diff --git a/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c b/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c
index 6044411a75..0aa56bffbc 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "networkd-manager.h"
 #include "networkd-queue.h"
 #include "networkd-route.h"
+#include "networkd-state-file.h"
 #include "string-table.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 
@@ -351,7 +352,10 @@ static int dhcp6_lease_information_acquired(sd_dhcp6_client *client, Link *link)
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Failed to get DHCPv6 lease: %m");
 
-        return unref_and_replace_full(link->dhcp6_lease, lease, sd_dhcp6_lease_ref, sd_dhcp6_lease_unref);
+        unref_and_replace_full(link->dhcp6_lease, lease, sd_dhcp6_lease_ref, sd_dhcp6_lease_unref);
+
+        link_dirty(link);
+        return 0;
 }
 
 static int dhcp6_lease_lost(Link *link) {
diff --git a/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py b/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
index 58c289748d..f4c8a62768 100755
--- a/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
+++ b/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
@@ -5126,7 +5126,6 @@ class NetworkdDHCPClientTests(unittest.TestCase, Utilities):
         # Let's wait for the expected DNS server being listed in the state file.
         for _ in range(100):
             output = read_link_state_file('veth99')
-            print(output)
             if 'DNS=2600::ee' in output:
                 break
             time.sleep(.2)