diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_dev_ext.yml b/.github/workflows/test_dev_ext.yml
index ef1daf26..7be40eee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_dev_ext.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_dev_ext.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
       - name: Install qvm
         run: |
           find /usr/lib -name "libffi.so*"
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install OpenQAOA
         run: |
diff --git a/examples/02_simulators_comparison.ipynb b/examples/02_simulators_comparison.ipynb
index 5ca47ca4..721c15fd 100644
--- a/examples/02_simulators_comparison.ipynb
+++ b/examples/02_simulators_comparison.ipynb
@@ -200,10 +200,9 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "from qiskit import Aer\n",
-    "from qiskit.test.mock import FakeVigo\n",
-    "from qiskit.providers.aer.noise import NoiseModel\n",
-    "from qiskit.providers.aer import QasmSimulator\n",
+    "from qiskit_ibm_runtime.fake_provider import FakeVigo\n",
+    "from qiskit_aer.noise import NoiseModel\n",
+    "from qiskit_aer import QasmSimulator\n",
     "device_backend = FakeVigo()\n",
     "device = QasmSimulator.from_backend(device_backend)\n",
     "noise_model = NoiseModel.from_backend(device)"
@@ -324,9 +323,9 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "fix_qiskit_and_deprecations",
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
    "language": "python",
-   "name": "fix_qiskit_and_deprecations"
+   "name": "python3"
   },
   "language_info": {
    "codemirror_mode": {
@@ -352,11 +351,6 @@
    "toc_position": {},
    "toc_section_display": true,
    "toc_window_display": false
-  },
-  "vscode": {
-   "interpreter": {
-    "hash": "d2582286b70c3b030a2fde61b871db03dec7fee33191883f4394b540a2eb90c7"
-   }
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/src/openqaoa-azure/requirements.txt b/src/openqaoa-azure/requirements.txt
index 1132ee17..d91373cb 100644
--- a/src/openqaoa-azure/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/openqaoa-azure/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 qdk
-qiskit-qir
+qiskit-qir~=0.5.0
 qiskit-ionq
 azure-quantum[qiskit]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/openqaoa-qiskit/openqaoa_qiskit/backends/qaoa_qiskit_sim.py b/src/openqaoa-qiskit/openqaoa_qiskit/backends/qaoa_qiskit_sim.py
index 152b757f..7d4f3efa 100644
--- a/src/openqaoa-qiskit/openqaoa_qiskit/backends/qaoa_qiskit_sim.py
+++ b/src/openqaoa-qiskit/openqaoa_qiskit/backends/qaoa_qiskit_sim.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 # IBM Qiskit imports
 from qiskit import QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister
-from qiskit.providers.aer import AerSimulator
-from qiskit.providers.aer.noise import NoiseModel
+from qiskit_aer import AerSimulator
+from qiskit_aer.noise import NoiseModel
 from qiskit.quantum_info import Statevector, SparsePauliOp
 from qiskit.circuit import Parameter
 
diff --git a/src/openqaoa-qiskit/requirements.txt b/src/openqaoa-qiskit/requirements.txt
index 469ae1b6..f2ce81dd 100644
--- a/src/openqaoa-qiskit/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/openqaoa-qiskit/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-qiskit>=0.36.1,<1.0
+qiskit~=1.0.0
 qiskit-ibm-provider
-qiskit-aer
\ No newline at end of file
+qiskit-aer
+qiskit-ibm-runtime
+mitiq[qiskit]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/openqaoa-qiskit/tests/test_qpu_qiskit.py b/src/openqaoa-qiskit/tests/test_qpu_qiskit.py
index 88793669..348652f6 100644
--- a/src/openqaoa-qiskit/tests/test_qpu_qiskit.py
+++ b/src/openqaoa-qiskit/tests/test_qpu_qiskit.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 from qiskit import QuantumCircuit
 from qiskit.quantum_info import Operator
-from qiskit.tools.monitor import job_monitor
 from qiskit_ibm_provider.job.exceptions import IBMJobError
 from qiskit.converters import circuit_to_dag, dag_to_circuit
 
diff --git a/src/openqaoa-qiskit/tests/test_workflows_qiskit.py b/src/openqaoa-qiskit/tests/test_workflows_qiskit.py
index 6f4153b6..518dec86 100644
--- a/src/openqaoa-qiskit/tests/test_workflows_qiskit.py
+++ b/src/openqaoa-qiskit/tests/test_workflows_qiskit.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 import numpy as np
 import datetime
 
-from qiskit.providers.fake_provider import FakeVigo
-from qiskit.providers.aer.noise import NoiseModel
+from qiskit_ibm_runtime.fake_provider import FakeVigo
+from qiskit_aer.noise import NoiseModel
 from qiskit_aer import AerSimulator
 
 from openqaoa import QAOA, RQAOA