diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a97ab1c0c949..4ac132727695 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1519,6 +1519,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   wkhtmltopdf-bin = wkhtmltopdf; # Added 2024-07-17
   wlroots_0_14 = throw "'wlroots_0_14' has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # Added 2023-07-29
   wlroots_0_15 = throw "'wlroots_0_15' has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # Added 2024-03-28
+  wlroots = wlroots_0_18; # wlroots is unstable, we must keep depending on 'wlroots_0_*', convert to package after a stable(1.x) release
   wordpress6_1 = throw "'wordpress6_1' has been removed in favor of the latest version"; # Added 2023-10-10
   wordpress6_2 = throw "'wordpress6_2' has been removed in favor of the latest version"; # Added 2023-10-10
   wormhole-rs = magic-wormhole-rs; # Added 2022-05-30. preserve, reason: Arch package name, main binary name
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fc5268484f27..aca2e0215f8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31238,8 +31238,7 @@ with pkgs;
   inherit (callPackages ../development/libraries/wlroots {})
     wlroots_0_16
     wlroots_0_17
-    wlroots_0_18
-    wlroots;
+    wlroots_0_18;
 
   sway-contrib = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ../applications/misc/sway-contrib { });