diff --git a/docs/content/2.guide/3.directory-structure/5.composables.md b/docs/content/2.guide/3.directory-structure/5.composables.md
index eeaa2cd0fa6..43eb781288d 100644
--- a/docs/content/2.guide/3.directory-structure/5.composables.md
+++ b/docs/content/2.guide/3.directory-structure/5.composables.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export { utils } from './nested/utils.ts'
 
 ```ts [nuxt.config.ts]
 export default defineNuxtConfig({
-  autoImports: {
+  imports: {
     dirs: [
       // Scan top-level modules
       'composables',
diff --git a/docs/content/bridge/1.overview.md b/docs/content/bridge/1.overview.md
index dc2d62e0c50..eab7c11bd35 100644
--- a/docs/content/bridge/1.overview.md
+++ b/docs/content/bridge/1.overview.md
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
     // scriptSetup: false,
 
     // Disable composables auto importing
-    // autoImports: false,
+    // imports: false,
 
     // Do not warn about module incompatibilities
     // constraints: false
diff --git a/examples/advanced/config-extends/base/nuxt.config.ts b/examples/advanced/config-extends/base/nuxt.config.ts
index 8bcb917dc5b..b52d458e0ec 100644
--- a/examples/advanced/config-extends/base/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/examples/advanced/config-extends/base/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { defineNuxtConfig } from 'nuxt'
 
 export default defineNuxtConfig({
-  autoImports: {
+  imports: {
     dirs: ['utils']
   },
   publicRuntimeConfig: {
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/auto-import.ts b/packages/kit/src/auto-import.ts
index 673774d1ef8..58a2a8d56d0 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/auto-import.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/auto-import.ts
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ import { assertNuxtCompatibility } from './compatibility'
 export function addAutoImport (imports: Import | Import[]) {
   assertNuxtCompatibility({ bridge: true })
 
-  useNuxt().hook('autoImports:extend', (autoImports) => {
-    autoImports.push(...(Array.isArray(imports) ? imports : [imports]))
+  useNuxt().hook('imports:extend', (_imports) => {
+    _imports.push(...(Array.isArray(imports) ? imports : [imports]))
   })
 }
 
-export function addAutoImportDir (_autoImportDirs: string | string[]) {
+export function addAutoImportDir (dirs: string | string[]) {
   assertNuxtCompatibility({ bridge: true })
 
-  useNuxt().hook('autoImports:dirs', (autoImportDirs: string[]) => {
-    for (const dir of (Array.isArray(_autoImportDirs) ? _autoImportDirs : [_autoImportDirs])) {
-      autoImportDirs.push(dir)
+  useNuxt().hook('imports:dirs', (_dirs: string[]) => {
+    for (const dir of (Array.isArray(dirs) ? dirs : [dirs])) {
+      _dirs.push(dir)
     }
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/package.json b/packages/nuxt/package.json
index 072d682ae22..8728eac48e3 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/package.json
+++ b/packages/nuxt/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "globby": "^13.1.2",
     "h3": "^0.7.15",
     "hash-sum": "^2.0.0",
-    "hookable": "^5.1.1",
+    "hookable": "^5.1.2",
     "knitwork": "^0.1.2",
     "magic-string": "^0.26.2",
     "mlly": "^0.5.14",
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
index f28d634238e..2f3ba9a41ed 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import escapeRE from 'escape-string-regexp'
 import pagesModule from '../pages/module'
 import metaModule from '../head/module'
 import componentsModule from '../components/module'
-import autoImportsModule from '../auto-imports/module'
+import importsModule from '../imports/module'
 /* eslint-enable */
 import { distDir, pkgDir } from '../dirs'
 import { version } from '../../package.json'
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export async function loadNuxt (opts: LoadNuxtOptions): Promise<Nuxt> {
   options.appDir = options.alias['#app'] = resolve(distDir, 'app')
   options._majorVersion = 3
   options._modules.push(pagesModule, metaModule, componentsModule)
-  options._modules.push([autoImportsModule, {
+  options._modules.push([importsModule, {
     transform: {
       include: options._layers
         .filter(i => i.cwd && i.cwd.includes('node_modules'))
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
index 15201d8e795..3fa41de712a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export { }
   }
 }
 
-const adHocModules = ['router', 'pages', 'auto-imports', 'meta', 'components']
+const adHocModules = ['router', 'pages', 'imports', 'meta', 'components']
 export const schemaTemplate: NuxtTemplate<TemplateContext> = {
   filename: 'types/schema.d.ts',
   getContents: ({ nuxt }) => {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/module.ts
rename to packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
index 394a066ed47..2200e0bb328 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import { addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, defineNuxtModule, addTemplate, resolveAlias, useNuxt, addPluginTemplate, logger } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { isAbsolute, join, relative, resolve, normalize } from 'pathe'
 import { createUnimport, Import, scanDirExports, toImports, Unimport } from 'unimport'
-import { AutoImportsOptions, ImportPresetWithDeprecation } from '@nuxt/schema'
+import { ImportsOptions, ImportPresetWithDeprecation } from '@nuxt/schema'
+import defu from 'defu'
 import { TransformPlugin } from './transform'
 import { defaultPresets } from './presets'
 
-export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<AutoImportsOptions>>({
+export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<ImportsOptions>>({
   meta: {
-    name: 'auto-imports',
-    configKey: 'autoImports'
+    name: 'imports',
+    configKey: 'imports'
   },
   defaults: {
     presets: defaultPresets,
@@ -21,13 +22,28 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<AutoImportsOptions>>({
     }
   },
   async setup (options, nuxt) {
+    // TODO: remove deprecation warning
+    // @ts-ignore
+    if (nuxt.options.autoImports) {
+      logger.warn('`autoImports` config is deprecated, use `imports` instead.')
+      // @ts-ignore
+      options = defu(nuxt.options.autoImports, options)
+    }
+
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    nuxt.hooks.deprecateHooks({
+      'autoImports:sources': { to: 'imports:sources' },
+      'autoImports:dirs': { to: 'imports:dirs' },
+      'autoImports:extend': { to: 'imports:extend' }
+    })
+
     // Allow modules extending sources
-    await nuxt.callHook('autoImports:sources', options.presets as ImportPresetWithDeprecation[])
+    await nuxt.callHook('imports:sources', options.presets as ImportPresetWithDeprecation[])
 
     options.presets?.forEach((i: ImportPresetWithDeprecation | string) => {
       if (typeof i !== 'string' && i.names && !i.imports) {
         i.imports = i.names
-        logger.warn('auto-imports: presets.names is deprecated, use presets.imports instead')
+        logger.warn('imports: presets.names is deprecated, use presets.imports instead')
       }
     })
 
@@ -48,7 +64,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<AutoImportsOptions>>({
     let composablesDirs: string[] = []
     for (const layer of nuxt.options._layers) {
       composablesDirs.push(resolve(layer.config.srcDir, 'composables'))
-      for (const dir of (layer.config.autoImports?.dirs ?? [])) {
+      for (const dir of (layer.config.imports?.dirs ?? [])) {
         if (!dir) {
           continue
         }
@@ -56,13 +72,13 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<AutoImportsOptions>>({
       }
     }
 
-    await nuxt.callHook('autoImports:dirs', composablesDirs)
+    await nuxt.callHook('imports:dirs', composablesDirs)
     composablesDirs = composablesDirs.map(dir => normalize(dir))
 
     // Support for importing from '#imports'
     addTemplate({
       filename: 'imports.mjs',
-      getContents: () => ctx.toExports() + '\nif (process.dev) { console.warn("[nuxt] `#imports` should be transformed with real imports. There seems to be something wrong with the auto-imports plugin.") }'
+      getContents: () => ctx.toExports() + '\nif (process.dev) { console.warn("[nuxt] `#imports` should be transformed with real imports. There seems to be something wrong with the imports plugin.") }'
     })
     nuxt.options.alias['#imports'] = join(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'imports')
 
@@ -71,7 +87,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<AutoImportsOptions>>({
     if (nuxt.options.dev && options.global) {
       // Add all imports to globalThis in development mode
       addPluginTemplate({
-        filename: 'auto-imports.mjs',
+        filename: 'imports.mjs',
         getContents: () => {
           const imports = ctx.getImports()
           const importStatement = toImports(imports)
@@ -85,24 +101,24 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<AutoImportsOptions>>({
       addWebpackPlugin(TransformPlugin.webpack({ ctx, options, sourcemap: nuxt.options.sourcemap }))
     }
 
-    const regenerateAutoImports = async () => {
+    const regenerateImports = async () => {
       ctx.clearDynamicImports()
       await ctx.modifyDynamicImports(async (imports) => {
         // Scan composables/
         imports.push(...await scanDirExports(composablesDirs))
         // Modules extending
-        await nuxt.callHook('autoImports:extend', imports)
+        await nuxt.callHook('imports:extend', imports)
       })
     }
 
-    await regenerateAutoImports()
+    await regenerateImports()
 
     // Generate types
     addDeclarationTemplates(ctx)
 
     // Add generated types to `nuxt.d.ts`
     nuxt.hook('prepare:types', ({ references }) => {
-      references.push({ path: resolve(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'types/auto-imports.d.ts') })
+      references.push({ path: resolve(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'types/imports.d.ts') })
       references.push({ path: resolve(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'imports.d.ts') })
     })
 
@@ -115,7 +131,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<AutoImportsOptions>>({
     })
 
     nuxt.hook('builder:generateApp', async () => {
-      await regenerateAutoImports()
+      await regenerateImports()
     })
   }
 })
@@ -147,7 +163,7 @@ function addDeclarationTemplates (ctx: Unimport) {
   })
 
   addTemplate({
-    filename: 'types/auto-imports.d.ts',
+    filename: 'types/imports.d.ts',
     getContents: () => '// Generated by auto imports\n' + ctx.generateTypeDeclarations({ resolvePath: r })
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/presets.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/presets.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/presets.ts
rename to packages/nuxt/src/imports/presets.ts
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/transform.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/transform.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/transform.ts
rename to packages/nuxt/src/imports/transform.ts
index b7b1195f85d..27c4ed552a3 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/transform.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 import { createUnplugin } from 'unplugin'
 import { parseQuery, parseURL } from 'ufo'
 import { Unimport } from 'unimport'
-import { AutoImportsOptions } from '@nuxt/schema'
+import { ImportsOptions } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import { normalize } from 'pathe'
 
-export const TransformPlugin = createUnplugin(({ ctx, options, sourcemap }: { ctx: Unimport, options: Partial<AutoImportsOptions>, sourcemap?: boolean }) => {
+export const TransformPlugin = createUnplugin(({ ctx, options, sourcemap }: { ctx: Unimport, options: Partial<ImportsOptions>, sourcemap?: boolean }) => {
   return {
-    name: 'nuxt:auto-imports-transform',
+    name: 'nuxt:imports-transform',
     enforce: 'post',
     transformInclude (id) {
       const { pathname, search } = parseURL(decodeURIComponent(pathToFileURL(id).href))
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const TransformPlugin = createUnplugin(({ ctx, options, sourcemap }: { ct
     async transform (code, id) {
       id = normalize(id)
       const isNodeModule = id.match(/[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/) && !options.transform?.include?.some(pattern => id.match(pattern))
-      // For modules in node_modules, we only transform `#imports` but not doing auto-imports
+      // For modules in node_modules, we only transform `#imports` but not doing imports
       if (isNodeModule && !code.match(/(['"])#imports\1/)) {
         return
       }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
index 3af9e18062a..6f080c1c312 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
       })
     }
 
-    nuxt.hook('autoImports:extend', (autoImports) => {
-      autoImports.push(
+    nuxt.hook('imports:extend', (imports) => {
+      imports.push(
         { name: 'definePageMeta', as: 'definePageMeta', from: resolve(runtimeDir, 'composables') },
         { name: 'useLink', as: 'useLink', from: 'vue-router' }
       )
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/auto-imports.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/auto-imports.test.ts
index ec9df68047a..dd30e217856 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/auto-imports.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/auto-imports.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import { join } from 'pathe'
 import { createCommonJS, findExports } from 'mlly'
 import * as VueFunctions from 'vue'
 import { createUnimport, Import } from 'unimport'
-import { TransformPlugin } from '../src/auto-imports/transform'
-import { defaultPresets } from '../src/auto-imports/presets'
+import { TransformPlugin } from '../src/imports/transform'
+import { defaultPresets } from '../src/imports/presets'
 
-describe('auto-imports:transform', () => {
+describe('imports:transform', () => {
   const imports: Import[] = [
     { name: 'ref', as: 'ref', from: 'vue' },
     { name: 'computed', as: 'computed', from: 'bar' },
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('auto-imports:transform', () => {
 
 const excludedNuxtHelpers = ['useHydration']
 
-describe('auto-imports:nuxt', () => {
+describe('imports:nuxt', () => {
   try {
     const { __dirname } = createCommonJS(import.meta.url)
     const entrypointContents = readFileSync(join(__dirname, '../src/app/composables/index.ts'), 'utf8')
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ const excludedVueHelpers = [
   'compile'
 ]
 
-describe('auto-imports:vue', () => {
+describe('imports:vue', () => {
   for (const name of Object.keys(VueFunctions)) {
     if (excludedVueHelpers.includes(name)) {
       continue
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/_adhoc.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/_adhoc.ts
index b8e1243ba6f..af4e4707eab 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/_adhoc.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/_adhoc.ts
@@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ export default {
     }
   },
 
+  /** @deprecated Please use `imports` config. */
+  autoImports: null,
+
   /**
    * Configure how Nuxt auto-imports composables into your application.
    *
    * @see [Nuxt 3 documentation](https://v3.nuxtjs.org/guide/directory-structure/composables)
-   * @type {typeof import('../src/types/imports').AutoImportsOptions}
+   * @type {typeof import('../src/types/imports').ImportsOptions}
    * @version 3
    */
-  autoImports: {
+  imports: {
     global: false,
     dirs: []
   },
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts b/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts
index c5818e453ee..42de71a58b1 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts
@@ -76,8 +76,15 @@ export interface NuxtHooks {
   'build:manifest': (manifest: Manifest) => HookResult
 
   // Auto imports
+  'imports:sources': (presets: ImportPresetWithDeprecation[]) => HookResult
+  'imports:extend': (imports: Import[]) => HookResult
+  'imports:dirs': (dirs: string[]) => HookResult
+
+  /** @deprecated Please use `imports:sources` hook */
   'autoImports:sources': (presets: ImportPresetWithDeprecation[]) => HookResult
+  /** @deprecated Please use `imports:extend` hook */
   'autoImports:extend': (imports: Import[]) => HookResult
+  /** @deprecated Please use `imports:dirs` hook */
   'autoImports:dirs': (dirs: string[]) => HookResult
 
   // Components
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/types/imports.ts b/packages/schema/src/types/imports.ts
index 45d6f22a5d8..cf416685a48 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/types/imports.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/types/imports.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { UnimportOptions } from 'unimport'
 
-export interface AutoImportsOptions extends UnimportOptions {
+export interface ImportsOptions extends UnimportOptions {
   dirs?: string[]
   global?: boolean
   transform?: {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1a4c2db7486..d565645fa0c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7849,6 +7849,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"hookable@npm:^5.1.2":
+  version: 5.1.2
+  resolution: "hookable@npm:5.1.2"
+  checksum: 1b3fb622a26d34c9befe8991cf9ffcb575334ef66e151291bc4b3161e1a609365983d258020571bce4b52226d9b5880150d27ba9f4e4029734e5cd37ac31aa39
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "hosted-git-info@npm:^2.1.4":
   version: 2.8.9
   resolution: "hosted-git-info@npm:2.8.9"
@@ -10266,7 +10273,7 @@ __metadata:
     globby: ^13.1.2
     h3: ^0.7.15
     hash-sum: ^2.0.0
-    hookable: ^5.1.1
+    hookable: ^5.1.2
     knitwork: ^0.1.2
     magic-string: ^0.26.2
     mlly: ^0.5.14