diff --git a/packages.txt b/packages.txt
index c76983836..888e92d31 100644
--- a/packages.txt
+++ b/packages.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 pulser-core
-pulser-simulation
-pulser-pasqal
\ No newline at end of file
+pulser-simulation
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pulser-pasqal/VERSION.txt b/pulser-pasqal/VERSION.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d2632160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulser-pasqal/VERSION.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.20.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pulser-pasqal/pulser_pasqal/_version.py b/pulser-pasqal/pulser_pasqal/_version.py
index 7b37d81be..0ad1c76b2 100644
--- a/pulser-pasqal/pulser_pasqal/_version.py
+++ b/pulser-pasqal/pulser_pasqal/_version.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 from pathlib import PurePath
 
-# Sets the version to the same as 'pulser'.
-version_file_path = PurePath(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "VERSION.txt"
+version_file_path = PurePath(__file__).parent.parent / "VERSION.txt"
 
 with open(version_file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     __version__ = f.read().strip()
diff --git a/pulser-pasqal/requirements.txt b/pulser-pasqal/requirements.txt
index 7b3f97f80..12fb10e9b 100644
--- a/pulser-pasqal/requirements.txt
+++ b/pulser-pasqal/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+pulser-core >= 0.20
 pasqal-cloud ~= 0.12
 backoff ~= 2.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pulser-pasqal/setup.py b/pulser-pasqal/setup.py
index a202df7c8..631cd4d29 100644
--- a/pulser-pasqal/setup.py
+++ b/pulser-pasqal/setup.py
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
 current_directory = Path(__file__).parent
 
 # Reads the version from the VERSION.txt file
-with open(
-    current_directory.parent / "VERSION.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8"
-) as f:
+with open(current_directory / "VERSION.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     __version__ = f.read().strip()
 
 # Changes to the directory where setup.py is
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@
 
 with open("requirements.txt", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     requirements = f.read().splitlines()
-requirements.append(f"pulser-core=={__version__}")
 
 # Stashes the source code for the local version file
 local_version_fpath = Path(package_name) / "_version.py"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2e094929e..5a739adc1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@
         "`make dev-install` instead."
     )
 
+# Pulser packages not pinned to __version__
+requirements = [
+    "pulser-pasqal",
+]
+# Adding packages pinned to __version__
 with open("packages.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    requirements = [f"{pkg.strip()}=={__version__}" for pkg in f.readlines()]
+    requirements += [f"{pkg.strip()}=={__version__}" for pkg in f.readlines()]
 
 # Just a meta-package that requires all pulser packages
 setup(
diff --git a/tests/test_pasqal.py b/tests/test_pasqal.py
index 6382f5898..bf7ee6f15 100644
--- a/tests/test_pasqal.py
+++ b/tests/test_pasqal.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 from pasqal_cloud.device.configuration import EmuFreeConfig, EmuTNConfig
 
 import pulser
-import pulser_pasqal
 from pulser.backend.config import EmulatorConfig
 from pulser.backend.remote import (
     BatchStatus,
@@ -44,10 +43,6 @@
 root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
 
 
-def test_version():
-    assert pulser_pasqal.__version__ == pulser.__version__
-
-
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class CloudFixture:
     pasqal_cloud: PasqalCloud