diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 8051f5b0ed9..1e79538bade 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 crates/json-rpc     @prestwich
 crates/transports   @evalir @prestwich
 crates/networks     @prestwich
-crates/providers    @evalir @prestwich
+crates/provider    @evalir @prestwich
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG-FORM.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG-FORM.yml
index 2ba64d97520..6468f5d3e48 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG-FORM.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG-FORM.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ body:
         - consensus, eips, genesis
         - network, json-rpc
         - nodes
-        - providers, pubsub
+        - provider, pubsub
         - rpc
         - signers
         - transports
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/FEATURE-FORM.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/FEATURE-FORM.yml
index 20b747021e1..dedc1b5dc7e 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/FEATURE-FORM.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/FEATURE-FORM.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ body:
         - consensus, eips, genesis
         - network, json-rpc
         - nodes
-        - providers, pubsub
+        - provider, pubsub
         - rpc
         - signers
         - transports
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a5d3f3a536d..514f106d17e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
             --exclude alloy-contract \
             --exclude alloy-network \
             --exclude alloy-node-bindings \
-            --exclude alloy-providers \
+            --exclude alloy-provider \
             --exclude alloy-signer \
             --exclude alloy-signer-aws \
             --exclude alloy-signer-gcp \
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 29f22163ac7..308ea620ef5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ alloy-genesis = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, path = "crates/ge
 alloy-json-rpc = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, path = "crates/json-rpc" }
 alloy-network = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, path = "crates/network" }
 alloy-node-bindings = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, path = "crates/node-bindings" }
-alloy-providers = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, path = "crates/providers" }
+alloy-provider = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, path = "crates/provider" }
 alloy-pubsub = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, path = "crates/pubsub" }
 alloy-rpc-client = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, path = "crates/rpc-client" }
 alloy-rpc-engine-types = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, path = "crates/rpc-engine-types" }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index daf33a91787..20612d80553 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This repository contains the following crates:
 - [`alloy-json-rpc`] - Core data types for JSON-RPC 2.0 clients
 - [`alloy-network`] - Network abstraction for RPC types
 - [`alloy-node-bindings`] - Ethereum execution-layer client bindings
-- [`alloy-providers`] - Interface with an Ethereum blockchain
+- [`alloy-provider`] - Interface with an Ethereum blockchain
 - [`alloy-pubsub`] - Ethereum JSON-RPC [publish-subscribe] tower service and type definitions
 - [`alloy-rpc-client`] - Low-level Ethereum JSON-RPC client implementation
 - [`alloy-rpc-types`] - Ethereum JSON-RPC types
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ This repository contains the following crates:
 [`alloy-json-rpc`]: crates/json-rpc
 [`alloy-network`]: crates/network
 [`alloy-node-bindings`]: crates/node-bindings
-[`alloy-providers`]: crates/providers
+[`alloy-provider`]: crates/provider
 [`alloy-pubsub`]: crates/pubsub
 [`alloy-rpc-client`]: crates/rpc-client
 [`alloy-rpc-engine-types`]: crates/rpc-engine-types
diff --git a/crates/alloy/Cargo.toml b/crates/alloy/Cargo.toml
index 1588a33857a..629896e18c4 100644
--- a/crates/alloy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/alloy/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ alloy-eips = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
 alloy-genesis = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
 alloy-network = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
 alloy-node-bindings = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
-alloy-providers = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
+alloy-provider = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
 alloy-pubsub = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 # rpc
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ eip712 = [
 
 # alloy
 default-tls = ["reqwest?/default-tls"]
-jsonrpsee-types = ["alloy-rpc-types?/jsonrpsee-types", "alloy-rpc-engine-types?/jsonrpsee-types"]
+jsonrpsee-types = [
+    "alloy-rpc-types?/jsonrpsee-types",
+    "alloy-rpc-engine-types?/jsonrpsee-types",
+]
 
 consensus = ["dep:alloy-consensus"]
 eips = ["dep:alloy-eips"]
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ node-bindings = ["dep:alloy-node-bindings"]
 contract = ["dep:alloy-contract", "dyn-abi", "json-abi", "json", "sol-types"]
 
 ## providers
-providers = ["dep:alloy-providers"]
+providers = ["dep:alloy-provider"]
 provider-http = ["providers", "transport-http"]
 provider-ws = ["providers", "transport-ws"]
 provider-ipc = ["providers", "transport-ipc"]
diff --git a/crates/alloy/src/lib.rs b/crates/alloy/src/lib.rs
index b5e78402a78..2313c78225b 100644
--- a/crates/alloy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/alloy/src/lib.rs
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ pub use alloy_node_bindings as node_bindings;
 
 /// Interface with an Ethereum blockchain.
 ///
-/// See [`alloy_providers`] for more details.
+/// See [`alloy_provider`] for more details.
 #[cfg(feature = "providers")]
 pub mod providers {
     #[doc(inline)]
-    pub use alloy_providers::*;
+    pub use alloy_provider::*;
 
     // TODO: provider type aliases
     // #[cfg(feature = "provider-http")]
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ pub mod signers {
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "providers", doc = "[`providers`]: crate::providers")]
 #[cfg_attr(
     not(feature = "providers"),
-    doc = "[`providers`]: https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy/tree/main/crates/providers"
+    doc = "[`providers`]: https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy/tree/main/crates/provider"
 )]
 #[cfg(feature = "transports")]
 pub mod transports {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub mod transports {
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "providers", doc = "[`providers`]: crate::providers")]
 #[cfg_attr(
     not(feature = "providers"),
-    doc = "[`providers`]: https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy/tree/main/crates/providers"
+    doc = "[`providers`]: https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy/tree/main/crates/provider"
 )]
 #[cfg(feature = "pubsub")]
 pub mod pubsub {
diff --git a/crates/contract/Cargo.toml b/crates/contract/Cargo.toml
index f8963a965e6..14a8dc82f55 100644
--- a/crates/contract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/contract/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ exclude.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 alloy-network.workspace = true
-alloy-providers.workspace = true
+alloy-provider.workspace = true
 alloy-rpc-types.workspace = true
 alloy-transport.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/contract/src/call.rs b/crates/contract/src/call.rs
index 65979fb3595..9fca81fe223 100644
--- a/crates/contract/src/call.rs
+++ b/crates/contract/src/call.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use alloy_dyn_abi::{DynSolValue, FunctionExt, JsonAbiExt};
 use alloy_json_abi::Function;
 use alloy_network::{Network, ReceiptResponse, TransactionBuilder};
 use alloy_primitives::{Address, Bytes, U256, U64};
-use alloy_providers::Provider;
+use alloy_provider::Provider;
 use alloy_rpc_types::{state::StateOverride, BlockId};
 use alloy_sol_types::SolCall;
 use alloy_transport::Transport;
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ mod tests {
     use alloy_network::Ethereum;
     use alloy_node_bindings::{Anvil, AnvilInstance};
     use alloy_primitives::{address, b256, bytes, hex};
-    use alloy_providers::{HttpProvider, Provider, RootProvider};
+    use alloy_provider::{HttpProvider, Provider, RootProvider};
     use alloy_rpc_client::RpcClient;
     use alloy_sol_types::sol;
     use alloy_transport_http::Http;
diff --git a/crates/contract/src/instance.rs b/crates/contract/src/instance.rs
index 0382a9f9371..b3c22056499 100644
--- a/crates/contract/src/instance.rs
+++ b/crates/contract/src/instance.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use alloy_dyn_abi::DynSolValue;
 use alloy_json_abi::{Function, JsonAbi};
 use alloy_network::Network;
 use alloy_primitives::{Address, Selector};
-use alloy_providers::Provider;
+use alloy_provider::Provider;
 use alloy_transport::Transport;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
diff --git a/crates/contract/src/lib.rs b/crates/contract/src/lib.rs
index a7c77710b46..f5d4c024be6 100644
--- a/crates/contract/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/contract/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ pub use call::*;
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod private {
     pub use alloy_network::Network;
-    pub use alloy_providers::Provider;
+    pub use alloy_provider::Provider;
     pub use alloy_transport::Transport;
 }
diff --git a/crates/network/README.md b/crates/network/README.md
index e9ff1d6f6fe..c504858fb35 100644
--- a/crates/network/README.md
+++ b/crates/network/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ networking. The core model is as follows:
 ## Usage
 
 This crate is not intended to be used directly. It is used by the
-[alloy-providers] library and reth to modify the input and output types of the
+[alloy-provider] library and reth to modify the input and output types of the
 RPC methods.
 
 This crate will primarily be used by blockchain maintainers to add bespoke RPC
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ trait FooProviderExt: Provider<Foo> {
 }
 ```
 
-[alloy-providers]: ../providers
+[alloy-provider]: ../provider
diff --git a/crates/providers/Cargo.toml b/crates/provider/Cargo.toml
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/providers/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/provider/Cargo.toml
index 73405c4bd23..b1b38dca549 100644
--- a/crates/providers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/provider/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "alloy-providers"
+name = "alloy-provider"
 description = "Interface with an Ethereum blockchain"
 
 version.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/providers/README.md b/crates/provider/README.md
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/providers/README.md
rename to crates/provider/README.md
index 53efa430fef..15a80efc64f 100644
--- a/crates/providers/README.md
+++ b/crates/provider/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# alloy-providers
+# alloy-provider
 
 <!-- TODO: links, docs, examples, etc -->
 
diff --git a/crates/providers/src/builder.rs b/crates/provider/src/builder.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/providers/src/builder.rs
rename to crates/provider/src/builder.rs
diff --git a/crates/providers/src/chain.rs b/crates/provider/src/chain.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/providers/src/chain.rs
rename to crates/provider/src/chain.rs
diff --git a/crates/providers/src/heart.rs b/crates/provider/src/heart.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/providers/src/heart.rs
rename to crates/provider/src/heart.rs
diff --git a/crates/providers/src/lib.rs b/crates/provider/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/providers/src/lib.rs
rename to crates/provider/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/crates/providers/src/new.rs b/crates/provider/src/new.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/providers/src/new.rs
rename to crates/provider/src/new.rs
diff --git a/crates/providers/src/signer.rs b/crates/provider/src/signer.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/providers/src/signer.rs
rename to crates/provider/src/signer.rs
diff --git a/crates/providers/src/utils.rs b/crates/provider/src/utils.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/providers/src/utils.rs
rename to crates/provider/src/utils.rs
diff --git a/crates/transport/README.md b/crates/transport/README.md
index e74408027e3..03077191e34 100644
--- a/crates/transport/README.md
+++ b/crates/transport/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This crate handles RPC connection and request management. It builds an
 futures for simple and batch RPC requests as well as a unified `TransportError`
 type.
 
-[alloy-providers]: ../providers/
+[alloy-provider]: ../provider/
 [tower `Service`]: https://docs.rs/tower/latest/tower/trait.Service.html
 
 ## Usage