diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 04536e22c3..ebda09c8ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ jobs:
           # We need to fuse our own universal2 wheels for curl_cffi
           python3 -m pip install -U --user delocate
           mkdir curl_cffi_whls curl_cffi_universal2
-          python3 devscripts/install_deps.py --print -o --include curl_cffi > requirements.txt
+          python3 devscripts/install_deps.py --print -o --include curl-cffi > requirements.txt
           for platform in "macosx_11_0_arm64" "macosx_11_0_x86_64"; do
             python3 -m pip download \
               --only-binary=:all: \
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Requirements
         run: | # Custom pyinstaller built with https://github.com/yt-dlp/pyinstaller-builds
           python devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
-          python devscripts/install_deps.py --include py2exe --include curl_cffi
+          python devscripts/install_deps.py --include py2exe --include curl-cffi
           python -m pip install -U "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/x86_64/pyinstaller-5.8.0-py3-none-any.whl"
 
       - name: Prepare
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08afff201a..37da789cf6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ #### Impersonation
 The following provide support for impersonating browser requests. This may be required for some sites that employ TLS fingerprinting. 
 
 * [**curl_cffi**](https://github.com/yifeikong/curl_cffi) (recommended) - Python binding for [curl-impersonate](https://github.com/lwthiker/curl-impersonate). Provides impersonation targets for Chrome, Edge and Safari. Licensed under [MIT](https://github.com/yifeikong/curl_cffi/blob/main/LICENSE)
-  * Can be installed with the `curl_cffi` group, e.g. `pip install yt-dlp[default,curl_cffi]`
+  * Can be installed with the `curl-cffi` group, e.g. `pip install yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi]`
   * Currently only included in `yt-dlp.exe` and `yt-dlp_macos` builds
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9faf53b9c8..5fadd14495 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 default = []
-curl_cffi = ["curl-cffi==0.5.10; implementation_name=='cpython'"]
+curl-cffi = ["curl-cffi==0.5.10; implementation_name=='cpython'"]
 secretstorage = [
     "cffi",
     "secretstorage",