diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 01a763c81b..7601abde1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e .
-          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
+          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -e .
       - name: Run black
         run: make style
       - name: Run lint
@@ -99,8 +98,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e .
-          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
+          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -e .
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: make unit-test-coverage
       - name: Report coverage to coveralls.io
@@ -142,8 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e .
-          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
+          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -e .
       - name: Run integration tests
         run: make integration-test
   tests-finished:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
index 5773e3551f..0738bccc7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e .
-          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
+          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -e .
       - name: Run e2e tests
-        run: make e2e-test
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: make e2e-test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index a3c6c2cf4e..f6b4b4c01d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e .
-          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
+          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -e .
       - name: Run integration tests
         run: make integration-test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/q-ctrl-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/q-ctrl-tests.yml
index bec27ac697..9711955846 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/q-ctrl-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/q-ctrl-tests.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e .
-          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
+          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -e .
       - name: Run q-ctrl tests
         run: python -m unittest test/qctrl/test_qctrl.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests-terra-main.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests-terra-main.yml
index 20f99bcb15..70e0b0933e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests-terra-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests-terra-main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   unit-tests-latest-qiskit-terra:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
-    name: Run unit tests with latest code of qiskit-terra
+    name: Run unit tests with latest code of Qiskit
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     env:
       LOG_LEVEL: DEBUG
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e .
-          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
-          pip install -U git+https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-terra.git
+          # Installing the complete environment should happen in one `pip install` step,
+          # or pip will generally allow broken combinations of packages to be installed.
+          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -e . git+https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit.git
       - name: Run tests
         # running unit tests against latest (non-released) code of qiskit-terra gives a basic level
         # of confidence that the integration between qiskit-ibm-runtime and qiskit-terra works
-        run: make unit-test
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: make unit-test