diff --git a/voltha/Chart.yaml b/voltha/Chart.yaml
index 23eb305..b3a9a71 100644
--- a/voltha/Chart.yaml
+++ b/voltha/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: "v1"
 name: "voltha"
-version: "2.9.3"
+version: "2.9.4"
 description: "A Helm chart for Voltha based on K8S resources in Voltha project"
 keywords:
   - "onf"
diff --git a/voltha/templates/core-deploy.yaml b/voltha/templates/core-deploy.yaml
index ba729f5..55d36c5 100644
--- a/voltha/templates/core-deploy.yaml
+++ b/voltha/templates/core-deploy.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
             - "--kafka_adapter_address={{ tpl .Values.services.kafka.adapter.address . }}"
             - "--kafka_cluster_address={{ tpl .Values.services.kafka.cluster.address . }}"
             - "--rw_core_topic={{ tpl .Values.rw_core.topics.core_topic . }}"
+            - "--event_topic={{ .Values.rw_core.topics.event_topic }}"
             - "--core_timeout={{ tpl .Values.rw_core.core_timeout . }}"
             - "--timeout_long_request={{ tpl .Values.rw_core.timeout_long_request . }}"
             - "--timeout_request={{ tpl .Values.rw_core.timeout_request . }}"
diff --git a/voltha/templates/ofagent-deploy.yaml b/voltha/templates/ofagent-deploy.yaml
index 87f76f3..b091224 100644
--- a/voltha/templates/ofagent-deploy.yaml
+++ b/voltha/templates/ofagent-deploy.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
         - "--kv_store_type=etcd"
         - "--kv_store_request_timeout=60s"
         - "--log_level={{ $log_level }}"
+        - "--device-refresh-interval={{ .Values.ofagent.device_refresh_interval }}"
         - "--probe=:8080"
         - "--trace_enabled={{ .Values.global.tracing.enabled }}"
         - "--trace_agent_address={{ tpl .Values.services.tracing_agent.address . }}"
diff --git a/voltha/values.yaml b/voltha/values.yaml
index c88888e..b185c16 100644
--- a/voltha/values.yaml
+++ b/voltha/values.yaml
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@
   stack_id: "{{ .Values.global.stack_name }}"
   topics:
     core_topic: "{{ .Values.global.stack_name }}_rwcore"
+    event_topic: "voltha.events"
 
 ofagent:
   log_level: '{{ .Values.global.log_level }}'
+  device_refresh_interval: '15s'
 
 # Define Docker images to be used
 images: