diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix_tests_0.15-dccf0acb3cf10571.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix_tests_0.15-dccf0acb3cf10571.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fef6908c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix_tests_0.15-dccf0acb3cf10571.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed tutorial build failure of Python version and unused tutorials.
+    Upgraded test for Qiskit 1.0.0rc1 to 1.3.0b1 this will need protection rules
+    for Aer repository. Also fixed noise/passes/local_noise_pass.py needed
+    conversion from tuple to list 
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 6a55c75df2..de85d14d8d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ reno>=3.4.0
 ddt>=1.2.0,!=1.4.0
 matplotlib>=3.3
 seaborn>=0.9.0
-qiskit_sphinx_theme
+qiskit_sphinx_theme~=1.16.0
 sphinx-design>=0.2.0
 nbsphinx
 qiskit_qasm3_import