diff --git a/charms/jimm-k8s/lib/charms/openfga_k8s/v0/openfga.py b/charms/jimm-k8s/lib/charms/openfga_k8s/v0/openfga.py
index 8160715ce..4cd3e8a31 100644
--- a/charms/jimm-k8s/lib/charms/openfga_k8s/v0/openfga.py
+++ b/charms/jimm-k8s/lib/charms/openfga_k8s/v0/openfga.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def _on_openfga_store_created(self, event: OpenFGAStoreCreateEvent):
 
 # Increment this PATCH version before using `charmcraft publish-lib` or reset
 # to 0 if you are raising the major API version
-LIBPATCH = 3
+LIBPATCH = 4
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -88,23 +88,27 @@ class OpenFGAEvent(RelationEvent):
 
     @property
     def store_id(self):
-        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("store_id")
+        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("store_id", "")
 
     @property
     def token_secret_id(self):
-        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("token_secret_id")
+        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("token_secret_id", "")
+    
+    @property
+    def token(self):
+        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("token", "")
 
     @property
     def address(self):
-        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("address")
+        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("address", "")
 
     @property
     def scheme(self):
-        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("scheme")
+        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("scheme", "")
 
     @property
     def port(self):
-        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("port")
+        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("port", "")
 
 
 class OpenFGAStoreCreateEvent(OpenFGAEvent):
diff --git a/charms/jimm-k8s/src/charm.py b/charms/jimm-k8s/src/charm.py
index 847b4640a..1037c80cb 100755
--- a/charms/jimm-k8s/src/charm.py
+++ b/charms/jimm-k8s/src/charm.py
@@ -62,17 +62,17 @@
 
 WORKLOAD_CONTAINER = "jimm"
 
-REQUIRED_SETTINGS = [
-    "JIMM_UUID",
-    "JIMM_DSN",
-    "CANDID_URL",
-    "OPENFGA_STORE",
-    "OPENFGA_AUTH_MODEL",
-    "OPENFGA_HOST",
-    "OPENFGA_SCHEME",
-    "OPENFGA_TOKEN",
-    "OPENFGA_PORT",
-]
+REQUIRED_SETTINGS = {
+    "JIMM_UUID": "missing uuid configuration",
+    "JIMM_DSN": "missing postgresql relation",
+    "CANDID_URL": "missing candid-url configuration",
+    "OPENFGA_STORE": "missing openfga relation",
+    "OPENFGA_AUTH_MODEL": "run create-authorization-model action",
+    "OPENFGA_HOST": "missing openfga relation",
+    "OPENFGA_SCHEME": "missing openfga relation",
+    "OPENFGA_TOKEN": "missing openfga relation",
+    "OPENFGA_PORT": "missing openfga relation",
+}
 
 DATABASE_NAME = "jimm"
 OPENFGA_STORE_NAME = "jimm"
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def _on_stop(self, _):
         """Stop JIMM."""
         container = self.unit.get_container(WORKLOAD_CONTAINER)
         if container.can_connect():
-            container.stop()
+            container.stop("jimm")
         self._ready()
 
     def _on_update_status(self, _):
@@ -395,10 +395,10 @@ def _ready(self):
 
             env_vars = plan.services.get("jimm").environment
 
-            for setting in REQUIRED_SETTINGS:
+            for setting, message in REQUIRED_SETTINGS.items():
                 if not env_vars.get(setting, ""):
                     self.unit.status = BlockedStatus(
-                        "{} configuration value not set".format(setting),
+                        "{} configuration value not set: {}".format(setting, message),
                     )
                     return False
 
@@ -586,11 +586,14 @@ def _on_openfga_store_created(self, event: OpenFGAStoreCreateEvent):
         if not event.store_id:
             return
 
-        # secret = self.model.get_secret(id=event.token_secret_id)
-        # secret_content = secret.get_content()
+        token = event.token
+        if event.token_secret_id:
+            secret = self.model.get_secret(id=event.token_secret_id)
+            secret_content = secret.get_content()
+            token = secret_content["token"]
 
         self._state.openfga_store_id = event.store_id
-        self._state.openfga_token = event.token  # secret_content["token"]
+        self._state.openfga_token = token
         self._state.openfga_address = event.address
         self._state.openfga_port = event.port
         self._state.openfga_scheme = event.scheme
diff --git a/charms/jimm/charmcraft.yaml b/charms/jimm/charmcraft.yaml
index 61ae36388..9d6375eb3 100644
--- a/charms/jimm/charmcraft.yaml
+++ b/charms/jimm/charmcraft.yaml
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ type: "charm"
 parts:
   charm:
     prime:
-    - ./templates
-    - ./files
-    - README.md
-    charm-python-packages: [setuptools]
+      - ./templates
+      - ./files
+      - README.md
+    charm-python-packages:
+      - setuptools
+      - cosl
+      - pydantic==1.10
 bases:
   # Ensure run-on is the same or newer than build-on
   # since jimm-server is a Go binary using CGO dependencies
   - build-on:
-    - name: "ubuntu"
-      channel: "20.04"
+      - name: "ubuntu"
+        channel: "20.04"
     run-on:
-    - name: "ubuntu"
-      channel: "20.04"
+      - name: "ubuntu"
+        channel: "20.04"
diff --git a/charms/jimm/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py b/charms/jimm/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py
index 0acaed361..a75683fb1 100644
--- a/charms/jimm/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py
+++ b/charms/jimm/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class _MetricsEndpointDict(TypedDict):
 LIBAPI = 0
 LIBPATCH = 3
 
-PYDEPS = ["cosl", "pydantic"]
+PYDEPS = ["cosl", "pydantic==1.10"]
 
 DEFAULT_RELATION_NAME = "cos-agent"
 DEFAULT_PEER_RELATION_NAME = "peers"
diff --git a/charms/jimm/lib/charms/openfga_k8s/v0/openfga.py b/charms/jimm/lib/charms/openfga_k8s/v0/openfga.py
index 8160715ce..09d86f20e 100644
--- a/charms/jimm/lib/charms/openfga_k8s/v0/openfga.py
+++ b/charms/jimm/lib/charms/openfga_k8s/v0/openfga.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def _on_openfga_store_created(self, event: OpenFGAStoreCreateEvent):
 
 # Increment this PATCH version before using `charmcraft publish-lib` or reset
 # to 0 if you are raising the major API version
-LIBPATCH = 3
+LIBPATCH = 4
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ def store_id(self):
     @property
     def token_secret_id(self):
         return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("token_secret_id")
+    
+    @property
+    def token(self):
+        return self.relation.data[self.relation.app].get("token")
 
     @property
     def address(self):
diff --git a/charms/jimm/requirements.txt b/charms/jimm/requirements.txt
index 222ed3a3d..ece277268 100644
--- a/charms/jimm/requirements.txt
+++ b/charms/jimm/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ Jinja2 >= 2.11.3
 ops >= 2.0.0
 charmhelpers >= 0.20.22
 hvac >= 0.11.0
-pydantic
+pydantic == 1.10
 cosl
diff --git a/charms/jimm/src/charm.py b/charms/jimm/src/charm.py
index 09d11d981..1ed190546 100755
--- a/charms/jimm/src/charm.py
+++ b/charms/jimm/src/charm.py
@@ -409,16 +409,19 @@ def _on_openfga_store_created(self, event: OpenFGAStoreCreateEvent):
         if not event.store_id:
             return
 
-        logger.error("token secret {}".format(event.token_secret_id))
-        secret = self.model.get_secret(id=event.token_secret_id)
-        secret_content = secret.get_content()
+        token = event.token
+        if event.token_secret_id:
+            logger.error("token secret {}".format(event.token_secret_id))
+            secret = self.model.get_secret(id=event.token_secret_id)
+            secret_content = secret.get_content()
+            token = secret_content["token"]
 
         args = {
             "openfga_host": event.address,
             "openfga_port": event.port,
             "openfga_scheme": event.scheme,
             "openfga_store": event.store_id,
-            "openfga_token": secret_content["token"],
+            "openfga_token": token,
         }
 
         with open(self._env_filename("openfga"), "wt") as f: