longDescription =
-      ''
-        Noto Sans CJK is a sans serif typeface designed as an intermediate style
-        between the modern and traditional. It is intended to be a multi-purpose
-        digital font for user interface designs, digital content, reading on laptops,
-        mobile devices, and electronic books. Noto Sans CJK comprehensively covers
-        Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in a unified font
-        family. It supports regional variants of ideographic characters for each of the
-        four languages. In addition, it supports Japanese kana, vertical forms, and
-        variant characters (itaiji); it supports Korean hangeul — both contemporary and
-        archaic.
-      '';
-      license = licenses.ofl;
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ mathnerd314 emily ];
-    };
+  noto-fonts-cjk-serif = mkNotoCJK {
+    typeface = "Serif";
+    version = "2.000";
+    rev = "9f7f3c38eab63e1d1fddd8d50937fe4f1eacdb1d";
+    sha256 = "sha256-BX4tcDcz+RGka8mtced1k3BopUJQ14t1BtAVqTjyPik=";
   };
 
   noto-fonts-emoji = let
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index e894bed7d388..94d6a4761ab6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   nmap-unfree = nmap; # added 2021-04-06
   nologin = shadow; # added 2018-04-25
   nordic-polar = throw "nordic-polar was removed on 2021-05-27, now integrated in nordic"; # added 2021-05-27
+  noto-fonts-cjk = noto-fonts-cjk-sans; # added 2021-12-16
   now-cli = throw "now-cli has been replaced with nodePackages.vercel"; # added 2021-08-05
   nxproxy = nx-libs; # added 2019-02-15
   nylas-mail-bin = throw "nylas-mail-bin was deprecated on 2019-09-11: abandoned by upstream";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 27c71d6f8d0e..31bc3a342387 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23726,7 +23726,12 @@ with pkgs;
   nordzy-cursor-theme = callPackage ../data/icons/nordzy-cursor-theme { };
 
   inherit (callPackages ../data/fonts/noto-fonts {})
-    noto-fonts noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji noto-fonts-emoji-blob-bin noto-fonts-extra;
+    noto-fonts
+    noto-fonts-cjk-sans
+    noto-fonts-cjk-serif
+    noto-fonts-emoji
+    noto-fonts-emoji-blob-bin
+    noto-fonts-extra;
 
   nuclear = callPackage ../applications/audio/nuclear { };