diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-deferredimport/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-deferredimport/default.nix
index b60a393e4286..a2143171dc54 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-deferredimport/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-deferredimport/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
-, zope_proxy
+, zope-proxy
 , zope_testrunner
 }:
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "2ae3257256802787e52ad840032f39c1496d3ce0b7e11117f663420e4a4c9add";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_proxy ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope-proxy ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ zope_testrunner ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-proxy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-proxy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6a93b9d3eb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-proxy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
+, zope_interface
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope-proxy";
+  version = "5.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "zope.proxy";
+    inherit version;
+    hash = "sha256-d3e9P4986nRSFyYgLhptUVPb9knyBOJQBYrQOvRqQxg=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_interface ];
+
+  # circular deps
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "zope.proxy"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.proxy";
+    description = "Generic Transparent Proxies";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.proxy/blob/${version}/CHANGES.rst";
+    license = licenses.zpl21;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_location/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_location/default.nix
index aaf85eaadbbd..d0f79775d12b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_location/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_location/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
-, zope_proxy
+, zope-proxy
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-Fx7tyKIOw6isJxOaqQzyd/93dy6gMrVLaicBp5J7OsU=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_proxy ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope-proxy ];
 
   # ignore circular dependency on zope_schema
   preBuild = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_proxy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_proxy/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 199a4b97d5eb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_proxy/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, zope_interface
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "zope.proxy";
-  version = "5.0.0";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-b6RMl6QStNxR4vX9Tcc8W9SZ01KA+IzSvNJviuHkV3s=";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_interface ];
-
-  # circular deps
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.proxy";
-    description = "Generic Transparent Proxies";
-    license = licenses.zpl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 5fa0683b8c0e..430b0b66a5f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -412,4 +412,5 @@ mapAliases ({
   zope_component = zope-component; # added 2023-07-28
   zope_deprecation = zope-deprecation; # added 2023-10-07
   zope_i18nmessageid = zope-i18nmessageid; # added 2023-07-29
+  zope_proxy = zope-proxy; # added 2023-10-07
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3b41df8eeeb9..ae05b6b262c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15922,7 +15922,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   zope_location = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_location { };
 
-  zope_proxy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_proxy { };
+  zope-proxy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope-proxy { };
 
   zope_schema = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_schema { };