diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2f3aaff..cad4cff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ requires-python = "~=3.8"
 # You should include the dependencies of the code in src/. You should also include the
 # dependencies of any charmlibs that the charm uses (copy the dependencies from PYDEPS).
 dependencies = [
-    "ops==2.23.4",
+    "ops==3.8.2",
     "cosl",
     "netifaces2",
 ]