diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index dd814caf7641..20ada530e452 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ reno>=3.4.0
 Sphinx>=5.0
 qiskit-sphinx-theme>=1.6
 sphinx-design>=0.2.0
-pygments>=2.4
+pygments>=2.4,<2.15
 scikit-learn>=0.20.0
 scikit-quant<=0.7;platform_system != 'Windows'
 jax;platform_system != 'Windows'