diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 15cf2731b..bb3a7f960 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ urllib3==1.26.12
 qpysequence==0.10.4
 h5py==3.11.0
 papermill==2.4.0
-qm-qua==1.2.0
+qm-qua==1.2.1a1
 qualang-tools==0.17.6
 networkx==3.2.1
 ruamel.yaml==0.18.6