diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 0ee53ec667..fbc552a84d 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ def run_ci_historic_benchmark():
         "ipykernel",
         "nbconvert",
         "pandas",
-        "qiskit>=1.2.2,<2.0.0",
+        "qiskit>=1.2.2,<1.3.0",
     ]
     subprocess.run(pip_install_args, check=True, text=True, cwd=root_dir, env=pip_env)
 
diff --git a/pip/tests-integration/test_requirements.txt b/pip/tests-integration/test_requirements.txt
index e60aedadc9..74b8528928 100644
--- a/pip/tests-integration/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/pip/tests-integration/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pytest==8.2.2
-qiskit>=1.2.2,<2.0.0
+qiskit>=1.2.2,<1.3.0
 qirrunner==0.7.1
 pyqir==0.10.2
 qiskit-aer==0.14.2