diff --git a/syft/pkg/type.go b/syft/pkg/type.go
index b9ee19357..d4abe75a6 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/type.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/type.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func TypeByName(name string) Type {
 		return CondaPkg
 	case packageurl.TypePub:
 		return DartPubPkg
-	case "dotnet": // here to support legacy use cases
+	case "dotnet", packageurl.TypeNuget: // "dotnet" is here to support legacy use cases; "nuget" is the canonical purl type
 		return DotnetPkg
 	case packageurl.TypeCocoapods:
 		return CocoapodsPkg
diff --git a/syft/pkg/type_test.go b/syft/pkg/type_test.go
index b58e4ecd5..580ea5c79 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/type_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/type_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func TestTypeFromPURL(t *testing.T) {
 			purl:     "pkg:dotnet/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor@2.2.0",
 			expected: DotnetPkg,
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "nuget purl maps to dotnet",
+			purl:     "pkg:nuget/Minio@7.0.0",
+			expected: DotnetPkg,
+		},
 		{
 			purl:     "pkg:composer/laravel/laravel@5.5.0",
 			expected: PhpComposerPkg,