diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 074add47a9..9035a83a15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8']
+        python-version: ['3.9']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [docs]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8']
+        python-version: ['3.9']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 52b4a50ab6..db341fb5cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
         qiskit-extra: [""]
         include:
           - python-version: "3.10"
-            qiskit-extra: "'qiskit>=1.0.0rc1'"
+            qiskit-extra: "'qiskit>=1.3.0b1'"
 
     env:
       AER_THRUST_BACKEND: OMP