diff --git a/springboot/addons/task-notification/pom.xml b/springboot/addons/task-notification/pom.xml
index 88118cc3054..4c47cdce503 100644
--- a/springboot/addons/task-notification/pom.xml
+++ b/springboot/addons/task-notification/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>kogito-events-api</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>kogito-events-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- test dependencies -->
diff --git a/springboot/addons/task-notification/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/task/notification/spring/SpringNotificationEventPublisher.java b/springboot/addons/task-notification/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/task/notification/spring/SpringNotificationEventPublisher.java
index 09941746388..46c0e4b71d3 100644
--- a/springboot/addons/task-notification/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/task/notification/spring/SpringNotificationEventPublisher.java
+++ b/springboot/addons/task-notification/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/task/notification/spring/SpringNotificationEventPublisher.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import org.kie.kogito.event.DataEvent;
 import org.kie.kogito.event.EventPublisher;
+import org.kie.kogito.event.usertask.UserTaskInstanceDeadlineDataEvent;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ public class SpringNotificationEventPublisher implements EventPublisher {
 
     @Override
     public void publish(DataEvent<?> event) {
-        if (event.getType().startsWith("UserTaskDeadline")) {
+        if (event instanceof UserTaskInstanceDeadlineDataEvent) {
             logger.debug("About to publish event {} to Kafka topic {}", event, topic);
             try {
                 emitter.send(topic, event);