diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions-python.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions-python.yml
index d5b681114..84da1fe29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-actions-python.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
           - name: Install iode package
             shell: bash -el {0}
             run: | 
-              filename=$(ls iodeapi*.whl) 
+              filename=$(ls iode-python*.whl) 
               echo $filename 
               pip install $filename
           - name: Test iode Python
diff --git a/doc/source/changes/v7.0.0.rst.inc b/doc/source/changes/v7.0.0.rst.inc
index 6c2e3b7ee..29e2cbb04 100644
--- a/doc/source/changes/v7.0.0.rst.inc
+++ b/doc/source/changes/v7.0.0.rst.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ In development
 New Features 
 ------------
 
-  * (PYTHON) release of the first Python iodeapi package (version 7.0.0) 
+  * (PYTHON) release of the first Python iode-python package (version 7.0.0) 
 
 Improvements
 ------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml.in b/pyproject.toml.in
index 2f9b299c0..3f2e828d2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml.in
+++ b/pyproject.toml.in
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ requires = [ "scikit-build-core >=0.4.3", "numpy", "cython>=3.0", "mypy>=1.10" ]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [project]
-# NOTE: the name of the package is "pyiode" but the name of the module is "iode"
+# NOTE: The name of the package is "iode-python" but the name of the module is "iode"
 #       The name "iode" was already used in PyPI
-name = "iodeapi"
+name = "iode-python"
 version = "${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}"
 description = ""
 readme = "README.md"