diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
index 6110fc6ac..ca6a9bc8b 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
@@ -437,11 +437,11 @@ catalogers:
         criteria:
           - '**/libQt*Core.so*'
         packages:
-          - class: qt-binary-lib
-            name: qt
-            purl: pkg:generic/qt
+          - class: qt-qtbase-lib
+            name: qtbase
+            purl: pkg:generic/qtbase
             cpes:
-              - cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
+              - cpe:2.3:a:qt:qtbase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
             type: BinaryPkg
       - method: glob
         criteria:
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index cfcb0af51..c1d0021fa 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -1219,34 +1219,34 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "qt/4.8.7/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
-				Name:      "qt",
+				Name:      "qtbase",
 				Version:   "4.8.7",
 				Type:      "binary",
-				PURL:      "pkg:generic/qt@4.8.7",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/qtbase@4.8.7",
 				Locations: locations("libQtCore.so"),
-				Metadata:  metadata("qt-binary-lib"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("qt-qtbase-lib"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "qt/5.15.2/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
-				Name:      "qt",
+				Name:      "qtbase",
 				Version:   "5.15.2",
 				Type:      "binary",
-				PURL:      "pkg:generic/qt@5.15.2",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/qtbase@5.15.2",
 				Locations: locations("libQt5Core.so"),
-				Metadata:  metadata("qt-binary-lib"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("qt-qtbase-lib"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "qt/6.5.0/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
-				Name:      "qt",
+				Name:      "qtbase",
 				Version:   "6.5.0",
 				Type:      "binary",
-				PURL:      "pkg:generic/qt@6.5.0",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/qtbase@6.5.0",
 				Locations: locations("libQt6Core.so"),
-				Metadata:  metadata("qt-binary-lib"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("qt-qtbase-lib"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 705097424..105458886 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
 		},
 		{
-			Class:    "qt-binary-lib",
+			Class:    "qt-qtbase-lib",
 			FileGlob: "**/libQt*Core.so*",
 			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
 				// Qt 5.x and Qt 6.x pattern [NUL][NUL]Qt 6.5.0 (x86_64-little_endian-...
@@ -522,9 +522,9 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 				// Qt 4.x pattern QtCore lib ver 4.8.7
 				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`QtCore library version (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)`),
 			),
-			Package: "qt",
-			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/qt@version"),
-			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+			Package: "qtbase",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/qtbase@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:qt:qtbase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
 		},
 		{
 			Class:    "gcc-binary",