diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 8673867adb..5b25b8b3e0 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1022,13 +1022,13 @@ signedtoken = ["cryptography (>=3.0.0)", "pyjwt (>=2.0.0,<3)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ops"
-version = "2.8.0"
+version = "2.9.0"
 description = "The Python library behind great charms"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "ops-2.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:31736fd98f327d3a4b8825e5d37c077ec838dd0b2579ffbb3852521b01f37b98"},
-    {file = "ops-2.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bf7788fc6a79ee6fc9cc21f98be80fa685a605257ea8e5406f08a2e0a2dcdcb5"},
+    {file = "ops-2.9.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1d443e4d45e0c2443b8334d37a177287f22a12ee0cb02a30cf7c3159316cb643"},
+    {file = "ops-2.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d3c541659eded56f42f9c18270408cc6313895968f1360b3f1de75c99cc99ada"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_charm.py b/tests/unit/test_charm.py
index 0cabc75dac..3d88f4c0be 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_charm.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_charm.py
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ def test_on_get_password(self):
 
     @pytest.mark.usefixtures("only_with_juju_secrets")
     def test_on_get_password_secrets(self):
+        self.harness.set_leader()
+
         # Create a mock event and set passwords in peer relation data.
         mock_event = MagicMock(params={})
         self.harness.charm.set_secret("app", "operator-password", "test-password")
@@ -803,7 +805,8 @@ def test_set_secret_returning_secret_label(self, scope):
     @parameterized.expand([("app"), ("unit")])
     @pytest.mark.usefixtures("only_with_juju_secrets")
     def test_set_reset_new_secret(self, scope):
-        """NOTE: currently ops.testing seems to allow for non-leader to set secrets too!"""
+        self.harness.set_leader()
+
         # Getting current password
         self.harness.charm.set_secret(scope, "new-secret", "bla")
         assert self.harness.charm.get_secret(scope, "new-secret") == "bla"
@@ -869,7 +872,8 @@ def test_delete_password(self):
     @pytest.mark.usefixtures("only_with_juju_secrets")
     @pytest.mark.usefixtures("use_caplog")
     def test_delete_existing_password_secrets(self):
-        """NOTE: currently ops.testing seems to allow for non-leader to remove secrets too!"""
+        self.harness.set_leader()
+
         assert self.harness.charm.set_secret("app", "replication", "somepw")
         self.harness.charm.remove_secret("app", "replication")
         assert self.harness.charm.get_secret("app", "replication") is None