diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed54178..46aa37a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 - un-deprecated `#path` in both `Operation` classes (marked deprecated in 0.7.0)
+- added `#ops` as alias for `#operations` in all message classes
 - fixed `CommitMessage#prev_data` throwing an error if `prevData` is nil
 - updated Firehose message constructors to verify that required fields aren't nil (not only that they're present), and for `LabelsMessage` that `labels` is an array
 
diff --git a/lib/skyfall/firehose/commit_message.rb b/lib/skyfall/firehose/commit_message.rb
index 551ac29..767b71b 100644
--- a/lib/skyfall/firehose/commit_message.rb
+++ b/lib/skyfall/firehose/commit_message.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ module Skyfall
       @operations ||= @data_object['ops'].map { |op| Firehose::Operation.new(self, op) }
     end
 
+    alias ops operations
+
     # Looks up record data assigned to a given operation in the commit's CAR archive.
     # @param op [Firehose::Operation]
     # @return [Hash, nil]
diff --git a/lib/skyfall/firehose/message.rb b/lib/skyfall/firehose/message.rb
index 3a9468d..b2bd0bb 100644
--- a/lib/skyfall/firehose/message.rb
+++ b/lib/skyfall/firehose/message.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ module Skyfall
       []
     end
 
+    alias ops operations
+
     #
     # @return [Boolean] true if the message is {Firehose::UnknownMessage} (of unrecognized type)
     #
diff --git a/lib/skyfall/jetstream/commit_message.rb b/lib/skyfall/jetstream/commit_message.rb
index cdae651..dce7125 100644
--- a/lib/skyfall/jetstream/commit_message.rb
+++ b/lib/skyfall/jetstream/commit_message.rb
@@ -45,5 +45,7 @@ module Skyfall
     def operations
       [operation]
     end
+
+    alias ops operations
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/skyfall/jetstream/message.rb b/lib/skyfall/jetstream/message.rb
index 9a7ec6b..5203234 100644
--- a/lib/skyfall/jetstream/message.rb
+++ b/lib/skyfall/jetstream/message.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ module Skyfall
       []
     end
 
+    alias ops operations
+
     #
     # Timestamp decoded from the message.
     #
diff --git a/spec/firehose/account_message_spec.rb b/spec/firehose/account_message_spec.rb
index 63b0f19..fbc628d 100644
--- a/spec/firehose/account_message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/firehose/account_message_spec.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ describe Skyfall::Firehose::AccountMessage do
     it 'should have an operations field that returns []' do
       message = build_message(cbor)
       message.operations.should == []
+      message.ops.should == []
     end
 
     context 'for an active account' do
diff --git a/spec/firehose/commit_message_spec.rb b/spec/firehose/commit_message_spec.rb
index e64f7a7..08f279c 100644
--- a/spec/firehose/commit_message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/firehose/commit_message_spec.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ describe Skyfall::Firehose::CommitMessage do
       message.operations[0].collection.should == "app.bsky.feed.post"
       message.operations[0].rkey.should == "3mt37ifa2ev2f"
       message.operations[0].action.should == :create
+
+      message.ops.should equal(message.operations)
     end
 
     it 'should parse blocks' do
diff --git a/spec/firehose/identity_message_spec.rb b/spec/firehose/identity_message_spec.rb
index 974e2b1..93e7bbd 100644
--- a/spec/firehose/identity_message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/firehose/identity_message_spec.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ describe Skyfall::Firehose::IdentityMessage do
     it 'should have an operations field that returns []' do
       message = build_message(cbor)
       message.operations.should == []
+      message.ops.should == []
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/firehose/info_message_spec.rb b/spec/firehose/info_message_spec.rb
index 7ae8ed9..5b0daa9 100644
--- a/spec/firehose/info_message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/firehose/info_message_spec.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ describe Skyfall::Firehose::InfoMessage do
     it 'should have an operations field that returns []' do
       message = build_message(cbor)
       message.operations.should == []
+      message.ops.should == []
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/firehose/labels_message_spec.rb b/spec/firehose/labels_message_spec.rb
index a3c6adf..a37e52d 100644
--- a/spec/firehose/labels_message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/firehose/labels_message_spec.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ describe Skyfall::Firehose::LabelsMessage do
     it 'should have an operations field that returns []' do
       message = build_message(cbor)
       message.operations.should == []
+      message.ops.should == []
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/firehose/sync_message_spec.rb b/spec/firehose/sync_message_spec.rb
index 3624cc7..72cea94 100644
--- a/spec/firehose/sync_message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/firehose/sync_message_spec.rb
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ describe Skyfall::Firehose::SyncMessage do
     it 'should have an operations field that returns []' do
       message = build_message(cbor)
       message.operations.should == []
+      message.ops.should == []
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/firehose/unknown_message_spec.rb b/spec/firehose/unknown_message_spec.rb
index a1811b7..07e598c 100644
--- a/spec/firehose/unknown_message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/firehose/unknown_message_spec.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ describe Skyfall::Firehose::UnknownMessage do
     it 'should have an operations field that returns []' do
       message = build_message(cbor)
       message.operations.should == []
+      message.ops.should == []
     end
   end
 end