diff --git a/.actions/assistant.py b/.actions/assistant.py
index 63f8bb80e..73e8de5a7 100644
--- a/.actions/assistant.py
+++ b/.actions/assistant.py
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def bash_render(folder: str) -> str:
         else:
             cmd.append(f"# available: {AssistantCLI.DEVICE_ACCELERATOR}\n")
             if AssistantCLI._valid_accelerator(folder):
-                cmd.append(f"python -m papermill.cli {ipynb_file} {pub_ipynb} --kernel python")
+                cmd.append(f"python -m papermill {ipynb_file} {pub_ipynb} --kernel python")
             else:
                 warn("Invalid notebook's accelerator for this device. So no outputs will be generated.", RuntimeWarning)
                 cmd.append(f"cp {ipynb_file} {pub_ipynb}")
diff --git a/.azure/ipynb-publish.yml b/.azure/ipynb-publish.yml
index 1349cd285..9e1ceea06 100644
--- a/.azure/ipynb-publish.yml
+++ b/.azure/ipynb-publish.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
     - bash: |
         set -e
         python -c "import torch ; mgpu = torch.cuda.device_count() ; assert mgpu > 0, f'GPU: {mgpu}'"
-        python -m papermill.cli --version
+        python -m papermill --version
       displayName: 'Sanity check'
 
     - bash: |
diff --git a/requirements/devel.txt b/requirements/devel.txt
index 1d0bfd73e..98fdc52a1 100644
--- a/requirements/devel.txt
+++ b/requirements/devel.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ virtualenv
 jupytext  # converting
 pytest>=6.0
 nbval  # testing
-papermill  # render
+papermill>=2.3.4  # render
 black
 flake8
 isort