diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/setzer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/setzer/default.nix
index cc1d08cc3f9b..10fb4e0a97e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/setzer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/setzer/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     pygobject3
     pyxdg
-    pdfminer
+    pdfminer-six
     pycairo
     pexpect
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/visidata/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/visidata/default.nix
index 99657d60bd70..e73c6e7b5dc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/visidata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/visidata/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 , pyshp
 , fonttools
 , pyyaml
-, pdfminer
+, pdfminer-six
 , vobject
 , tabulate
 , wcwidth
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     pyyaml
     #namestand
     #datapackage
-    pdfminer
+    pdfminer-six
     #tabula
     vobject
     tabulate
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix
index 358b66fb589a..2b07b9bd47b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ py.pkgs.pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     numpy
     ocrmypdf
     pathvalidate
-    pdfminer
+    pdfminer-six
     pikepdf
     pillow
     pluggy
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ocrmypdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ocrmypdf/default.nix
index 168777594aef..1a427dc379fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ocrmypdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ocrmypdf/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , importlib-metadata
 , importlib-resources
 , jbig2enc
-, pdfminer
+, pdfminer-six
 , pikepdf
 , pillow
 , pluggy
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     coloredlogs
     img2pdf
-    pdfminer
+    pdfminer-six
     pikepdf
     pillow
     pluggy
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/default.nix
similarity index 97%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/default.nix
index a2470bf12d69..3911794b89cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pdfminer_six";
+  pname = "pdfminer-six";
   version = "20220524";
 
   disabled = !isPy3k;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfx/default.nix
index 25efc4418bf9..aaffa0f93818 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfx/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pdfminer, chardet, pytestCheckHook }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pdfminer-six, chardet, pytestCheckHook }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pdfx";
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace "pdfminer.six==20201018" "pdfminer.six"
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pdfminer chardet ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pdfminer-six chardet ];
 
   checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typecode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typecode/default.nix
index 7b3a01a53a8a..a177b845b4b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typecode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typecode/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , setuptools-scm
 , attrs
-, pdfminer
+, pdfminer-six
 , commoncode
 , plugincode
 , binaryornot
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     attrs
-    pdfminer
+    pdfminer-six
     commoncode
     plugincode
     binaryornot
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/weboob/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/weboob/default.nix
index 094dcb3bfbdf..6ceefbaa20ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/weboob/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/weboob/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 , lxml
 , mechanize
 , nose
-, pdfminer
+, pdfminer-six
 , pillow
 , prettytable
 , pyqt5
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     libyaml
     lxml
     mechanize
-    pdfminer
+    pdfminer-six
     pillow
     prettytable
     pyqt5
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix
index a681b523a32e..e9f5ec19d1d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 , lxml
 , mechanize
 , nose
-, pdfminer
+, pdfminer-six
 , pillow
 , prettytable
 , pyqt5
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     libyaml
     lxml
     mechanize
-    pdfminer
+    pdfminer-six
     pillow
     prettytable
     pyqt5
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
index 6bac37c98e75..d2ab1a9ba44f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     ++ lib.optionals enableBloat ([
       abootimg apksigner apktool cbfstool colord enjarify ffmpeg fpc ghc ghostscriptX giflib gnupg gnumeric
       hdf5 imagemagick libcaca llvm jdk mono ocaml odt2txt oggvideotools openssh pdftk poppler_utils procyon qemu R tcpdump ubootTools wabt radare2 xmlbeans
-    ] ++ (with python3Packages; [ androguard binwalk guestfs h5py pdfminer ]));
+    ] ++ (with python3Packages; [ androguard binwalk guestfs h5py pdfminer-six ]));
 
   checkInputs = with python3Packages; [ pytestCheckHook ] ++ pythonPath;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/invoice2data/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/invoice2data/default.nix
index 941f2d6f4938..d23486159013 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/invoice2data/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/invoice2data/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     chardet
     dateparser
-    pdfminer
+    pdfminer-six
     pillow
     pyyaml
     unidecode
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index acfc1e60707a..bb090dad3979 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9283,7 +9283,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pdftoipe = callPackage ../tools/graphics/pdftoipe { };
 
-  pdfminer = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication pdfminer;
+  pdfminer = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication pdfminer-six;
 
   pdf-quench = callPackage ../applications/misc/pdf-quench { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 325b5e69b0c7..003f9a516f36 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pam = python-pam; # added 2020-09-07.
   PasteDeploy = pastedeploy; # added 2021-10-07
   pathpy = path; # added 2022-04-12
+  pdfminer = pdfminer-six; # added 2022-05-25
   pep257 = pydocstyle; # added 2022-04-12
   postorius = throw "Please use pkgs.mailmanPackages.postorius"; # added 2022-04-29
   powerlineMemSegment = powerline-mem-segment; # added 2021-10-08
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0f10b43dfd67..1c2c95a02eed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6256,7 +6256,7 @@ in {
 
   pdfkit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfkit { };
 
-  pdfminer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfminer_six { };
+  pdfminer-six = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfminer-six { };
 
   pdfposter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfposter { };