diff --git a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md
index 7fd48768..f73786dc 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md
@@ -196,3 +196,7 @@ everyone.
 [Soliprem](https://github.com/Soliprem)
 
 - Add LSP and Treesitter support for R under `vim.languages.R`.
+
+[nezia1](https://github.com/nezia1):
+
+- Replace [nixpkgs-fmt](https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt) with [nixfmt](https://github.com/NixOS/nixfmt) (nixfmt-rfc-style).
diff --git a/modules/plugins/languages/nix.nix b/modules/plugins/languages/nix.nix
index 6cf1f90b..e37cc206 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/languages/nix.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/languages/nix.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   ...
 }: let
   inherit (builtins) attrNames;
+  inherit (lib) concatStringsSep;
   inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption mkOption;
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf mkMerge;
   inherit (lib.lists) isList;
@@ -62,10 +63,10 @@
                 command = {"${cfg.format.package}/bin/alejandra", "--quiet"},
               },
             ''}
-          ${optionalString (cfg.format.type == "nixpkgs-fmt")
+          ${optionalString (cfg.format.type == "nixfmt")
             ''
               formatting = {
-                command = {"${cfg.format.package}/bin/nixpkgs-fmt"},
+                command = {"${cfg.format.package}/bin/nixfmt"},
               },
             ''}
             },
@@ -90,9 +91,16 @@
       '';
     };
 
-    nixpkgs-fmt = {
-      package = pkgs.nixpkgs-fmt;
-      # Never need to use null-ls for nixpkgs-fmt
+    nixfmt = {
+      package = pkgs.nixfmt-rfc-style;
+      nullConfig = ''
+        table.insert(
+          ls_sources,
+          null_ls.builtins.formatting.nixfmt.with({
+            command = "${cfg.format.package}/bin/nixfmt"
+          })
+        )
+      '';
     };
   };
 
@@ -152,7 +160,7 @@ in {
 
       type = mkOption {
         description = "Nix formatter to use";
-        type = enum (attrNames formats);
+        type = enum (attrNames formats ++ ["nixpkgs-fmt"]); # temporary, so it can be asserted against
         default = defaultFormat;
       };
       package = mkOption {
@@ -175,6 +183,12 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable (mkMerge [
     {
+      assertions = [
+        {
+          assertion = cfg.format.type != "nixpkgs-fmt";
+          message = "nixpkgs-fmt has been archived and replaced with nixfmt. Please use one of the following instead: ${concatStringsSep ", " (attrNames formats)}";
+        }
+      ];
       vim.pluginRC.nix = ''
         vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
           pattern = "nix",