diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 577f2dd..0128e64 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 requires = [
   "nanobind~=2.13.0",
   "setuptools-scm>=9.2.2",
-  "scikit-build-core>=0.12.2",
+  "scikit-build-core~=0.12",
 ]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ repair-wheel-command = "uvx abi3audit --strict --report {wheel}"
 build = [
     "nanobind~=2.13.0",
     "setuptools-scm>=9.2.2",
-    "scikit-build-core>=0.12.2",
+    "scikit-build-core~=0.12",
 ]
 test = [
     "pytest>=9.0.1",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index dca8fb0..d3b1e5c 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ provides-extras = ["check"]
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 build = [
     { name = "nanobind", specifier = "~=2.13.0" },
-    { name = "scikit-build-core", specifier = ">=0.12.2" },
+    { name = "scikit-build-core", specifier = "~=0.12" },
     { name = "setuptools-scm", specifier = ">=9.2.2" },
 ]
 dev = [
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-sugar", specifier = ">=1.1.1" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist", specifier = ">=3.8.0" },
     { name = "qiskit", specifier = ">=1.2.4" },
-    { name = "scikit-build-core", specifier = ">=0.12.2" },
+    { name = "scikit-build-core", specifier = "~=0.12" },
     { name = "scipy", specifier = ">=1.13.1" },
     { name = "scipy", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.13'", specifier = ">=1.15" },
     { name = "scipy", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.14'", specifier = ">=1.16.2" },