diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 677d153..e45b277 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     package_dir={"": "src"},
     install_requires=[
         # Pin the latest commit of mcm-sim branch of amazon-braket/amazon-braket-sdk-python.git
-        "amazon-braket-sdk @ git+https://github.com/amazon-braket/amazon-braket-sdk-python.git@fe601096b7bba2a1bd8700896080d93672732c4c#egg=amazon-braket-sdk",  # noqa E501
+        "amazon-braket-sdk @ git+https://github.com/amazon-braket/amazon-braket-sdk-python.git@da74ee713c200ac0803704bb0b4c87f9d0100682#egg=amazon-braket-sdk",  # noqa E501
         "amazon-braket-default-simulator>=1.23.2",
         "oqpy~=0.3.5",
         "diastatic-malt",
diff --git a/src/autoqasm/program/program.py b/src/autoqasm/program/program.py
index c97c82a..97809db 100644
--- a/src/autoqasm/program/program.py
+++ b/src/autoqasm/program/program.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def build(self, device: Device | str | None = None) -> Program:
     def to_ir(
         self,
         ir_type: IRType = IRType.OPENQASM,
-        allow_implicit_build: bool = False,
+        build_if_necessary: bool = False,
         serialization_properties: SerializationProperties = OpenQASMSerializationProperties(),
     ) -> str:
         """Serializes the program into an intermediate representation.
@@ -129,20 +129,20 @@ def to_ir(
         Args:
             ir_type (IRType): The IRType to use for converting the program to its
                 IR representation. Defaults to IRType.OPENQASM.
-            allow_implicit_build (bool): Whether to allow the program to be implicitly
+            build_if_necessary (bool): Whether to allow the program to be implicitly
                 built as a side effect of calling this function. Defaults to False.
             serialization_properties (SerializationProperties): IR serialization configuration.
                 Default to OpenQASMSerializationProperties().
 
         Raises:
             ValueError: Raised if the supplied `ir_type` is not supported.
-            RuntimeError: Raised if `allow_implicit_build` is False, since a MainProgram object
+            RuntimeError: Raised if `build_if_necessary` is False, since a MainProgram object
                 has not yet been built.
 
         Returns:
             str: A representation of the program in the `ir_type` format.
         """
-        if not allow_implicit_build:
+        if not build_if_necessary:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "The AutoQASM program cannot be serialized because it has not yet been built. "
                 "To serialize the program, first call build() to obtain a built Program object, "
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def make_bound_program(self, param_values: dict[str, float], strict: bool = Fals
     def to_ir(
         self,
         ir_type: IRType = IRType.OPENQASM,
-        allow_implicit_build: bool = True,
+        build_if_necessary: bool = True,
         serialization_properties: SerializationProperties = OpenQASMSerializationProperties(),
     ) -> str:
         """Serializes the program into an intermediate representation.
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def to_ir(
         Args:
             ir_type (IRType): The IRType to use for converting the program to its
                 IR representation. Defaults to IRType.OPENQASM.
-            allow_implicit_build (bool): Whether to allow the program to be implicitly
+            build_if_necessary (bool): Whether to allow the program to be implicitly
                 built as a side effect of calling this function. Defaults to True.
                 This parameter is ignored for the Program class, since the program has
                 already been built.
diff --git a/test/unit_tests/autoqasm/test_api.py b/test/unit_tests/autoqasm/test_api.py
index 3d7b331..3f4a584 100644
--- a/test/unit_tests/autoqasm/test_api.py
+++ b/test/unit_tests/autoqasm/test_api.py
@@ -952,11 +952,11 @@ def empty_program() -> None:
 def test_to_ir_implicit_build(empty_program) -> None:
     """Test that to_ir works as expected with and without implicit build."""
     expected = """OPENQASM 3.0;"""
-    assert empty_program.build().to_ir(allow_implicit_build=False) == expected
-    assert empty_program.build().to_ir(allow_implicit_build=True) == expected
-    assert empty_program.to_ir(allow_implicit_build=True) == expected
+    assert empty_program.build().to_ir(build_if_necessary=False) == expected
+    assert empty_program.build().to_ir(build_if_necessary=True) == expected
+    assert empty_program.to_ir(build_if_necessary=True) == expected
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
-        empty_program.to_ir(allow_implicit_build=False)
+        empty_program.to_ir(build_if_necessary=False)
 
 
 def test_main_no_return():
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c4ca0c6..572d24e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -133,5 +133,5 @@ commands =
 [test-deps]
 deps =
     # If you need to test on a certain branch, add @<branch-name> after .git
-    git+https://github.com/amazon-braket/amazon-braket-sdk-python.git@fe601096b7bba2a1bd8700896080d93672732c4c  # mcm-sim branch
+    git+https://github.com/amazon-braket/amazon-braket-sdk-python.git@da74ee713c200ac0803704bb0b4c87f9d0100682  # mcm-sim branch
     git+https://github.com/amazon-braket/amazon-braket-default-simulator-python.git