diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/transformers/noise_adding.py b/cirq-core/cirq/transformers/noise_adding.py
index 8ac63bbb364..332bf48f87c 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/transformers/noise_adding.py
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/transformers/noise_adding.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 
-import cirq
+from cirq import ops, circuits
 import numpy as np
 
 
-def _gate_in_moment(gate: cirq.Gate, moment: cirq.Moment) -> bool:
+def _gate_in_moment(gate: ops.Gate, moment: circuits.Moment) -> bool:
     """Check whether `gate` is in `moment`."""
     target_gate_in_moment = False
     for op in moment.operations:
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ def _gate_in_moment(gate: cirq.Gate, moment: cirq.Moment) -> bool:
     return target_gate_in_moment
 
 
+@transformer_api.transformer
 def add_depolarizing_noise_to_two_qubit_gates(
-    circuit: cirq.Circuit,
-    p: float | Mapping[tuple[cirq.Qid, cirq.Qid], float],
-    target_gate: cirq.Gate = cirq.CZ,
+    circuit: circuits.Circuit,
+    p: float | Mapping[tuple[ops.Qid, ops.Qid], float],
+    target_gate: ops.Gate = ops.CZ,
     rng: np.random.Generator | None = None,
-) -> cirq.Circuit:
+) -> circuits.Circuit:
     """Add local depolarizing noise after two-qubit gates in a specified circuit. More specifically,
     with probability p, append a random non-identity two-qubit Pauli operator after each specified
     two-qubit gate.
@@ -46,13 +47,16 @@ def add_depolarizing_noise_to_two_qubit_gates(
 
     Returns:
         The transformed circuit.
+
+    Raises:
+        TypeError: If `p` is not either be a float or a mapping from sorted qubit pairs to floats.
     """
     if rng is None:
         rng = np.random.default_rng()
 
     # add random Pauli gates with probability p after each of the specified gate
     assert target_gate.num_qubits() == 2, "`target_gate` must be a two-qubit gate."
-    paulis = [cirq.I, cirq.X, cirq.Y, cirq.Z]
+    paulis = [ops.I, ops.X, ops.Y, ops.Z]
     new_moments = []
     for moment in circuit:
         new_moments.append(moment)
@@ -82,5 +86,5 @@ def add_depolarizing_noise_to_two_qubit_gates(
                     pauli_to_apply = rng.choice(np.array(choices, dtype=object))
                     added_moment_ops.append(pauli_to_apply)
             if len(added_moment_ops) > 0:
-                new_moments.append(cirq.Moment(*added_moment_ops))
-    return cirq.Circuit.from_moments(*new_moments)
+                new_moments.append(circuits.Moment(*added_moment_ops))
+    return circuits.Circuit.from_moments(*new_moments)
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/transformers/noise_adding_test.py b/cirq-core/cirq/transformers/noise_adding_test.py
index 803dd5f7cfa..b07a28d919f 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/transformers/noise_adding_test.py
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/transformers/noise_adding_test.py
@@ -12,15 +12,20 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import cirq
+from cirq import ops, circuits, devices
 import cirq.transformers.noise_adding as na
 
 
 def test_noise_adding():
-    qubits = cirq.LineQubit.range(4)
-    circuit = cirq.Circuit(cirq.CZ(*qubits[:2]), cirq.CZ(*qubits[2:])) * 10
+    qubits = devices.LineQubit.range(4)
+    circuit = circuits.Circuit(ops.CZ(*qubits[:2]), ops.CZ(*qubits[2:])) * 10
     transformed_circuit_p0 = na.add_depolarizing_noise_to_two_qubit_gates(circuit, 0.0)
     assert transformed_circuit_p0 == circuit
     transformed_circuit_p1 = na.add_depolarizing_noise_to_two_qubit_gates(circuit, 1.0)
     assert len(transformed_circuit_p1) == 20
     transformed_circuit_p0_03 = na.add_depolarizing_noise_to_two_qubit_gates(circuit, 0.03)
+    assert 10 <= len(transformed_circuit_p0_03) <= 20
+    transformed_circuit_p_dict = na.add_depolarizing_noise_to_two_qubit_gates(
+        circuit, {tuple(qubits[:2]): 1.0, tuple(qubits[2:]): 0.0}
+    )
+    assert len(transformed_circuit_p_dict) == 20