diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index afff7cca..aebeff3b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
   "cosl==1.10.2",
   "jsonschema==4.26.0",
-  "ops==3.8.0",
+  "ops==3.8.1",
   "pydantic==2.10.6",
 ]
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 48100927..4fcb8aef 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ unit = [
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "cosl", specifier = "==1.10.2" },
     { name = "jsonschema", specifier = "==4.26.0" },
-    { name = "ops", specifier = "==3.8.0" },
+    { name = "ops", specifier = "==3.8.1" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = "==2.10.6" },
 ]
 
@@ -1293,16 +1293,16 @@ wheels = [
 
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 name = "ops"
-version = "3.8.0"
+version = "3.8.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "opentelemetry-api" },
     { name = "pyyaml" },
     { name = "websocket-client" },
 ]
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d5/f2/051eb0c0e394fd3ceb57b39b016a816429040d27c569aa84078960c53a1a/ops-3.8.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6da38925e40ee4d72f9c5a9bf3e3228d18f0d25fa7ae9894b9c2f34b43771159", size = 215655, upload-time = "2026-07-30T02:58:48.713Z" },
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 [package.optional-dependencies]
@@ -1312,16 +1312,16 @@ testing = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ops-scenario"
-version = "8.8.0"
+version = "8.8.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "ops" },
     { name = "pyyaml" },
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
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+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f6/dd/90923eb4a47903866979a64f1451e63a78623b680d4b95b4138ff407d9e8/ops_scenario-8.8.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f5c144c1c63232eb4ba6b424c50230b485dab1734ca74b25ff7b555847a6527f", size = 86670, upload-time = "2026-07-30T02:58:54.491Z" }
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f5/f6/9918edafc6279fbc4664754e145632d4e5c8317031e0902faf8e91980e3f/ops_scenario-8.8.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:18ecb8a89d23658b7d04b2ef6651144f442cfe2ddcc9a82893e532ccd83a58d0", size = 74663, upload-time = "2026-07-30T02:58:50.334Z" },
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 [[package]]