diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 9d9841c..572a7f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ jobs:
           sed -i.bak -e '/unreleased_version_title:*/d' releasenotes/config.yaml
           echo unreleased_version_title: \"Upcoming release \(\`\`${GITHUB_REF_NAME}\`\`\)\" >> releasenotes/config.yaml
       - name: Build docs
-        shell: bash
         run: |
-          tox -edocs
+          tox -e docs
       - name: Upload docs artifact for GitHub Pages
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 37354f0..43c31f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install tox
       - name: Run lint check
-        shell: bash
         run: |
-          tox -elint
+          tox -e lint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_development_versions.yml b/.github/workflows/test_development_versions.yml
index 184c7fb..ae28c00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_development_versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_development_versions.yml
@@ -28,32 +28,28 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Determine development versions
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          # NOTE: by determining the current git commit SHAs, we can ensure that
-          # the individually run tox environments indeed actually use the exact
-          # same versions (which may not be the case if at the exact time a new
-          # commit gets added to the respective repositories).
-          # Additionally, using these commit SHAs ensures that the locally built
-          # Python wheels get cached, ensuring a faster tox environment setup
-          # for the multiple jobs below.
-          QISKIT_SHA=$(git ls-remote "https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit" | grep HEAD | awk '{print $1}')
-          echo "QISKIT_SHA=$QISKIT_SHA" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "Using Qiskit/qiskit @ $QISKIT_SHA"
-          QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_SHA=$(git ls-remote "https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime" | grep HEAD | awk '{print $1}')
-          echo "QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_SHA=$QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_SHA" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "Using Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime @ $QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_SHA"
-      - name: Pinning development versions
-        shell: bash
+      - name: Upgrade pip
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install tox extremal-python-dependencies==0.0.3
-          extremal-python-dependencies pin-dependencies \
-              "qiskit @ git+https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit.git@$QISKIT_SHA" \
-              "qiskit-ibm-runtime @ git+https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime.git@$QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_SHA" \
-              --inplace
-      - name: Test using tox environment
+      - name: Install tools from pypi
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install tox build extremal-python-dependencies==0.0.3
+      - name: Build Qiskit SDK development wheel
+        run: |
+          git clone https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit
+          cd qiskit
+          python -m build --wheel
+      - name: Build qiskit-ibm-runtime development wheel
+        run: |
+          git clone https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime
+          cd qiskit-ibm-runtime
+          python -m build --wheel
+      - name: Pin development versions
         shell: bash
+        run: >-
+          extremal-python-dependencies pin-dependencies --inplace
+          "qiskit @ file:$(echo qiskit/dist/*.whl)"
+          "qiskit-ibm-runtime @ file:$(echo qiskit-ibm-runtime/dist/*.whl)"
+      - name: Test using tox environment
         run: |
-          tox -e py,notebook,doctest
+          tox -e py,notebook,doctest --parallel --parallel-no-spinner
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_minimum_versions.yml b/.github/workflows/test_minimum_versions.yml
index 832008d..1cc5ff0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_minimum_versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_minimum_versions.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ jobs:
           pip install "tox==$(extremal-python-dependencies get-tox-minversion)"
           extremal-python-dependencies pin-dependencies-to-minimum --inplace
       - name: Test using tox environment
-        shell: bash
         run: |
           tox -e py,notebook,doctest --parallel --parallel-no-spinner