diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxd.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxd.nix
index 48d7af434eec..aa692cfff904 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxd.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in {
         '';
       };
 
-      package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "lxd" { };
+      package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "lxd-lts" { };
 
       lxcPackage = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "lxc" {
         extraDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd-lts/package.nix
similarity index 93%
rename from pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd/package.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd-lts/package.nix
index e2c337351dd5..67dda7437b8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd-lts/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
-  lxd-unwrapped,
+  lxd-unwrapped-lts,
   linkFarm,
   makeWrapper,
   stdenv,
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ let
   ];
 in
 symlinkJoin {
-  name = "lxd-${lxd-unwrapped.version}";
+  name = "lxd-${lxd-unwrapped-lts.version}";
 
-  paths = [ lxd-unwrapped ];
+  paths = [ lxd-unwrapped-lts ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ symlinkJoin {
   '';
 
   passthru = {
-    inherit (lxd-unwrapped) tests ui;
+    inherit (lxd-unwrapped-lts) tests ui;
   };
 
-  inherit (lxd-unwrapped) meta pname version;
+  inherit (lxd-unwrapped-lts) meta pname version;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd-unwrapped/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd-unwrapped-lts/package.nix
similarity index 95%
rename from pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd-unwrapped/package.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd-unwrapped-lts/package.nix
index 1471f623307b..c11ece294dc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd-unwrapped/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxd-unwrapped-lts/package.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 }:
 
 buildGo122Module rec {
-  pname = "lxd-unwrapped";
+  pname = "lxd-unwrapped-lts";
+  # major/minor are used in updateScript to pin to LTS
   version = "5.21.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ buildGo122Module rec {
   passthru.tests.lxd-to-incus = nixosTests.incus.lxd-to-incus;
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
     url = "https://github.com/canonical/lxd.git";
-    rev-prefix = "lxd-";
+    rev-prefix = "lxd-5.21";
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix
index 2746c53e6a01..b5bb2de2c986 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, file, libuv
-, raft-canonical, sqlite, lxd }:
+, raft-canonical, sqlite, lxd-lts }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dqlite";
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   outputs = [ "dev" "out" ];
 
   passthru.tests = {
-    inherit lxd;
+    inherit lxd-lts;
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix
index a1ce524be2f0..65f4b899d747 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, file, libuv, lz4, lxd }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, file, libuv, lz4, lxd-lts }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "raft-canonical";
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   outputs = [ "dev" "out" ];
 
   passthru.tests = {
-    inherit lxd;
+    inherit lxd-lts;
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 068e2a670cb9..f3512858b219 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -747,6 +747,8 @@ mapAliases ({
 
   lobster-two = google-fonts; # Added 2021-07-22
   luxcorerender = throw "'luxcorerender' has been removed as it's unmaintained and broken in nixpkgs since a while ago"; # Added 2023-06-07
+  lxd = lib.warn "lxd has been renamed to lxd-lts" lxd-lts; # Added 2024-04-01
+  lxd-unwrapped = lib.warn "lxd-unwrapped has been renamed to lxd-unwrapped-lts" lxd-unwrapped-lts; # Added 2024-04-01
   lzma = xz; # moved from top-level 2021-03-14
 
   ### M ###