diff --git a/.chloggen/config.yaml b/.chloggen/config.yaml
index 9a89c62f97ccb..c51a423fc6afa 100644
--- a/.chloggen/config.yaml
+++ b/.chloggen/config.yaml
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ components:
     - receiver/stef
     - receiver/syslog
     - receiver/systemd
+    - receiver/tcp_log
     - receiver/tcpcheck
-    - receiver/tcplog
     - receiver/tlscheck
     - receiver/udp_log
     - receiver/vcenter
diff --git a/.chloggen/rename-tcp-log-receiver.yaml b/.chloggen/rename-tcp-log-receiver.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7acb3525a1e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/rename-tcp-log-receiver.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+change_type: deprecation
+
+component: receiver/tcp_log
+
+note: Rename `tcplog` receiver to `tcp_log` with deprecated alias `tcplog`
+
+issues: [45339]
+
+subtext:
+
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/.schemagen.yaml b/.schemagen.yaml
index f14d289c8bf18..8f89197354ee1 100644
--- a/.schemagen.yaml
+++ b/.schemagen.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ componentOverrides:
     configName: 'JournaldConfig'
   receiver/syslog:
     configName: 'SysLogConfig'
-  receiver/tcplog:
+  receiver/tcp_log:
     configName: 'TCPLogConfig'
   receiver/udp_log:
     configName: 'UDPLogConfig'
diff --git a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/README.md b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/README.md
index 3f98dc5634a8f..7fa6a428c6f1e 100644
--- a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/README.md
+++ b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
-# TCP Receiver
+# TCP Log Receiver
 
-The TCP Receiver receives logs over TCP.
+The TCP Log Receiver receives logs over TCP.
 
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The TCP Receiver receives logs over TCP.
 
 ### TLS Configuration
 
-The `tcplog` receiver supports TLS, disabled by default.
+The `tcp_log` receiver supports TLS, disabled by default.
 config more detail [opentelemetry-collector#configtls](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/config/configtls#tls-configuration-settings).
 
 | Field             | Default          | Description                               |
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Many parsers operators can be configured to embed certain followup operations su
 
 #### `multiline` configuration
 
-If set, the `multiline` configuration block instructs the `tcplog` receiver to split log entries on a pattern other than newlines.
+If set, the `multiline` configuration block instructs the `tcp_log` receiver to split log entries on a pattern other than newlines.
 
 The `multiline` configuration block must contain exactly one of `line_start_pattern` or `line_end_pattern`. These are regex patterns that
 match either the beginning of a new log entry, or the end of a log entry.
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ for other encodings available.
 
 Configuration:
 
+```yaml
+receivers:
+  tcp_log:
+    listen_address: "0.0.0.0:54525"
+```
+
+The deprecated component type `tcplog` is still accepted:
+
 ```yaml
 receivers:
   tcplog:
@@ -102,7 +110,7 @@ Following configuration incorporates TLS, multiline config, operators and retry
 
 ```yaml
 receivers:
-  tcplog:
+  tcp_log:
     listen_address: "0.0.0.0:54525"
     max_log_size: 2MiB
     one_log_per_packet: false
diff --git a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/config.schema.yaml b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/config.schema.yaml
index 6defcbdb6c83a..f0cafa2fa8dc1 100644
--- a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/config.schema.yaml
+++ b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/config.schema.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-description: TCPLogConfig defines configuration for the tcp receiver
+description: TCPLogConfig defines configuration for the tcp_log receiver
 type: object
 allOf:
   - $ref: /pkg/stanza/operator/input/tcp.config
diff --git a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/generated_component_test.go b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/generated_component_test.go
index 26a6ea2650401..39d9f0cafc370 100644
--- a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/generated_component_test.go
+++ b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/generated_component_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receivertest"
 )
 
-var typ = component.MustNewType("tcplog")
+var typ = component.MustNewType("tcp_log")
 
 func TestComponentFactoryType(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, typ, NewFactory().Type())
diff --git a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/go.mod
index 9c86bfe09b91f..f0567a4c6b118 100644
--- a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/go.mod
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.149.1-0.20260402195938-76ede073ee8e
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.55.1-0.20260402195938-76ede073ee8e
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receivertest v0.149.1-0.20260402195938-76ede073ee8e
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/xreceiver v0.149.1-0.20260402195938-76ede073ee8e
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1
 )
 
@@ -67,7 +68,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v1.55.1-0.20260402195938-76ede073ee8e // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/xpipeline v0.149.1-0.20260402195938-76ede073ee8e // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverhelper v0.149.1-0.20260402195938-76ede073ee8e // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/xreceiver v0.149.1-0.20260402195938-76ede073ee8e // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.42.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.42.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.42.0 // indirect
diff --git a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
index 6dd43436c97f7..2866d830f42f9 100644
--- a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
+++ b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	Type      = component.MustNewType("tcplog")
-	ScopeName = "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcplogreceiver"
+	Type           = component.MustNewType("tcp_log")
+	DeprecatedType = component.MustNewType("tcplog")
+	ScopeName      = "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcplogreceiver"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/metadata.yaml
index a9449ae875be9..670c19f86e394 100644
--- a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-display_name: TCP Receiver
-type: tcplog
+display_name: TCP Log Receiver
+type: tcp_log
+deprecated_type: tcplog
 
-description: The TCP Receiver receives logs over TCP.
+description: The TCP Log Receiver receives logs over TCP.
 
 status:
   class: receiver
diff --git a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/tcp.go b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/tcp.go
index 069592ae5e14c..f0834450ce3e5 100644
--- a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/tcp.go
+++ b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/tcp.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package tcplogreceiver // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collec
 import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/xreceiver"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/consumerretry"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/adapter"
@@ -14,9 +15,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcplogreceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
-// NewFactory creates a factory for tcp receiver
+// NewFactory creates a factory for tcp_log receiver
 func NewFactory() receiver.Factory {
-	return adapter.NewFactory(ReceiverType{}, metadata.LogsStability)
+	return adapter.NewFactory(ReceiverType{}, metadata.LogsStability,
+		xreceiver.WithDeprecatedTypeAlias(metadata.DeprecatedType),
+	)
 }
 
 // ReceiverType implements adapter.LogReceiverType
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ func (ReceiverType) BaseConfig(cfg component.Config) adapter.BaseConfig {
 	return cfg.(*TCPLogConfig).BaseConfig
 }
 
-// TCPLogConfig defines configuration for the tcp receiver
+// TCPLogConfig defines configuration for the tcp_log receiver
 type TCPLogConfig struct {
 	InputConfig        tcp.Config `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	adapter.BaseConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
diff --git a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/tcp_test.go b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/tcp_test.go
index 75845f4b591c2..83c7124b15c17 100644
--- a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/tcp_test.go
+++ b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/tcp_test.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	factory := NewFactory()
 	cfg := factory.CreateDefaultConfig()
 
-	sub, err := cm.Sub("tcplog")
+	sub, err := cm.Sub("tcp_log")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, sub.Unmarshal(cfg))
 
diff --git a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/testdata/config.yaml b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/testdata/config.yaml
index deda710c13c05..0aa5cc9598205 100644
--- a/receiver/tcplogreceiver/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/receiver/tcplogreceiver/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-tcplog:
+tcp_log:
   listen_address: "127.0.0.1:29018"
   retry_on_failure:
     enabled: false
diff --git a/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml b/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
index b9307e55ab7c4..e37461ab64463 100644
--- a/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
+++ b/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ components:
         - stef
         - syslog
         - systemd
+        - tcp_log
         - tcpcheck
-        - tcplog
         - tlscheck
         - udp_log
         - vcenter