diff --git a/src/huggingface_hub/cli/_cli_utils.py b/src/huggingface_hub/cli/_cli_utils.py
index de34f1973c..2f8b08df45 100644
--- a/src/huggingface_hub/cli/_cli_utils.py
+++ b/src/huggingface_hub/cli/_cli_utils.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def get_hf_api(token: Optional[str] = None) -> "HfApi":
     # Import here to avoid circular import
     from huggingface_hub.hf_api import HfApi
 
-    return HfApi(token=token, library_name="hf", library_version=__version__)
+    return HfApi(token=token, library_name="huggingface-cli", library_version=__version__)
 
 
 #### TYPER UTILS
diff --git a/src/huggingface_hub/cli/download.py b/src/huggingface_hub/cli/download.py
index 655e44d0f7..8db6e18f07 100644
--- a/src/huggingface_hub/cli/download.py
+++ b/src/huggingface_hub/cli/download.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def run_download() -> Union[str, DryRunFileInfo, list[DryRunFileInfo]]:
                 force_download=force_download,
                 token=token,
                 local_dir=local_dir,
-                library_name="hf",
+                library_name="huggingface-cli",
                 dry_run=dry_run,
             )
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def run_download() -> Union[str, DryRunFileInfo, list[DryRunFileInfo]]:
             cache_dir=cache_dir,
             token=token,
             local_dir=local_dir,
-            library_name="hf",
+            library_name="huggingface-cli",
             max_workers=max_workers,
             dry_run=dry_run,
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 985ef90be5..e3bec53930 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ def test_download_basic(self, runner: CliRunner) -> None:
         assert kwargs["cache_dir"] is None
         assert kwargs["local_dir"] is None
         assert kwargs["token"] is None
-        assert kwargs["library_name"] == "hf"
+        assert kwargs["library_name"] == "huggingface-cli"
         assert kwargs["max_workers"] == 8
 
     def test_download_with_all_options(self, runner: CliRunner) -> None:
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ def test_download_with_all_options(self, runner: CliRunner) -> None:
         assert kwargs["cache_dir"] == "/tmp"
         assert kwargs["local_dir"] == "."
         assert kwargs["token"] == "my-token"
-        assert kwargs["library_name"] == "hf"
+        assert kwargs["library_name"] == "huggingface-cli"
         assert kwargs["max_workers"] == 4
 
 
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ def test_download_file_from_revision(self, mock_download: Mock, mock_snapshot: M
             force_download=False,
             token=None,
             local_dir=None,
-            library_name="hf",
+            library_name="huggingface-cli",
             dry_run=False,
         )
         mock_snapshot.assert_not_called()
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ def test_download_multiple_files(self, mock_download: Mock, mock_snapshot: Mock)
             cache_dir=None,
             token=None,
             local_dir=None,
-            library_name="hf",
+            library_name="huggingface-cli",
             max_workers=4,
             dry_run=False,
         )
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ def test_download_with_patterns(self, mock_snapshot: Mock) -> None:
             cache_dir=None,
             token=None,
             local_dir=None,
-            library_name="hf",
+            library_name="huggingface-cli",
             max_workers=8,
             dry_run=False,
         )