diff --git a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-latest.yml
index d3ddeb2..51a60b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-latest.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install requirements
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install --upgrade 'qiskit<0.46.0'
+          pip install --upgrade qiskit
           pip install --upgrade pyscf
           pip install 'pytest<8.1.0' 
           pip install pytest-mock pytest-cov flaky pytest-benchmark
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run PennyLane device integration tests
         run: |
-          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=qasm_simulator
+          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicsim --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=basic_simulator
           pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000
-          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator
-          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=aer_simulator_unitary
+          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator
+          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=unitary_simulator
 
       - name: Run plugin tests
         run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests -W "error::pennylane.PennyLaneDeprecationWarning" --tb=short -k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-rc.yml b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-rc.yml
index 28dd76b..713f6d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-rc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-rc.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install requirements
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install --upgrade 'qiskit<0.46.0'
+          pip install --upgrade qiskit
           pip install --upgrade pyscf
           pip install 'pytest<8.1.0'  
           pip install pytest-mock pytest-cov flaky pytest-benchmark
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run PennyLane device integration tests
         run: |
-          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=qasm_simulator
+          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicsim --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=basic_simulator
           pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000
-          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator
-          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=aer_simulator_unitary
+          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator
+          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=unitary_simulator
 
       - name: Run plugin tests
         run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests --tb=short -k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-stable.yml b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-stable.yml
index 28d7da7..3e4268e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qiskit-latest-stable.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install requirements
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install --upgrade 'qiskit<0.46.0'
+          pip install --upgrade qiskit
           pip install --upgrade pyscf
           pip install 'pytest<8.1.0' 
           pip install pytest-mock pytest-cov flaky pytest-benchmark
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ jobs:
           if ! [ -x "$(command -v pl-device-test)" ]; then
             echo 'Error: Version of PennyLane does not provide device integration tests.' >&2
           else
-            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=qasm_simulator
+            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicsim --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=basic_simulator
             pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000
-            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator
-            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=aer_simulator_unitary
+            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator
+            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=unitary_simulator
           fi
 
       - name: Run plugin tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-latest.yml
index 6b5ecc0..9f65cd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-latest.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install requirements
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install --upgrade 'qiskit<0.46.0'
+          pip install --upgrade qiskit
           pip install --upgrade pyscf
           pip install 'pytest<8.1.0' 
           pip install pytest-mock pytest-cov flaky pytest-benchmark
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run PennyLane device integration tests
         run: |
-          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=qasm_simulator
+          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicsim --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=basic_simulator
           pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000
-          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator
-          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=aer_simulator_unitary
+          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator
+          pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=unitary_simulator
 
       - name: Run plugin tests
         run: python -m pytest plugin_repo/tests -W "error::pennylane.PennyLaneDeprecationWarning" --tb=short -k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-stable.yml b/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-stable.yml
index ba46219..929026c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qiskit-stable-stable.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install requirements
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install --upgrade 'qiskit<0.46.0'
+          pip install --upgrade qiskit
           pip install --upgrade pyscf
           pip install 'pytest<8.1.0' 
           pip install pytest-mock pytest-cov flaky pytest-benchmark
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ jobs:
           if ! [ -x "$(command -v pl-device-test)" ]; then
             echo 'Error: Version of PennyLane does not provide device integration tests.' >&2
           else
-            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=qasm_simulator
+            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicsim --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=basic_simulator
             pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000
-            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator
-            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=aer_simulator_unitary
+            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator
+            pl-device-test --device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=unitary_simulator
           fi
 
       - name: Run plugin tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 526e6ea..909325a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ All entries in the matrix are tested against PennyLane latest (GitHub master).
   and `test_runtime.py` tests on the latest version of Pennylane and the plugin twice a week. 
   Their status is shown below:
 
-|                                                                |                                                                                                             Status                                                                                                             |
-| :------------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| [Qiskit-IBMQ](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit) | [![GitHub Workflow Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/ibmq_tests.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/actions/workflows/ibmq_tests.yml) |
+|                                                                    | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
+|:-------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| [Qiskit-IBMQ](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit)     | [![GitHub Workflow Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/ibmq_tests.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/actions/workflows/ibmq_tests.yml)     |
+| [Qiskit-IBMQ 1.0](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit) | [![GitHub Workflow Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/ibmq_tests_1.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/actions/workflows/ibmq_tests_1.yml) |
 
 ## QML repo
 
diff --git a/compile.py b/compile.py
index 05a21a6..9f9db95 100644
--- a/compile.py
+++ b/compile.py
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
         "plugin": "qiskit",
         "gh_user": "PennyLaneAI",
         "which": ["latest", "stable"],
-        "requirements": ["'qiskit<0.46.0'", "pyscf"],
+        "requirements": ["qiskit", "pyscf"],
         "device_tests": [
-            "--device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=qasm_simulator",
+            "--device=qiskit.basicsim --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000 --device-kwargs backend=basic_simulator",
             "--device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=20000",
-            "--device=qiskit.basicaer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator",
-            "--device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=aer_simulator_unitary",
+            "--device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=statevector_simulator",
+            "--device=qiskit.aer --tb=short --skip-ops --shots=None --device-kwargs backend=unitary_simulator",
         ],
         "test_kwargs": ["-k 'not test_ibmq.py and not test_runtime.py'"],
         "token": "IBMQX_TOKEN",