diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml
index 302a6d3f3749..e03142d3d043 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml
@@ -524,6 +524,14 @@ self: super:
       data from the device and mix it into the kernel's RNG.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The default version of ImageMagick has been updated from 6 to 7.
+     You can use <package>imagemagick6</package>,
+     <package>imagemagick6_light</package>, and
+     <package>imagemagick6Big</package> if you need the older version.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/6.x.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/6.x.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 812f5cf49b44..677c2b73b649 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ mapAliases ({
   icedtea8_web = adoptopenjdk-icedtea-web; # added 2019-08-21
   icedtea_web = adoptopenjdk-icedtea-web; # added 2019-08-21
   idea = jetbrains; # added 2017-04-03
+  imagemagick7_light = imagemagick_light; # added 2021-02-22
+  imagemagick7 = imagemagick; # added 2021-02-22
+  imagemagick7Big = imagemagickBig; # added 2021-02-22
   inboxer = throw "inboxer has been removed as it is no longer maintained and no longer works as Google shut down the inbox service this package wrapped.";
   infiniband-diags = rdma-core; # added 2019-08-09
   inotifyTools = inotify-tools;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 063205a3f173..55e10c5334a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23069,7 +23069,7 @@ in
 
   imagej = callPackage ../applications/graphics/imagej { };
 
-  imagemagick_light = imagemagick.override {
+  imagemagick6_light = imagemagick6.override {
     bzip2 = null;
     zlib = null;
     libX11 = null;
@@ -23092,14 +23092,14 @@ in
     libde265 = null;
   };
 
-  imagemagick = callPackage ../applications/graphics/ImageMagick {
+  imagemagick6 = callPackage ../applications/graphics/ImageMagick/6.x.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices;
     ghostscript = null;
   };
 
-  imagemagickBig = imagemagick.override { inherit ghostscript; };
+  imagemagick6Big = imagemagick6.override { inherit ghostscript; };
 
-  imagemagick7_light = lowPrio (imagemagick7.override {
+  imagemagick_light = lowPrio (imagemagick.override {
     bzip2 = null;
     zlib = null;
     libX11 = null;
@@ -23121,11 +23121,11 @@ in
     libheif = null;
   });
 
-  imagemagick7 = lowPrio (imagemagick7Big.override {
+  imagemagick = lowPrio (imagemagickBig.override {
     ghostscript = null;
   });
 
-  imagemagick7Big = lowPrio (callPackage ../applications/graphics/ImageMagick/7.0.nix {
+  imagemagickBig = lowPrio (callPackage ../applications/graphics/ImageMagick/7.0.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices;
   });