diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f2ac4d0..bfce73a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "scikit-build-core~=0.12",
+  "scikit-build-core~=1.0.3",
   "setuptools-scm>=9.2.2",
   "pennylane-catalyst~=0.15.0",
 ]
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ exclude = [
 
 [dependency-groups]
 build = [
-  "scikit-build-core~=0.12",
+  "scikit-build-core~=1.0.3",
   "setuptools-scm>=9.2.2",
   "pennylane-catalyst~=0.15.0",
 ]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index d2cf737..eeefd0e 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ requires-dist = [{ name = "pennylane-catalyst", specifier = "~=0.15.0" }]
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 build = [
     { name = "pennylane-catalyst", specifier = "~=0.15.0" },
-    { name = "scikit-build-core", specifier = "~=0.12" },
+    { name = "scikit-build-core", specifier = "~=1.0.3" },
     { name = "setuptools-scm", specifier = ">=9.2.2" },
 ]
 dev = [
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = ">=7.0.0" },
     { name = "pytest-sugar", specifier = ">=1.1.1" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist", specifier = ">=3.8.0" },
-    { name = "scikit-build-core", specifier = "~=0.12" },
+    { name = "scikit-build-core", specifier = "~=1.0.3" },
     { name = "setuptools-scm", specifier = ">=9.2.2" },
 ]
 docs = [
@@ -1846,15 +1846,15 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "scikit-build-core"
-version = "0.12.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "packaging" },
     { name = "pathspec" },
 ]
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b7/b0/7ad8fa9aebb0835b2e20afebf1483cbe175d1612fe01e85042ce9ced8755/scikit_build_core-1.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ae95427b7d3c14a6cf8bbfd4d901f6138ab64c99e20cbe8ea7d75cd26093f085", size = 278294, upload-time = "2026-07-12T05:08:28.725Z" },
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 [[package]]