diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 053795f92..a99feee59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
-### Operations
+### Changed
+
+- Removed the `.operations` and `.observables` attributes on `QEDevice`
+
+### Operation
 
+- Set `pennylane` to `pennylane>=0.33.0`
 - Remove `boto3` dependency from `tests/requirements.txt`
 
 ## [0.232.0-rc.0] - 2023-12-01
diff --git a/covalent/_workflow/qdevice.py b/covalent/_workflow/qdevice.py
index 418c167f9..4fdd00360 100644
--- a/covalent/_workflow/qdevice.py
+++ b/covalent/_workflow/qdevice.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 from pennylane import QubitDevice
 from pennylane import numpy as np
-from pennylane.devices.default_qubit import DefaultQubit
 
 from ..quantum.qclient.core import middleware
 
@@ -42,9 +41,6 @@ class QEDevice(QubitDevice):
     version = "0.0.1"
     author = "aq"
 
-    operations = DefaultQubit.operations
-    observables = DefaultQubit.observables
-
     def __init__(
         self,
         wires=1,
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bdffc7147..cb0d6fd46 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mpire>=2.7.1
 natsort>=8.4.0
 networkx>=2.8.6
 orjson>=3.8.10
-pennylane>=0.31.1,<0.33.0
+pennylane>=0.33.0
 psutil>=5.9.0
 pydantic>=2.1.1
 python-multipart>=0.0.6