diff --git a/apstools/callbacks/nexus_writer.py b/apstools/callbacks/nexus_writer.py
index 3ec89cf4..ccb3d933 100644
--- a/apstools/callbacks/nexus_writer.py
+++ b/apstools/callbacks/nexus_writer.py
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ def write_root(self, filename):
         if self.instrument_name is not None:
             self.root.attrs["instrument"] = self.instrument_name
         self.root.attrs["creator"] = self.__class__.__name__
-        self.root.attrs["NeXus_version"] = self.nexus_release
+        self.root.attrs["NeXus_release"] = self.nexus_release
         self.root.attrs["HDF5_Version"] = h5py.version.hdf5_version
         self.root.attrs["h5py_version"] = h5py.version.version
         self.root.attrs["default"] = "entry"
diff --git a/apstools/callbacks/tests/test_filewriter.py b/apstools/callbacks/tests/test_filewriter.py
index 1b45f200..53d6ebf1 100644
--- a/apstools/callbacks/tests/test_filewriter.py
+++ b/apstools/callbacks/tests/test_filewriter.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def test_NXWriter_receiver_battery(cat, tempdir):
 
         assert fname.exists()
         with h5py.File(fname, "r") as nxroot:
-            assert nxroot.attrs.get("NeXus_version") == NEXUS_RELEASE
+            assert nxroot.attrs.get("NeXus_release") == NEXUS_RELEASE
             assert nxroot.attrs.get("creator") == callback.__class__.__name__
 
             nxentry = nxroot["/entry"]
diff --git a/docs/source/examples/fw_nxwriter.ipynb b/docs/source/examples/fw_nxwriter.ipynb
index f1816cfc..8c0e5172 100644
--- a/docs/source/examples/fw_nxwriter.ipynb
+++ b/docs/source/examples/fw_nxwriter.ipynb
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
       "\n",
       "/tmp/nxwriter.h5 : NeXus data file\n",
       "  @HDF5_Version = \"1.12.1\"\n",
-      "  @NeXus_version = \"v2020.1\"\n",
+      "  @NeXus_release = \"v2020.1\"\n",
       "  @creator = \"NXWriter\"\n",
       "  @default = \"entry\"\n",
       "  @file_name = \"/tmp/nxwriter.h5\"\n",
diff --git a/docs/source/examples/ho_nxwriter_templates.ipynb b/docs/source/examples/ho_nxwriter_templates.ipynb
index 34d424c5..1756352a 100644
--- a/docs/source/examples/ho_nxwriter_templates.ipynb
+++ b/docs/source/examples/ho_nxwriter_templates.ipynb
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
       "\n",
       "/tmp/nxwriter.h5 : NeXus data file\n",
       "  @HDF5_Version = \"1.14.0\"\n",
-      "  @NeXus_version = \"v2020.1\"\n",
+      "  @NeXus_release = \"v2020.1\"\n",
       "  @creator = \"NXWriter\"\n",
       "  @default = \"entry\"\n",
       "  @file_name = \"/tmp/nxwriter.h5\"\n",