diff --git a/qiskit_neko/aer_plugin.py b/qiskit_neko/aer_plugin.py
index 8623499..981795a 100644
--- a/qiskit_neko/aer_plugin.py
+++ b/qiskit_neko/aer_plugin.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 """Qiskit Aer default backend plugin."""
 
 import qiskit_aer as aer
-from qiskit.providers import fake_provider
+from qiskit_ibm_runtime import fake_provider
 
 from qiskit_neko import backend_plugin
 
diff --git a/qiskit_neko/tests/circuits/test_execute.py b/qiskit_neko/tests/circuits/test_execute.py
index 87c93ab..75004bf 100644
--- a/qiskit_neko/tests/circuits/test_execute.py
+++ b/qiskit_neko/tests/circuits/test_execute.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import math
 
 from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit
-from qiskit import execute
+from qiskit import transpile
 
 from qiskit_neko import decorators
 from qiskit_neko.tests import base
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_bell_execute_fixed_shots(self):
         circuit.h(0)
         circuit.cx(0, 1)
         circuit.measure_all()
-        job = execute(circuit, self.backend, shots=100)
+        job = self.backend.run(transpile(circuit, self.backend), shots=100)
         result = job.result()
         counts = result.get_counts()
         self.assertDictAlmostEqual(counts, {"00": 50, "11": 50}, delta=10)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def test_bell_execute_default_shots(self):
         circuit.cx(0, 1)
         circuit.measure_all()
         expected_count = self.backend.options.shots / 2
-        job = execute(circuit, self.backend)
+        job = self.backend.run(transpile(circuit, self.backend))
         result = job.result()
         counts = result.get_counts()
         delta = 10 ** (math.log10(self.backend.options.shots) - 1)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def test_bell_execute_backend_shots_set_options(self):
         circuit.cx(0, 1)
         circuit.measure_all()
         self.backend.set_options(shots=100)
-        job = execute(circuit, self.backend)
+        job = self.backend.run(transpile(circuit, self.backend))
         result = job.result()
         counts = result.get_counts()
         self.assertDictAlmostEqual(counts, {"00": 50, "11": 50}, delta=10)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 67cee99..77384a7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ qiskit-aer
 qiskit-nature[pyscf]
 qiskit-experiments
 qiskit-machine-learning
+qiskit-ibm-runtime>=0.19
 stestr>=3.2.0
 testtools>=2.5.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0