diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7264029843..f5176192ce 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 numpy>=1.17
 scipy>=1.4
-qiskit-terra>=0.24
+qiskit==0.45.0rc1  # TODO: replace with "qiskit>=0.45" after the release of qiskit 0.45
 qiskit-ibm-experiment>=0.3.4
 matplotlib>=3.4
 uncertainties