diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index d8033ac55..34169172a 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git#subdirectory=dbt-tests-adapter
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-common.git
-git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core.git#subdirectory=core
+git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core.git#egg=dbt-core&subdirectory=core
 
 # dev
 ddtrace==2.3.0