diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-qiskit-aer.yml b/.github/workflows/build-qiskit-aer.yml
index 640fe8a2d38d..6d67a9adcf7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-qiskit-aer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-qiskit-aer.yml
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ jobs:
             [build_requires]
             [env]
             PROFILE
+            # Upstream's own before-build (replaced above) also appends the bundled
+            # libraries' licence notices to LICENSE.txt from 0.18.0 on, and
+            # tools/verify_wheels.py checks for them.
+            if [ -f {project}/tools/wheels/append_bundled_licenses.sh ]; then
+              bash {project}/tools/wheels/append_bundled_licenses.sh {project}
+            fi
 
       - name: Check the wheel ships the extension and all licences
         run: |
diff --git a/docs/packages/qiskit-aer.yaml b/docs/packages/qiskit-aer.yaml
index 9bc6c72ac9a2..517c4a56fbba 100644
--- a/docs/packages/qiskit-aer.yaml
+++ b/docs/packages/qiskit-aer.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ versions:
   gpl-sources:
     filename: gpl-sources.tar
     description: gcc
+- version: 0.18.0