diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/ltc.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/ltc.nix
index ed573d1322d5..83738fd18149 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/ltc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/ltc.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
     matplotlib
     pbkdf2
     protobuf
-    py_scrypt
+    py-scrypt
     pysocks
     qrcode
     requests
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/py_scrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-scrypt/default.nix
similarity index 87%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/py_scrypt/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/py-scrypt/default.nix
index 5ecedd0d4c5c..5525c62b4e16 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/py_scrypt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-scrypt/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "scrypt";
+  pname = "py-scrypt";
   version = "0.8.20";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
+    pname = "scrypt";
+    inherit version;
     hash = "sha256-DSJsHGdE+y4wizkUEGabHfXP6CY3/8te1Im/grLS63g=";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index f343145f5e0c..3274c0638dfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   Pyro5 = pyro5; # added 2023-02-19
   PyRSS2Gen = pyrss2gen; # added 2023-02-19
   pyruckus = throw "pyruckus has been removed, it was deprecrated in favor of aioruckus."; # added 2023-09-07
+  py_scrypt = py-scrypt; # added 2024-01-07
   pysha3 = throw "pysha3 has been removed, use safe-pysha3 instead"; # added 2023-05-20
   pysmart-smartx = pysmart; # added 2021-10-22
   pySmartDL = pysmartdl; # added 2023-10-11
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0a5ca7432f01..ad5394fb13fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11135,7 +11135,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyscreeze = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyscreeze { };
 
-  py_scrypt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py_scrypt { };
+  py-scrypt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-scrypt { };
 
   pyscrypt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyscrypt { };