diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index 9f0efa3e7b57..fdb632369890 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
 
 - `mx-puppet-discord` was removed from Nixpkgs along with its NixOS module as it was unmaintained and was the only user of sha1 hashes in tree.
 
+- `notary` has been removed because it was [archived upstream](https://github.com/notaryproject/.github/issues/70). Upstream recommends [`notation`](https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/) instead.
+
 - `gradience` has been removed because it was archived upstream.
 
 - `kbd` package's `outputs` now include a `man` and `scripts` outputs. The `unicode_start` and `unicode_stop` Bash scripts are now part of the `scripts` output, allowing most usages of the `kbd` package to not pull in `bash`.
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/no/notary/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/no/notary/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d25575ca8567..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/no/notary/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  buildGoModule,
-}:
-buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "notary";
-  version = "0.6.1-unstable-2024-04-16";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "notaryproject";
-    repo = "notary";
-    rev = "9d2b3b35929392c9945d976b8bdecbe2f53a299e";
-    hash = "sha256-u19BfTJwRWholK0b3BcgSmcMM9AR7OeXo64AOi87r0A=";
-  };
-
-  vendorHash = null;
-
-  tags = [
-    "pkcs11"
-  ];
-
-  ldflags = [
-    "-X github.com/theupdateframework/notary/version.NotaryVersion=${version}"
-  ];
-
-  # Tests try to use network.
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Project that allows anyone to have trust over arbitrary collections of data";
-    mainProgram = "notary";
-    longDescription = ''
-      The Notary project comprises a server and a client for running and
-      interacting with trusted collections. See the service architecture
-      documentation for more information.
-
-      Notary aims to make the internet more secure by making it easy for people
-      to publish and verify content. We often rely on TLS to secure our
-      communications with a web server which is inherently flawed, as any
-      compromise of the server enables malicious content to be substituted for
-      the legitimate content.
-
-      With Notary, publishers can sign their content offline using keys kept
-      highly secure. Once the publisher is ready to make the content available,
-      they can push their signed trusted collection to a Notary Server.
-
-      Consumers, having acquired the publisher's public key through a secure
-      channel, can then communicate with any notary server or (insecure) mirror,
-      relying only on the publisher's key to determine the validity and
-      integrity of the received content.
-    '';
-    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    homepage = "https://github.com/theupdateframework/notary";
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vdemeester ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/no/notation/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/no/notation/package.nix
index e800d429736e..c3afde4cb20d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/no/notation/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/no/notation/package.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 {
   lib,
-  stdenv,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   installShellFiles,
-  testers,
+
+  stdenv,
+  buildPackages,
+
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
@@ -25,7 +28,12 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   # This is a Go sub-module and cannot be built directly (e2e tests).
-  excludedPackages = [ "./test" ];
+  excludedPackages = [
+    "./test/e2e"
+  ];
+
+  # tests bind to localhost
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
@@ -34,23 +42,35 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     "-X github.com/notaryproject/notation/internal/version.BuildMetadata="
   ];
 
-  postInstall = lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
-    installShellCompletion --cmd notation \
-      --bash <($out/bin/notation completion bash) \
-      --fish <($out/bin/notation completion fish) \
-      --zsh <($out/bin/notation completion zsh)
-  '';
+  postInstall =
+    let
+      exe =
+        if stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform then
+          "${placeholder "out"}/bin/${finalAttrs.meta.mainProgram}"
+        else
+          lib.getExe buildPackages.notation;
+    in
+    ''
+      installShellCompletion --cmd ${finalAttrs.meta.mainProgram} \
+        --bash <(${exe} completion bash) \
+        --fish <(${exe} completion fish) \
+        --zsh <(${exe} completion zsh)
+    '';
 
-  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
-    command = "notation version";
-  };
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "version";
 
   meta = {
     description = "CLI tool to sign and verify OCI artifacts and container images";
     homepage = "https://notaryproject.dev/";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      jk
+      vdemeester
+    ];
     mainProgram = "notation";
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9f96e7c36452..1a366729ae29 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1146,6 +1146,7 @@ mapAliases {
   nm-tray = throw "'nm-tray' has been removed, as it only works with Plasma 5"; # Added 2025-08-30
   nomacs-qt6 = nomacs; # Added 2025-08-30
   norouter = throw "norouter has been removed because it has been marked as broken since at least November 2024."; # Added 2025-09-29
+  notary = throw "'notary' has been removed due to being archived upstream. Consider using 'notation' instead."; # Added 2025-11-13
   notes-up = throw "'notes-up' has been removed as it was unmaintained and depends on deprecated webkitgtk_4_0"; # Added 2025-10-09
   notify-sharp = throw "'notify-sharp' has been removed as it was unmaintained and depends on deprecated dbus-sharp versions"; # Added 2025-08-25
   noto-fonts-emoji = throw "'noto-fonts-emoji' has been renamed to/replaced by 'noto-fonts-color-emoji'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27