3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
index 2e53f0563baf..949dbf0e0c1e 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ following incompatible changes:</para>
       <literal>lib.traceCallXml</literal> has been deprecated. Please complain
       if you use the function regularly.
     </para>
+    <para>
+      The attribute <literal>lib.nixpkgsVersion</literal> has been deprecated in favor of
+      <literal>lib.version</literal>. Please refer to the discussion in
+      <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/39416#discussion_r183845745">NixOS/nixpkgs#39416</link> for further reference.
+    </para>
   </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/create-amis.sh b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/create-amis.sh
index 347e6b9c6e0d..9461144fad5a 100755
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/create-amis.sh
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/create-amis.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 set -e
 set -o pipefail
 
-version=$(nix-instantiate --eval --strict '<nixpkgs>' -A lib.nixpkgsVersion | sed s/'"'//g)
+version=$(nix-instantiate --eval --strict '<nixpkgs>' -A lib.version | sed s/'"'//g)
 major=${version:0:5}
 echo "NixOS version is $version ($major)"
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
index d9d60b725093..74c86443ab90 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ in
     nixos.release = mkOption {
       readOnly = true;
       type = types.str;
-      default = trivial.version;
+      default = trivial.release;
       description = "The NixOS release (e.g. <literal>16.03</literal>).";
     };
 
     nixos.versionSuffix = mkOption {
       internal = true;
       type = types.str;
-      default = trivial.suffix;
+      default = trivial.versionSuffix;
       description = "The NixOS version suffix (e.g. <literal>1160.f2d4ee1</literal>).";
     };