diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 491b02f9337a588cad613d3ea435e5d1b74a3046..1d4afe76b1b7166cebd8dd4001eb38b0f3feff2b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 grib2io >= 2.2.0
 watchfiles >= 0.20.0
-dotenv >= 1.0.0
+python-dotenv >= 1.0.0
 quickmq >= 1.0.4