diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md
index b246da3a81ab1..0ef0c830ef8cf 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ nixpkgs follows the [official elixir deprecation schedule](https://hexdocs.pm/el
 
 All BEAM-related expressions are available via the top-level `beam` attribute, which includes:
 
-- `interpreters`: a set of compilers running on the BEAM, including multiple Erlang/OTP versions (`beam.interpreters.erlangR22`, etc), Elixir (`beam.interpreters.elixir`) and LFE (Lisp Flavoured Erlang) (`beam.interpreters.lfe`).
+- `interpreters`: a set of compilers running on the BEAM, including multiple Erlang/OTP versions (`beam.interpreters.erlang_22`, etc), Elixir (`beam.interpreters.elixir`) and LFE (Lisp Flavoured Erlang) (`beam.interpreters.lfe`).
 
 - `packages`: a set of package builders (Mix and rebar3), each compiled with a specific Erlang/OTP version, e.g. `beam.packages.erlang22`.
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The default Erlang compiler, defined by `beam.interpreters.erlang`, is aliased a
 
 To create a package builder built with a custom Erlang version, use the lambda, `beam.packagesWith`, which accepts an Erlang/OTP derivation and produces a package builder similar to `beam.packages.erlang`.
 
-Many Erlang/OTP distributions available in `beam.interpreters` have versions with ODBC and/or Java enabled or without wx (no observer support). For example, there's `beam.interpreters.erlangR22_odbc_javac`, which corresponds to `beam.interpreters.erlangR22` and `beam.interpreters.erlangR22_nox`, which corresponds to `beam.interpreters.erlangR22`.
+Many Erlang/OTP distributions available in `beam.interpreters` have versions with ODBC and/or Java enabled or without wx (no observer support). For example, there's `beam.interpreters.erlang_22_odbc_javac`, which corresponds to `beam.interpreters.erlang_22` and `beam.interpreters.erlang_22_nox`, which corresponds to `beam.interpreters.erlang_22`.
 
 ## Build Tools {#build-tools}
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Here is how your `default.nix` file would look for a phoenix project.
 with import <nixpkgs> { };
 
 let
-  # beam.interpreters.erlangR23 is available if you need a particular version
+  # beam.interpreters.erlang_23 is available if you need a particular version
   packages = beam.packagesWith beam.interpreters.erlang;
 
   pname = "your_project";
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ Usually, we need to create a `shell.nix` file and do our development inside of t
 
 with pkgs;
 let
-  elixir = beam.packages.erlangR24.elixir_1_12;
+  elixir = beam.packages.erlang_24.elixir_1_12;
 in
 mkShell {
   buildInputs = [ elixir ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R21.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/21.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R21.nix
rename to pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/21.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R22.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/22.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R22.nix
rename to pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/22.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R23.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/23.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R23.nix
rename to pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/23.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R24.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/24.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R24.nix
rename to pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/24.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R25.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/25.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R25.nix
rename to pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/25.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
index 59e2286f84ee5..0c6eec868fa0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
         latest=$(list-git-tags --url=https://github.com/erlang/otp.git | sed -n 's/^OTP-${major}/${major}/p' | sort -V | tail -1)
         if [ "$latest" != "${version}" ]; then
           nixpkgs="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-          nix_file="$nixpkgs/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R${major}.nix"
+          nix_file="$nixpkgs/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/${major}.nix"
           update-source-version ${baseName}R${major} "$latest" --version-key=version --print-changes --file="$nix_file"
         else
           echo "${baseName}R${major} is already up-to-date"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index acb7fd40058cc..55f59aa8c8b10 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   enyo-doom = enyo-launcher; # Added 2022-09-09
   epoxy = libepoxy; # Added 2021-11-11
   epsxe = throw "epsxe has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained."; # added 2021-12-15
+  inherit (beam.interpreters) erlangR25 erlangR24 erlangR23 erlangR22 erlangR21; # added 2023-03-21
   esniper = throw "esniper has been removed because upstream no longer maintains it (and it no longer works)"; # Added 2021-04-12
   etcdctl = throw "'etcdctl' has been renamed to/replaced by 'etcd'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   eteroj.lv2 = throw "'eteroj.lv2' has been renamed to/replaced by 'open-music-kontrollers.eteroj'"; # Added 2022-03-09
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1d8a457f77864..6814849d058ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16576,7 +16576,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   inherit (beam.interpreters)
-    erlang erlangR25 erlangR24 erlangR23 erlangR22 erlangR21
+    erlang erlang_25 erlang_24 erlang_23 erlang_22 erlang_21
     erlang_odbc erlang_javac erlang_odbc_javac
     elixir elixir_1_14 elixir_1_13 elixir_1_12 elixir_1_11 elixir_1_10
     elixir-ls;
@@ -16588,7 +16588,7 @@ with pkgs;
     rebar rebar3 rebar3WithPlugins
     fetchHex beamPackages;
 
-  inherit (beam.packages.erlangR21) lfe lfe_1_3;
+  inherit (beam.packages.erlang_21) lfe lfe_1_3;
 
   gnudatalanguage = callPackage ../development/interpreters/gnudatalanguage {
     inherit (llvmPackages) openmp;
@@ -24745,7 +24745,7 @@ with pkgs;
   etcd_3_4 = callPackage ../servers/etcd/3.4.nix { };
   etcd_3_5 = callPackage ../servers/etcd/3.5.nix { };
 
-  ejabberd = callPackage ../servers/xmpp/ejabberd { erlang = erlangR24; };
+  ejabberd = callPackage ../servers/xmpp/ejabberd { erlang = erlang_24; };
 
   exhibitor = callPackage ../servers/exhibitor { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
index 06987c456445a..8b40783baed16 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
@@ -12,12 +12,25 @@
 
 let
   self = beam;
+
+  # Aliases added 2023-03-21
+  versionLoop = f: lib.lists.foldr (version: acc: (f version) // acc) { } [ "25" "24" "23" "22" "21" ];
+
+  interpretersAliases = versionLoop (version: {
+    "erlangR${version}" = self.interpreters."erlang_${version}";
+    "erlangR${version}_odbc" = self.interpreters."erlang_${version}_odbc";
+    "erlangR${version}_javac" = self.interpreters."erlang_${version}_javac";
+    "erlangR${version}_odbc_javac" = self.interpreters."erlang_${version}_odbc_javac";
+  });
+
+  packagesAliases = versionLoop (version: { "erlangR${version}" = self.packages."erlang_${version}"; });
+
 in
 
 {
   beamLib = callPackage ../development/beam-modules/lib.nix { };
 
-  latestVersion = "erlangR25";
+  latestVersion = "erlang_25";
 
   # Each
   interpreters = {
@@ -29,37 +42,34 @@ in
 
     # Standard Erlang versions, using the generic builder.
 
-    # R25
-    erlangR25 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/R25.nix {
+    erlang_25 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/25.nix {
       wxGTK = wxGTK32;
       parallelBuild = true;
       autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
       inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
-    erlangR25_odbc = self.interpreters.erlangR25.override { odbcSupport = true; };
-    erlangR25_javac = self.interpreters.erlangR25.override { javacSupport = true; };
-    erlangR25_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlangR25.override {
+    erlang_25_odbc = self.interpreters.erlang_25.override { odbcSupport = true; };
+    erlang_25_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_25.override { javacSupport = true; };
+    erlang_25_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_25.override {
       javacSupport = true;
       odbcSupport = true;
     };
 
-    # R24
-    erlangR24 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/R24.nix {
+    erlang_24 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/24.nix {
       wxGTK = wxGTK32;
       # Can be enabled since the bug has been fixed in https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2508
       parallelBuild = true;
       autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
       inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
-    erlangR24_odbc = self.interpreters.erlangR24.override { odbcSupport = true; };
-    erlangR24_javac = self.interpreters.erlangR24.override { javacSupport = true; };
-    erlangR24_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlangR24.override {
+    erlang_24_odbc = self.interpreters.erlang_24.override { odbcSupport = true; };
+    erlang_24_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_24.override { javacSupport = true; };
+    erlang_24_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_24.override {
       javacSupport = true;
       odbcSupport = true;
     };
 
-    # R23
-    erlangR23 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/R23.nix {
+    erlang_23 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/23.nix {
       openssl = openssl_1_1;
       wxGTK = wxGTK32;
       # Can be enabled since the bug has been fixed in https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2508
@@ -67,15 +77,14 @@ in
       autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
       inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
-    erlangR23_odbc = self.interpreters.erlangR23.override { odbcSupport = true; };
-    erlangR23_javac = self.interpreters.erlangR23.override { javacSupport = true; };
-    erlangR23_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlangR23.override {
+    erlang_23_odbc = self.interpreters.erlang_23.override { odbcSupport = true; };
+    erlang_23_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_23.override { javacSupport = true; };
+    erlang_23_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_23.override {
       javacSupport = true;
       odbcSupport = true;
     };
 
-    # R22
-    erlangR22 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/R22.nix {
+    erlang_22 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/22.nix {
       openssl = openssl_1_1;
       wxGTK = wxGTK32;
       # Can be enabled since the bug has been fixed in https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2508
@@ -83,35 +92,34 @@ in
       autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
       inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
-    erlangR22_odbc = self.interpreters.erlangR22.override { odbcSupport = true; };
-    erlangR22_javac = self.interpreters.erlangR22.override { javacSupport = true; };
-    erlangR22_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlangR22.override {
+    erlang_22_odbc = self.interpreters.erlang_22.override { odbcSupport = true; };
+    erlang_22_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_22.override { javacSupport = true; };
+    erlang_22_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_22.override {
       javacSupport = true;
       odbcSupport = true;
     };
 
-    # R21
-    erlangR21 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/R21.nix {
+    erlang_21 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/21.nix {
       openssl = openssl_1_1;
       wxGTK = wxGTK32;
       autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
       inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
-    erlangR21_odbc = self.interpreters.erlangR21.override { odbcSupport = true; };
-    erlangR21_javac = self.interpreters.erlangR21.override { javacSupport = true; };
-    erlangR21_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlangR21.override {
+    erlang_21_odbc = self.interpreters.erlang_21.override { odbcSupport = true; };
+    erlang_21_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_21.override { javacSupport = true; };
+    erlang_21_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_21.override {
       javacSupport = true;
       odbcSupport = true;
     };
 
     # Other Beam languages. These are built with `beam.interpreters.erlang`. To
     # access for example elixir built with different version of Erlang, use
-    # `beam.packages.erlangR24.elixir`.
+    # `beam.packages.erlang_24.elixir`.
     inherit (self.packages.erlang)
       elixir elixir_1_14 elixir_1_13 elixir_1_12 elixir_1_11 elixir_1_10 elixir-ls;
 
     inherit (self.packages.erlang) lfe lfe_1_3;
-  };
+  } // interpretersAliases;
 
   # Helper function to generate package set with a specific Erlang version.
   packagesWith = erlang:
@@ -122,10 +130,10 @@ in
   packages = {
     erlang = self.packages.${self.latestVersion};
 
-    erlangR25 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlangR25;
-    erlangR24 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlangR24;
-    erlangR23 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlangR23;
-    erlangR22 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlangR22;
-    erlangR21 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlangR21;
-  };
+    erlang_25 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_25;
+    erlang_24 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_24;
+    erlang_23 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_23;
+    erlang_22 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_22;
+    erlang_21 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_21;
+  } // packagesAliases;
 }