From 2b2be0307ff17966e9687ecfa581b3df536f348b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raynel Sanchez <87539502+raynelfss@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:05:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare 0.46.2 release (#12616)

---
 Cargo.lock                                              | 4 ++--
 Cargo.toml                                              | 2 +-
 constraints.txt                                         | 2 +-
 docs/conf.py                                            | 2 +-
 qiskit/VERSION.txt                                      | 2 +-
 qiskit_pkg/setup.py                                     | 4 ++--
 releasenotes/notes/prepare-0.46.2-cb6dd16bd95224be.yaml | 3 +++
 setup.py                                                | 2 +-
 8 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 releasenotes/notes/prepare-0.46.2-cb6dd16bd95224be.yaml

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b1eaf226a7b7..2114891f68bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "qiskit-qasm2"
-version = "0.46.1"
+version = "0.46.2"
 dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.14.0",
  "pyo3",
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "qiskit_accelerate"
-version = "0.46.1"
+version = "0.46.2"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "hashbrown 0.14.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e7d795ba8fd7..83f7ad6c4e7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 members = ["crates/*"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.46.1"
+version = "0.46.2"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.64"  # Keep in sync with README.md and rust-toolchain.toml.
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/constraints.txt b/constraints.txt
index fadbf1efabe3..e1f501598d35 100644
--- a/constraints.txt
+++ b/constraints.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ scipy<1.11; python_version<'3.12'
 # Aer 0.13 causes several randomised tests to begin failing, and some
 # `QuantumInstance` use of noise models to raise exceptions.  These need fixes
 # on Terra.
-qiskit-aer==0.12.2
+qiskit-aer<0.13.0
 
 # z3-solver from 4.12.3 onwards upped the minimum macOS API version for its
 # wheels to 11.7. The Azure VM images contain pre-built CPythons, of which at
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a4ee2f9c57b5..698a3d6e7805 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version
 version = "0.46"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "0.46.1"
+release = "0.46.2"
 
 language = "en"
 
diff --git a/qiskit/VERSION.txt b/qiskit/VERSION.txt
index 620104d82084..43c125a0bb40 100644
--- a/qiskit/VERSION.txt
+++ b/qiskit/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.46.1
+0.46.2
diff --git a/qiskit_pkg/setup.py b/qiskit_pkg/setup.py
index 166d07808a10..7f8ba3471a43 100644
--- a/qiskit_pkg/setup.py
+++ b/qiskit_pkg/setup.py
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 with open(README_PATH) as readme_file:
     README = readme_file.read()
 
-requirements = ["qiskit-terra==0.46.1"]
+requirements = ["qiskit-terra==0.46.2"]
 
 setup(
     name="qiskit",
-    version="0.46.1",
+    version="0.46.2",
     description="Software for developing quantum computing programs",
     long_description=README,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/prepare-0.46.2-cb6dd16bd95224be.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/prepare-0.46.2-cb6dd16bd95224be.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45b08468e4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/prepare-0.46.2-cb6dd16bd95224be.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+prelude: >
+    Qiskit 0.46.2 is a minor bug-fix and backport release for the 0.46 series.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a398f0ecf242..47518916844c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="qiskit-terra",
-    version="0.46.1",
+    version="0.46.2",
     description="Software for developing quantum computing programs",
     long_description=README,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",