diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0f0633692..163bd09f7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         'seaborn',
         'ply',
         'qibo<=0.1.7',
-        'cirq',
+        'cirq-core',
         'notebook',
         'ipython'
     ]