diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Releases
 
+## pandoc-utils 0.6.0 (2020-5-24)
+
+- Rename `applyFilters` to `seqFilters` to avoid name conflicts with Pandoc
+- `applyFilters` is now deprecated
+
 ## pandoc-utils 0.5.1 (2020-5-24)
 
 - Fix the link to Hakyll in package description.
diff --git a/pandoc-utils.cabal b/pandoc-utils.cabal
--- a/pandoc-utils.cabal
+++ b/pandoc-utils.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 cabal-version:       2.0
 
 name:                pandoc-utils
-version:             0.5.1
+version:             0.6.0
 synopsis:
   Utility functions to work with Pandoc in Haskell applications.
 description:
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Filter/Utils.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Filter/Utils.hs
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Filter/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Filter/Utils.hs
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
   mkConcatedFilter,
   -- * Wrapped filter application/composition
   applyFilter,
-  applyFilters,
+  seqFilters,
   applyFilterM,
-  applyFiltersM,
+  seqFiltersM,
   -- * Wrapped filter → filter function
   getFilter,
   getConcatedFilter,
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
   getConcatedFilterM,
   -- * Wrapped filter conversion
   toFilterM,
+  -- * Deprecated
+  applyFilters,
+  applyFiltersM,
   ) where
 
 import Control.Monad          ((>=>))
@@ -177,22 +180,22 @@
 -- | Apply a list of monadic wrapped filters sequentially, from left to right,
 -- i.e. the first element in the list will be applied first and the last
 -- element will be applied at the end.
-applyFiltersM
+seqFiltersM
   :: (Foldable t, Monad m)
   => t (PartialFilterM m p) -- ^ A list of monadic wrapped filters.
   -> p                      -- ^ 'Pandoc' AST node.
   -> m p                    -- ^ Transformed node.
-applyFiltersM = applyFilterM . fold
+seqFiltersM = applyFilterM . fold
 
 -- | Apply a list of wrapped filters sequentially, from left to right, i.e.
 -- the first element in the list will be applied first and the last element
 -- will be applied at the end.
-applyFilters
+seqFilters
   :: (Foldable t)
   => t (PartialFilter p) -- ^ A list of wrapped filter.
   -> p                   -- ^ 'Pandoc' AST node.
   -> p                   -- ^ Transformed node.
-applyFilters = applyFilter . fold
+seqFilters = applyFilter . fold
 
 -- | It is mostly the same as 'applyFiltersM', which converts a list of wrapped
 -- monadic filter to a monadic filter function, but it should be used when you
@@ -238,3 +241,30 @@
   => f        -- ^ A filter function.
   -> (p -> p) -- ^ Filter function acting on @p@.
 convertFilter = applyFilter . mkFilter
+
+-----------------
+-- deprecated
+-----------------
+
+-- | Apply a list of monadic wrapped filters sequentially, from left to right,
+-- i.e. the first element in the list will be applied first and the last
+-- element will be applied at the end.
+{-# DEPRECATED applyFiltersM "Use 'seqFiltersM' instead." #-}
+applyFiltersM
+  :: (Foldable t, Monad m)
+  => t (PartialFilterM m p) -- ^ A list of monadic wrapped filters.
+  -> p                      -- ^ 'Pandoc' AST node.
+  -> m p                    -- ^ Transformed node.
+applyFiltersM  = seqFiltersM
+
+
+-- | Apply a list of wrapped filters sequentially, from left to right, i.e.
+-- the first element in the list will be applied first and the last element
+-- will be applied at the end.
+{-# DEPRECATED applyFilters "Use 'seqFilters' instead. This function will conflict with a function with the same name in Pandoc." #-}
+applyFilters
+  :: (Foldable t)
+  => t (PartialFilter p) -- ^ A list of wrapped filter.
+  -> p                   -- ^ 'Pandoc' AST node.
+  -> p                   -- ^ Transformed node.
+applyFilters = seqFilters
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Utils.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Utils.hs
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Utils.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
   module Text.Pandoc.Utils.String
 ) where
 
-import Text.Pandoc.Filter.Utils
+import Text.Pandoc.Filter.Utils hiding (applyFilters, applyFiltersM)
 import Text.Pandoc.Filter.Utils.AttrBuilder
 import Text.Pandoc.Utils.String
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
--- a/test/Spec.hs
+++ b/test/Spec.hs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
   -> Either P.PandocError Text -- ^ Html string or error
 mdToHtml md = P.runPure $ do
   doc <- P.readMarkdown def md
-  let doc' = applyFilters [beheadFilter, delinkFilter] doc
+  let doc' = seqFilters [beheadFilter, delinkFilter] doc
   P.writeHtml5String def doc'
 
 mdToHtmlCompose
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
     it "applys merge correctly" $
       applyFilter merge compPara2 `shouldBe` expectedMerge
 
-  describe "applyFilters" $ do
+  describe "seqFilters" $ do
     it "applys PartialFilter composition from left to right" $ do
       applyFilter (dup <> merge) compPara `shouldBe` expectedDupMerge
       applyFilter (merge <> dup) compPara `shouldBe` expectedMergeDup
@@ -350,15 +350,15 @@
 
   describe "monoid instance" $ do
     it "applys PartialFilter composition from left to right" $ do
-      applyFilters [dup, merge] compPara `shouldBe` expectedDupMerge
-      applyFilters [merge, dup] compPara `shouldBe` expectedMergeDup
+      seqFilters [dup, merge] compPara `shouldBe` expectedDupMerge
+      seqFilters [merge, dup] compPara `shouldBe` expectedMergeDup
 
     it "applys PartialFilterM composition from left to right" $ do
-      let (doc, s) = runWriter $ applyFiltersM [extract, toFilterM dup] compPara
+      let (doc, s) = runWriter $ seqFiltersM [extract, toFilterM dup] compPara
       doc `shouldBe` expectedDup
       s `shouldBe` T.pack "abcd"
 
-      let (doc', s') = runWriter $ applyFiltersM [toFilterM dup, extract] compPara
+      let (doc', s') = runWriter $ seqFiltersM [toFilterM dup, extract] compPara
       doc' `shouldBe` expectedDup
       s' `shouldBe` T.pack "abcdabcd"
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 readmeSpec = parallel $
   describe "readme example" $ do
     it "processes filter examples correctly on AST level" $ do
-      applyFilters [beheadFilter, delinkFilter] readmeDoc `shouldBe` expectedDoc
+      seqFilters [beheadFilter, delinkFilter] readmeDoc `shouldBe` expectedDoc
       applyFilter myFilter readmeDoc `shouldBe` expectedDoc
       (delinkPandoc . beheadPandoc) readmeDoc `shouldBe` expectedDoc