diff --git a/voltha-adapter-openonu/Chart.yaml b/voltha-adapter-openonu/Chart.yaml
index a2e6b69..4e23f38 100644
--- a/voltha-adapter-openonu/Chart.yaml
+++ b/voltha-adapter-openonu/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: "v1"
 name: "voltha-adapter-openonu"
-version: "2.8.0"
+version: "2.8.1"
 description: "A Helm chart for Voltha OpenONU Adapter"
 keywords:
   - "onf"
diff --git a/voltha-adapter-openonu/templates/openonu-go-deploy.yaml b/voltha-adapter-openonu/templates/openonu-go-deploy.yaml
index 1ea2980..4c2826b 100644
--- a/voltha-adapter-openonu/templates/openonu-go-deploy.yaml
+++ b/voltha-adapter-openonu/templates/openonu-go-deploy.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
             - "--kafka_cluster_address={{ tpl .Values.services.kafka.cluster.address . }}"
             - "--core_topic={{ tpl .Values.adapter_open_onu.topics.core_topic . }}"
             - "--adapter_topic={{ tpl .Values.adapter_open_onu.topics.adapter_open_onu_topic . }}"
+            - "--event_topic={{ .Values.adapter_open_onu.topics.event_topic }}"
             - "--kv_store_address={{ tpl .Values.services.etcd.address . }}"
             - "--kv_store_request_timeout={{ tpl .Values.adapter_open_onu.kv_store_timeout . }}"
             - "--log_level={{ $log_level }}"
diff --git a/voltha-adapter-openonu/values.yaml b/voltha-adapter-openonu/values.yaml
index 972ffe0..5b618d6 100644
--- a/voltha-adapter-openonu/values.yaml
+++ b/voltha-adapter-openonu/values.yaml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
   topics:
     core_topic: "{{ .Values.global.stack_name }}_rwcore"
     adapter_open_onu_topic: "{{ .Values.global.stack_name }}_brcm_openomci_onu"
+    event_topic: "voltha.events"
 
 images:
   adapter_open_onu_go: