diff --git a/test/python/qiskit_tutorials/algorithms/test_qaoa.py b/test/python/qiskit_tutorials/algorithms/test_qaoa.py
index 9035cf4..479baab 100644
--- a/test/python/qiskit_tutorials/algorithms/test_qaoa.py
+++ b/test/python/qiskit_tutorials/algorithms/test_qaoa.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test_qaoa():
     ]
     graph.add_edges_from(edge_list)
 
-    def build_max_cut_paulis(graph: rx.PyGraph) -> list[tuple[str, float]]:
+    def build_max_cut_paulis(graph: rx.PyGraph):
         """Convert the graph to Pauli list.
 
         This function does the inverse of `build_max_cut_graph`