diff --git a/.changes/consistent-event-name-usage.md b/.changes/consistent-event-name-usage.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b76e25400d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/consistent-event-name-usage.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"api": minor
+---
+
+Change the `event` field of the `Event` interface to type `EventName` instead of `string`.
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diff --git a/tooling/api/src/event.ts b/tooling/api/src/event.ts
index 0aeeb0767f1..0363a776618 100644
--- a/tooling/api/src/event.ts
+++ b/tooling/api/src/event.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { LiteralUnion } from 'type-fest'
 
 interface Event<T> {
   /** Event name */
-  event: string
+  event: EventName
   /** Event identifier used to unlisten */
   id: number
   /** Event payload */