diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalogEventBasedProviders.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalogEventBasedProviders.ts
index 3f1ea708df..346ed40fa6 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalogEventBasedProviders.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalogEventBasedProviders.ts
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ class DemoEventBasedEntityProvider implements EntityProvider, EventSubscriber {
   ) {}
 
   async onEvent(params: EventParams): Promise<void> {
-    const request = params.eventPayload as Request;
     this.logger.info(
       `onEvent: topic=${params.topic}, metadata=${JSON.stringify(
         params.metadata,
-      )}, payload=${JSON.stringify(request.body)}`,
+      )}, payload=${JSON.stringify(params.eventPayload)}`,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.ts b/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.ts
index 54dead0afa..b5a6ccbca1 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class HttpPostIngressEventPublisher implements EventPublisher {
         return;
       }
 
-      const eventPayload = request;
+      const eventPayload = request.body;
       await this.eventBroker!.publish({
         topic,
         eventPayload,