diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/registry/vector_io.py b/llama_stack/providers/registry/vector_io.py
index fa8c65cd0..ff4f9caf5 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/registry/vector_io.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/registry/vector_io.py
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ def available_providers() -> List[ProviderSpec]:
             config_class="llama_stack.providers.inline.vector_io.sqlite_vec.SQLiteVectorIOConfig",
             api_dependencies=[Api.inference],
         ),
+        InlineProviderSpec(
+            api=Api.vector_io,
+            provider_type="inline::sqlite_vec",
+            pip_packages=["sqlite-vec"],
+            module="llama_stack.providers.inline.vector_io.sqlite_vec",
+            config_class="llama_stack.providers.inline.vector_io.sqlite_vec.SQLiteVectorIOConfig",
+            deprecation_warning="Please use the `inline::sqlite-vec` provider (notice the hyphen instead of underscore) instead.",
+            api_dependencies=[Api.inference],
+        ),
         remote_provider_spec(
             Api.vector_io,
             AdapterSpec(