diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ae796b14..c8a95c56 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cosl
 distro
-ops >= 2.2.0
+git+https://github.com/canonical/operator.git@main#egg=ops
 jinja2
 redfish  # requests is included in this
 pydantic < 2
diff --git a/src/charm.py b/src/charm.py
index 7f5a4277..1d6db83e 100755
--- a/src/charm.py
+++ b/src/charm.py
@@ -287,4 +287,4 @@ def cos_agent_related(self) -> bool:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: nocover
-    ops.main(HardwareObserverCharm)  # type: ignore
+    ops.main(HardwareObserverCharm)