Use new Session.from_id() method in qiskit-ibm-runtime

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   [![Release](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/circuit-knitting-toolbox.svg?label=Release)](https://github.com/Qiskit-Extensions/circuit-knitting-toolbox/releases)
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-  [![Qiskit](https://img.shields.io/badge/Qiskit-%E2%89%A5%200.43.0-6133BD?logo=qiskit)](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit)
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circuit_knitting/forging/entanglement_forging_knitter.py

@@ -428,8 +428,9 @@ def close_sessions(self) -> None:
                         f"There was a problem closing session id ({session_id}). "
                         "No backend to associate with session."
                     )
-                session = Session(service=self.service, backend=self._backend_names[i])
-                session._session_id = session_id
+                session = Session.from_id(
+                    session_id, service=self.service, backend=self._backend_names[i]
+                )
                 session.close()
 
         return
@@ -658,8 +659,7 @@ def _estimate_expvals(
                 "If passing a QiskitRuntimeService, a list of backend names must be specified."
             )
         service = QiskitRuntimeService(**service_args)
-        session = Session(service=service, backend=backend_name)
-        session._session_id = session_id
+        session = Session.from_id(session_id, service=service, backend=backend_name)
         estimator = Estimator(session=session, options=options)
 
         job = estimator.run(

pyproject.toml

@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.23.0",
     "scipy>=1.5.2",
-    "rustworkx>=0.12.0",
+    "rustworkx>=0.13.0",
     "qiskit-aer>=0.12.0",
-    "qiskit>=0.43.0",
+    "qiskit>=0.44.1",
     "qiskit-algorithms>=0.2.1",
     "qiskit-nature>=0.6.0, <0.7",
-    "qiskit-ibm-runtime>=0.9.2",
+    "qiskit-ibm-runtime>=0.12.2",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]

releasenotes/notes/qiskit-0.44-required-5eec7abe45b88ecc.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The minimum supported version of ``qiskit`` is now 0.44.1, and the
+    minimum supported version of ``qiskit-ibm-runtime`` is now 0.12.2.