diff --git a/math/Cargo.toml b/math/Cargo.toml
index 24d041398..17925011f 100644
--- a/math/Cargo.toml
+++ b/math/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ proptest = "1.1.0"
 pprof = { version = "0.13.0", features = ["criterion","flamegraph"] }
 
 [features]
-default = ["rayon", "std"]
+default = ["parallel", "std"]
 std = ["alloc", "serde?/std", "serde_json?/std"]
 alloc = []
-rayon = ["dep:rayon"]
+parallel = ["dep:rayon"]
 lambdaworks-serde-binary = ["dep:serde", "alloc"]
 lambdaworks-serde-string = ["dep:serde", "dep:serde_json", "alloc"]
 proptest = ["dep:proptest"]
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "criterion_msm"
 harness = false
-required-features = ["rayon"]
+required-features = ["parallel"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "criterion_fft"
diff --git a/math/src/msm/pippenger.rs b/math/src/msm/pippenger.rs
index 75aa59c79..1ccfce9c3 100644
--- a/math/src/msm/pippenger.rs
+++ b/math/src/msm/pippenger.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ where
         .unwrap_or_else(G::neutral_element)
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "rayon")]
+#[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
 // It has the following differences with the sequential one:
 //  1. It uses one vec per thread to store buckets.
 //  2. It reduces all window results via a different method.
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Property-based test that ensures `pippenger::msm_with` gives same result as `pippenger::parallel_msm_with`.
         #[test]
-        #[cfg(feature = "rayon")]
+        #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
         fn test_parallel_pippenger_matches_sequential(window_size in 1.._MAX_WSIZE, cs in unsigned_integer_vec(), points in points_vec()) {
             let min_len = cs.len().min(points.len());
             let cs = cs[..min_len].to_vec();