diff --git a/doc/builders/packages/ibus.section.md b/doc/builders/packages/ibus.section.md
index 4eb74c0b6912a9..817e55d56f1f9f 100644
--- a/doc/builders/packages/ibus.section.md
+++ b/doc/builders/packages/ibus.section.md
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ _Note: each language passed to `langs` must be an attribute name in `pkgs.hunspe
 
 ## Built-in emoji picker {#sec-ibus-typing-booster-emoji-picker}
 
-The `ibus-engines.typing-booster` package contains a program named `emoji-picker`. To display all emojis correctly, a special font such as `noto-fonts-emoji` is needed:
+The `ibus-engines.typing-booster` package contains a program named `emoji-picker`. To display all emojis correctly, a special font such as `noto-fonts-color-emoji` is needed:
 
 On NixOS, it can be installed using the following expression:
 
 ```nix
 { pkgs, ... }: {
-  fonts.packages = with pkgs; [ noto-fonts-emoji ];
+  fonts.packages = with pkgs; [ noto-fonts-color-emoji ];
 }
 ```
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
index a59dccfbc42bf9..a2041db2a87441 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@
 
 - The `hail` NixOS module was removed, as `hail` was unmaintained since 2017.
 
+- Package `noto-fonts-emoji` was renamed to `noto-fonts-color-emoji`;
+  see [#221181](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/221181).
+
+
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-23.11-notable-changes}
 
 - The Cinnamon module now enables XDG desktop integration by default. If you are experiencing collisions related to xdg-desktop-portal-gtk you can safely remove `xdg.portal.extraPortals = [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];` from your NixOS configuration.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/packages.nix b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/packages.nix
index 46907d5411ca5a..37b705ecb345a9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/packages.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/packages.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in
       gyre-fonts # TrueType substitutes for standard PostScript fonts
       liberation_ttf
       unifont
-      noto-fonts-emoji
+      noto-fonts-color-emoji
     ]);
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/fontconfig-default-fonts.nix b/nixos/tests/fontconfig-default-fonts.nix
index d8c6ea0f721b52..293dc43f91f386 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/fontconfig-default-fonts.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/fontconfig-default-fonts.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, ... }:
   nodes.machine = { config, pkgs, ... }: {
     fonts.enableDefaultPackages = true; # Background fonts
     fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
-      noto-fonts-emoji
+      noto-fonts-color-emoji
       cantarell-fonts
       twitter-color-emoji
       source-code-pro
diff --git a/nixos/tests/noto-fonts.nix b/nixos/tests/noto-fonts.nix
index edbb0db4cb7aa6..b871f5f5172941 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/noto-fonts.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/noto-fonts.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
         noto-fonts
         noto-fonts-cjk-sans
         noto-fonts-cjk-serif
-        noto-fonts-emoji
+        noto-fonts-color-emoji
       ];
       fontconfig.defaultFonts = {
         serif = [ "Noto Serif" "Noto Serif CJK SC" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/default.nix
index d6f0dae7038b60..5af78b5327ebcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , libdeltachat
 , makeDesktopItem
 , makeWrapper
-, noto-fonts-emoji
+, noto-fonts-color-emoji
 , pkg-config
 , python3
 , roboto
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
     install -D build/icon.png \
       $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/deltachat.png
 
-    ln -sf ${noto-fonts-emoji}/share/fonts/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf \
+    ln -sf ${noto-fonts-color-emoji}/share/fonts/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf \
       $out/lib/node_modules/deltachat-desktop/html-dist/fonts/noto/emoji
     for font in $out/lib/node_modules/deltachat-desktop/html-dist/fonts/Roboto-*.ttf; do
       ln -sf ${roboto}/share/fonts/truetype/$(basename $font) \
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
index 65daffe0ee588d..35520f19d906af 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-y1103SS0qkZMhEL5+7kQZ+OBs5tRaqkqOcs4796Fzhg=";
   };
 
-  noto-fonts-emoji =
+  noto-fonts-color-emoji =
     let
       version = "2.038";
       emojiPythonEnv =
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ rec {
       '';
 
       meta = with lib; {
-        description = "Color and Black-and-White emoji fonts";
+        description = "Color emoji font";
         homepage = "https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji";
         license = with licenses; [ ofl asl20 ];
         platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/twitter-color-emoji/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/twitter-color-emoji/default.nix
index cb9021d68f3fa2..c3e41cca36dd13 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/twitter-color-emoji/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/twitter-color-emoji/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 , python3
 , which
 , zopfli
-, noto-fonts-emoji
+, noto-fonts-color-emoji
 }:
 
 let
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit version;
 
   srcs = [
-    noto-fonts-emoji.src
+    noto-fonts-color-emoji.src
     twemojiSrc
   ];
 
-  sourceRoot = noto-fonts-emoji.src.name;
+  sourceRoot = noto-fonts-color-emoji.src.name;
 
   postUnpack = ''
     chmod -R +w ${twemojiSrc.name}
-    mv ${twemojiSrc.name} ${noto-fonts-emoji.src.name}
+    mv ${twemojiSrc.name} ${noto-fonts-color-emoji.src.name}
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "s#http://scripts.sil.org/OFL#http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/#"
     ];
   in ''
-    ${noto-fonts-emoji.postPatch}
+    ${noto-fonts-color-emoji.postPatch}
 
     sed '${templateSubstitutions}' NotoColorEmoji.tmpl.ttx.tmpl > TwitterColorEmoji.tmpl.ttx.tmpl
     pushd ${twemojiSrc.name}/assets/72x72/
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 0bb847ad0d8604..cebe4a8643f987 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1227,6 +1227,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   nomad_1_3 = throw "nomad_1_3 has been removed because it's outdated. Use a a newer version instead"; # Added 2023-09-02
   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
+  noto-fonts-emoji = noto-fonts-color-emoji; # Added 2023-09-09
   noto-fonts-extra = noto-fonts; # Added 2023-04-08
   nottetris2 = throw "nottetris2 was removed because it is unmaintained by upstream and broken"; # Added 2022-01-15
   now-cli = throw "now-cli has been replaced with nodePackages.vercel"; # Added 2021-08-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 65c066000d52c0..767dcd753c885d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29924,8 +29924,9 @@ with pkgs;
     noto-fonts-lgc-plus
     noto-fonts-cjk-sans
     noto-fonts-cjk-serif
-    noto-fonts-emoji
-    noto-fonts-emoji-blob-bin;
+    noto-fonts-color-emoji
+    noto-fonts-emoji-blob-bin
+    ;
 
   nuclear = callPackage ../applications/audio/nuclear { };