diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 89a77f268c..63507fe541 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+8.0.0-dev.797 | 2025-07-29 18:23:35 +0200
+
+  * cluster::Event: Move implementation into cluster/Event.{h,cc} (Arne Welzel, Corelight)
+
+  * cluster: Move cluster::detail::Event to cluster::Event (Arne Welzel, Corelight)
+
+    This class is a parameter of virtual methods of the Backend API for users
+    to implement and also a parameter to the HookPublishEvent() API. Seems it
+    shouldn't be in detail and instead we should own it.
+
+    Alternatively, could mark the cluster APIs as not-stable-yet, but I
+    think we can move forward and make it non-detail for 8.0.
+
 8.0.0-dev.794 | 2025-07-29 07:41:13 -0700
 
   * Fix ConnKey deprecation warnings from generic fuzzer (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 436df1c185..b122388bbd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.0-dev.794
+8.0.0-dev.797
diff --git a/src/broker/Manager.cc b/src/broker/Manager.cc
index 67204893f7..a4290eb046 100644
--- a/src/broker/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/broker/Manager.cc
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ std::vector<broker::peer_info> Manager::Peers() const {
 
 std::string Manager::NodeID() const { return to_string(bstate->endpoint.node_id()); }
 
-bool Manager::DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::detail::Event& event) {
+bool Manager::DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::Event& event) {
     bool do_publish = PLUGIN_HOOK_WITH_RESULT(HOOK_PUBLISH_EVENT, HookPublishEvent(*this, topic, event), true);
     if ( ! do_publish )
         return true;
diff --git a/src/broker/Manager.h b/src/broker/Manager.h
index 6745f57d38..948adbda19 100644
--- a/src/broker/Manager.h
+++ b/src/broker/Manager.h
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ private:
     void DoTerminate() override;
 
     // Broker overrides this to do its own serialization.
-    bool DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::detail::Event& event) override;
+    bool DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::Event& event) override;
 
     // This should never be reached, broker itself doesn't call this and overrides
     // the generic DoPublishEvent() method that would call this.
diff --git a/src/broker/WebSocketShim.cc b/src/broker/WebSocketShim.cc
index dc9c8ba43d..20a911a754 100644
--- a/src/broker/WebSocketShim.cc
+++ b/src/broker/WebSocketShim.cc
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void WebSocketShim::DoTerminate() {
     }
 }
 
-bool WebSocketShim::DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) {
+bool WebSocketShim::DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::Event& event) {
     auto r = cluster::detail::to_broker_event(event);
     if ( ! r ) {
         ProcessError("broker_error", "Failed to convert Zeek event to Broker event");
diff --git a/src/broker/WebSocketShim.h b/src/broker/WebSocketShim.h
index c2f1b9a6a8..888bec1d15 100644
--- a/src/broker/WebSocketShim.h
+++ b/src/broker/WebSocketShim.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ private:
     void DoInitPostScript() override {}
     bool DoInit() override;
     void DoTerminate() override;
-    bool DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) override;
+    bool DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, zeek::cluster::Event& event) override;
     bool DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, const std::string& format, const zeek::byte_buffer& buf) override {
         throw new std::logic_error("not implemented");
     }
diff --git a/src/cluster/Backend.cc b/src/cluster/Backend.cc
index b8066938cc..e7aed60faa 100644
--- a/src/cluster/Backend.cc
+++ b/src/cluster/Backend.cc
@@ -27,42 +27,7 @@
 
 using namespace zeek::cluster;
 
-double detail::Event::Timestamp() const {
-    if ( meta ) {
-        for ( const auto& m : *meta ) {
-            if ( m.Id() == static_cast<zeek_uint_t>(zeek::detail::MetadataType::NetworkTimestamp) )
-                return m.Val()->AsTime();
-        }
-    }
-
-    return zeek::detail::NO_TIMESTAMP;
-}
-
-bool detail::Event::AddMetadata(const EnumValPtr& id, zeek::ValPtr val) {
-    if ( ! id || ! val )
-        return false;
-
-    const auto* desc = zeek::event_registry->LookupMetadata(id->Get());
-    if ( ! desc )
-        return false;
-
-    if ( ! same_type(val->GetType(), desc->Type()) )
-        return false;
-
-    if ( ! meta )
-        meta = std::make_unique<zeek::detail::EventMetadataVector>();
-
-    // Internally stored as zeek_uint_t for serializers.
-    meta->emplace_back(desc->Id(), std::move(val));
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-std::tuple<zeek::EventHandlerPtr, zeek::Args, zeek::detail::EventMetadataVectorPtr> detail::Event::Take() && {
-    return {handler, std::move(args), std::move(meta)};
-}
-
-bool detail::LocalEventHandlingStrategy::DoProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, detail::Event e) {
+bool detail::LocalEventHandlingStrategy::DoProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, cluster::Event e) {
     auto [handler, args, meta] = std::move(e).Take();
     zeek::event_mgr.Enqueue(std::move(meta), handler, std::move(args), util::detail::SOURCE_BROKER);
     return true;
@@ -139,7 +104,7 @@ bool Backend::Init(std::string nid) {
     return DoInit();
 }
 
-std::optional<detail::Event> Backend::MakeClusterEvent(FuncValPtr handler, ArgsSpan args) const {
+std::optional<Event> Backend::MakeClusterEvent(FuncValPtr handler, ArgsSpan args) const {
     auto checked_args = detail::check_args(handler, args);
     if ( ! checked_args )
         return std::nullopt;
@@ -170,7 +135,7 @@ std::optional<detail::Event> Backend::MakeClusterEvent(FuncValPtr handler, ArgsS
     if ( zeek::BifConst::EventMetadata::add_network_timestamp )
         meta = zeek::detail::MakeEventMetadataVector(zeek::event_mgr.CurrentEventTime());
 
-    return zeek::cluster::detail::Event{eh, std::move(*checked_args), std::move(meta)};
+    return Event{eh, std::move(*checked_args), std::move(meta)};
 }
 
 void Backend::DoReadyToPublishCallback(Backend::ReadyCallback cb) {
@@ -179,7 +144,7 @@ void Backend::DoReadyToPublishCallback(Backend::ReadyCallback cb) {
 }
 
 // Default implementation doing the serialization.
-bool Backend::DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::detail::Event& event) {
+bool Backend::DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::Event& event) {
     byte_buffer buf;
 
     bool do_publish = PLUGIN_HOOK_WITH_RESULT(HOOK_PUBLISH_EVENT, HookPublishEvent(*this, topic, event), true);
@@ -209,7 +174,7 @@ void Backend::EnqueueEvent(EventHandlerPtr h, zeek::Args args) {
     event_handling_strategy->ProcessLocalEvent(h, std::move(args));
 }
 
-bool Backend::ProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, detail::Event e) {
+bool Backend::ProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, cluster::Event e) {
     return event_handling_strategy->ProcessEvent(topic, std::move(e));
 }
 
@@ -316,7 +281,7 @@ TEST_SUITE_BEGIN("cluster event");
 TEST_CASE("add metadata") {
     auto* handler = zeek::event_registry->Lookup("Supervisor::node_status");
     zeek::Args args{zeek::make_intrusive<zeek::StringVal>("TEST"), zeek::val_mgr->Count(42)};
-    zeek::cluster::detail::Event event{handler, std::move(args), nullptr};
+    zeek::cluster::Event event{handler, std::move(args), nullptr};
 
     auto nts = zeek::id::find_val<zeek::EnumVal>("EventMetadata::NETWORK_TIMESTAMP");
     REQUIRE(nts);
diff --git a/src/cluster/Backend.h b/src/cluster/Backend.h
index 6ae6b9a78a..cc475d2ec1 100644
--- a/src/cluster/Backend.h
+++ b/src/cluster/Backend.h
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 #include <string_view>
 #include <variant>
 
-#include "zeek/Event.h"
 #include "zeek/EventHandler.h"
 #include "zeek/Span.h"
 #include "zeek/Tag.h"
 #include "zeek/Val.h"
 #include "zeek/ZeekArgs.h"
 #include "zeek/cluster/BifSupport.h"
+#include "zeek/cluster/Event.h"
 #include "zeek/cluster/OnLoop.h"
 #include "zeek/cluster/Serializer.h"
 #include "zeek/cluster/Telemetry.h"
@@ -32,73 +32,6 @@ namespace cluster {
 
 namespace detail {
 
-/**
- * Cluster event class.
- */
-class Event {
-public:
-    /**
-     * Constructor.
-     */
-    Event(const EventHandlerPtr& handler, zeek::Args args, zeek::detail::EventMetadataVectorPtr meta)
-        : handler(handler), args(std::move(args)), meta(std::move(meta)) {}
-
-    /**
-     * @return The name of the event.
-     */
-    std::string_view HandlerName() const { return handler->Name(); }
-
-    /**
-     * @return The event's handler.
-     */
-    const EventHandlerPtr& Handler() const { return handler; }
-
-    /**
-     * @return The event's arguments.
-     */
-    const zeek::Args& Args() const { return args; }
-    /**
-     * @return The event's arguments.
-     */
-    zeek::Args& Args() { return args; }
-
-    /**
-     * @return The network timestamp metadata of this event or -1.0 if not set.
-     */
-    double Timestamp() const;
-
-    /**
-     * Add metadata to this cluster event.
-     *
-     * The used metadata \a id has to be registered via the Zeek script-layer
-     * function EventMetadata::register(), or via the C++ API
-     * EventMgr::RegisterMetadata() during an InitPostScript() hook.
-     *
-     * Non-registered metadata will not be added and false is returned.
-     *
-     * @param id The enum value identifying the event metadata.
-     * @param val The value to use.
-
-     * @return true if \a val was was added, else false.
-     */
-    bool AddMetadata(const EnumValPtr& id, ValPtr val);
-
-    /**
-     * @return A pointer to the metadata vector, or nullptr if no Metadata has been added yet.
-     */
-    const zeek::detail::EventMetadataVector* Metadata() const { return meta.get(); }
-
-    /**
-     * Move data out of this event as preparation for Enqueue()
-     */
-    std::tuple<zeek::EventHandlerPtr, zeek::Args, zeek::detail::EventMetadataVectorPtr> Take() &&;
-
-private:
-    EventHandlerPtr handler;
-    zeek::Args args;
-    zeek::detail::EventMetadataVectorPtr meta;
-};
-
 /**
  * Interface for processing cluster::Event instances received
  * on a given topic.
@@ -123,7 +56,7 @@ public:
      *
      * @return true if the remote event was handled successfully, else false.
      */
-    bool ProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, Event e) { return DoProcessEvent(topic, std::move(e)); }
+    bool ProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, cluster::Event e) { return DoProcessEvent(topic, std::move(e)); }
 
     /**
      * Method for enquing backend specific events.
@@ -156,7 +89,7 @@ private:
      *
      * @return true if the remote event was handled successfully, else false.
      */
-    virtual bool DoProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, Event e) = 0;
+    virtual bool DoProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, cluster::Event e) = 0;
 
     /**
      * Hook method for implementing ProcessLocalEvent().
@@ -180,7 +113,7 @@ private:
  */
 class LocalEventHandlingStrategy : public EventHandlingStrategy {
 private:
-    bool DoProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, Event e) override;
+    bool DoProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, cluster::Event e) override;
     void DoProcessLocalEvent(EventHandlerPtr h, zeek::Args args) override;
     void DoProcessError(std::string_view tag, std::string_view message) override;
 };
@@ -223,13 +156,13 @@ public:
     void Terminate() { DoTerminate(); }
 
     /**
-     * Create a cluster::detail::Event instance given an event handler and the
+     * Create a cluster::Event instance given an event handler and the
      * script function arguments to it.
      *
      * @param handler A function val representing an event handler.
      * @param args The arguments for the event handler.
      */
-    std::optional<detail::Event> MakeClusterEvent(FuncValPtr handler, ArgsSpan args) const;
+    std::optional<cluster::Event> MakeClusterEvent(FuncValPtr handler, ArgsSpan args) const;
 
     /**
      * Publish a cluster::detail::Event instance to a given topic.
@@ -244,7 +177,7 @@ public:
      *
      * @return true if the event was successfully published.
      */
-    bool PublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::detail::Event& event) { return DoPublishEvent(topic, event); }
+    bool PublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::Event& event) { return DoPublishEvent(topic, event); }
 
     /**
      * Status codes for callbacks.
@@ -385,7 +318,7 @@ protected:
      * @param topic The topic on which the event was received.
      * @param e The event as cluster::detail::Event.
      */
-    bool ProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, detail::Event e);
+    bool ProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, cluster::Event e);
 
     /**
      * An error happened, pass it to the event handling strategy.
@@ -465,7 +398,7 @@ private:
      * This hook method only exists for the existing Broker implementation that
      * short-circuits serialization. Other backends should not override this.
      */
-    virtual bool DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::detail::Event& event);
+    virtual bool DoPublishEvent(const std::string& topic, cluster::Event& event);
 
     /**
      * Send a serialized cluster::detail::Event to the given topic.
diff --git a/src/cluster/BifSupport.cc b/src/cluster/BifSupport.cc
index 4122a50995..d9f7b02e43 100644
--- a/src/cluster/BifSupport.cc
+++ b/src/cluster/BifSupport.cc
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "zeek/cluster/BifSupport.h"
 
 #include "zeek/Desc.h"
-#include "zeek/Event.h"
 #include "zeek/EventRegistry.h"
 #include "zeek/Frame.h"
 #include "zeek/Func.h"
@@ -16,9 +15,9 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-// Convert a script-level Cluster::Event to a cluster::detail::Event.
-std::optional<zeek::cluster::detail::Event> to_cluster_event(const zeek::cluster::Backend* backend,
-                                                             const zeek::RecordValPtr& rec) {
+// Convert a script-level Cluster::Event to a cluster::Event.
+std::optional<zeek::cluster::Event> to_cluster_event(const zeek::cluster::Backend* backend,
+                                                     const zeek::RecordValPtr& rec) {
     const auto& func = rec->GetField<zeek::FuncVal>(0);
     const auto& vargs = rec->GetField<zeek::VectorVal>(1);
 
diff --git a/src/cluster/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cluster/CMakeLists.txt
index 29f8a9debe..2bc9bddc16 100644
--- a/src/cluster/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cluster/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ zeek_add_subdir_library(
     Backend.cc
     BifSupport.cc
     Component.cc
+    Event.cc
     Manager.cc
     Telemetry.cc
     BIFS
diff --git a/src/cluster/Event.cc b/src/cluster/Event.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f75ff5434c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cluster/Event.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// See the file "COPYING" in the main distribution directory for copyright.
+
+#include "zeek/cluster/Event.h"
+
+#include "zeek/Event.h"
+#include "zeek/EventRegistry.h"
+
+using namespace zeek::cluster;
+
+double Event::Timestamp() const {
+    if ( meta ) {
+        for ( const auto& m : *meta ) {
+            if ( m.Id() == static_cast<zeek_uint_t>(zeek::detail::MetadataType::NetworkTimestamp) )
+                return m.Val()->AsTime();
+        }
+    }
+
+    return zeek::detail::NO_TIMESTAMP;
+}
+
+bool Event::AddMetadata(const EnumValPtr& id, zeek::ValPtr val) {
+    if ( ! id || ! val )
+        return false;
+
+    const auto* desc = zeek::event_registry->LookupMetadata(id->Get());
+    if ( ! desc )
+        return false;
+
+    if ( ! same_type(val->GetType(), desc->Type()) )
+        return false;
+
+    if ( ! meta )
+        meta = std::make_unique<zeek::detail::EventMetadataVector>();
+
+    // Internally stored as zeek_uint_t for serializers.
+    meta->emplace_back(desc->Id(), std::move(val));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+std::tuple<zeek::EventHandlerPtr, zeek::Args, zeek::detail::EventMetadataVectorPtr> Event::Take() && {
+    return {handler, std::move(args), std::move(meta)};
+}
diff --git a/src/cluster/Event.h b/src/cluster/Event.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56d8470a25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cluster/Event.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// See the file "COPYING" in the main distribution directory for copyright.
+
+// Val-based representation of an event for cluster communication.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "zeek/Event.h"
+#include "zeek/EventHandler.h"
+#include "zeek/Val.h"
+#include "zeek/ZeekArgs.h"
+
+namespace zeek::cluster {
+
+/**
+ * Cluster event class.
+ */
+class Event {
+public:
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     */
+    Event(const EventHandlerPtr& handler, zeek::Args args, zeek::detail::EventMetadataVectorPtr meta)
+        : handler(handler), args(std::move(args)), meta(std::move(meta)) {}
+
+    /**
+     * @return The name of the event.
+     */
+    std::string_view HandlerName() const { return handler->Name(); }
+
+    /**
+     * @return The event's handler.
+     */
+    const EventHandlerPtr& Handler() const { return handler; }
+
+    /**
+     * @return The event's arguments.
+     */
+    const zeek::Args& Args() const { return args; }
+    /**
+     * @return The event's arguments.
+     */
+    zeek::Args& Args() { return args; }
+
+    /**
+     * @return The network timestamp metadata of this event or -1.0 if not set.
+     */
+    double Timestamp() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Add metadata to this cluster event.
+     *
+     * The used metadata \a id has to be registered via the Zeek script-layer
+     * function EventMetadata::register(), or via the C++ API
+     * EventMgr::RegisterMetadata() during an InitPostScript() hook.
+     *
+     * Non-registered metadata will not be added and false is returned.
+     *
+     * @param id The enum value identifying the event metadata.
+     * @param val The value to use.
+
+     * @return true if \a val was was added, else false.
+     */
+    bool AddMetadata(const EnumValPtr& id, ValPtr val);
+
+    /**
+     * @return A pointer to the metadata vector, or nullptr if no Metadata has been added yet.
+     */
+    const zeek::detail::EventMetadataVector* Metadata() const { return meta.get(); }
+
+    /**
+     * Move data out of this event as preparation for Enqueue()
+     */
+    std::tuple<zeek::EventHandlerPtr, zeek::Args, zeek::detail::EventMetadataVectorPtr> Take() &&;
+
+private:
+    EventHandlerPtr handler;
+    zeek::Args args;
+    zeek::detail::EventMetadataVectorPtr meta;
+};
+
+
+} // namespace zeek::cluster
diff --git a/src/cluster/Serializer.h b/src/cluster/Serializer.h
index cc2402641b..b9c7a841b8 100644
--- a/src/cluster/Serializer.h
+++ b/src/cluster/Serializer.h
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 
 namespace zeek::cluster {
 
-namespace detail {
 class Event;
-} // namespace detail
 
 /**
  * This class handles encoding of events into byte buffers and back.
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ public:
      *
      * @returns True on success, false in exceptional cases (e.g. unsupported serialization).
      */
-    virtual bool SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const detail::Event& event) = 0;
+    virtual bool SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const cluster::Event& event) = 0;
 
     /**
      * Unserialize an event from a given byte buffer.
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ public:
      *
      * @returns The event, or std::nullopt on error.
      */
-    virtual std::optional<cluster::detail::Event> UnserializeEvent(byte_buffer_span buf) = 0;
+    virtual std::optional<cluster::Event> UnserializeEvent(byte_buffer_span buf) = 0;
 
     /**
      * @returns The name of this event serializer instance.
diff --git a/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc b/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc
index 1d036caa65..e17ea9a38d 100644
--- a/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc
+++ b/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include "zeek/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.h"
 
-#include <cinttypes>
 #include <optional>
 
 #include "zeek/DebugLogger.h"
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "zeek/Reporter.h"
 #include "zeek/Type.h"
 #include "zeek/broker/Data.h"
-#include "zeek/cluster/Backend.h"
+#include "zeek/cluster/Event.h"
 
 #include "broker/data.bif.h"
 #include "broker/data_envelope.hh"
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ zeek::detail::EventMetadataVectorPtr detail::metadata_vector_from_broker_event(c
     return meta;
 }
 
-std::optional<broker::zeek::Event> detail::to_broker_event(const detail::Event& ev) {
+std::optional<broker::zeek::Event> detail::to_broker_event(const zeek::cluster::Event& ev) {
     broker::vector xs;
     xs.reserve(ev.Args().size());
 
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ std::optional<broker::zeek::Event> detail::to_broker_event(const detail::Event&
     return broker::zeek::Event(ev.HandlerName(), xs, broker_meta);
 }
 
-std::optional<detail::Event> detail::to_zeek_event(const broker::zeek::Event& ev) {
+std::optional<zeek::cluster::Event> detail::to_zeek_event(const broker::zeek::Event& ev) {
     auto&& name = ev.name();
     auto&& args = ev.args();
 
@@ -141,10 +140,10 @@ std::optional<detail::Event> detail::to_zeek_event(const broker::zeek::Event& ev
     }
 
     auto meta = cluster::detail::metadata_vector_from_broker_event(ev);
-    return cluster::detail::Event{handler, std::move(vl), std::move(meta)};
+    return zeek::cluster::Event{handler, std::move(vl), std::move(meta)};
 }
 
-bool detail::BrokerBinV1_Serializer::SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const detail::Event& event) {
+bool detail::BrokerBinV1_Serializer::SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const zeek::cluster::Event& event) {
     auto ev = to_broker_event(event);
     if ( ! ev )
         return false;
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ bool detail::BrokerBinV1_Serializer::SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const deta
     return true;
 }
 
-std::optional<detail::Event> detail::BrokerBinV1_Serializer::UnserializeEvent(byte_buffer_span buf) {
+std::optional<zeek::cluster::Event> detail::BrokerBinV1_Serializer::UnserializeEvent(byte_buffer_span buf) {
     auto r = broker::data_envelope::deserialize(broker::endpoint_id::nil(), broker::endpoint_id::nil(), 0, "",
                                                 buf.data(), buf.size());
     if ( ! r )
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ struct PushBackAdapter {
 };
 
 
-bool detail::BrokerJsonV1_Serializer::SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const detail::Event& event) {
+bool detail::BrokerJsonV1_Serializer::SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const zeek::cluster::Event& event) {
     auto ev = to_broker_event(event);
     if ( ! ev )
         return false;
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ bool detail::BrokerJsonV1_Serializer::SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const det
     return true;
 }
 
-std::optional<detail::Event> detail::BrokerJsonV1_Serializer::UnserializeEvent(byte_buffer_span buf) {
+std::optional<zeek::cluster::Event> detail::BrokerJsonV1_Serializer::UnserializeEvent(byte_buffer_span buf) {
     broker::variant res;
     auto err =
         broker::format::json::v1::decode(std::string_view{reinterpret_cast<const char*>(buf.data()), buf.size()}, res);
@@ -213,8 +212,8 @@ TEST_SUITE_BEGIN("cluster serializer broker");
 
 TEST_CASE("roundtrip") {
     auto* handler = zeek::event_registry->Lookup("Supervisor::node_status");
-    detail::Event e{handler, zeek::Args{zeek::make_intrusive<zeek::StringVal>("TEST"), zeek::val_mgr->Count(42)},
-                    nullptr};
+    zeek::cluster::Event e{handler, zeek::Args{zeek::make_intrusive<zeek::StringVal>("TEST"), zeek::val_mgr->Count(42)},
+                           nullptr};
 
     // Register network timestamp metadata. This is idempotent.
     auto nts = zeek::id::find_val<zeek::EnumVal>("EventMetadata::NETWORK_TIMESTAMP");
diff --git a/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.h b/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.h
index 2f817b5cc2..3e14235f57 100644
--- a/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.h
+++ b/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.h
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ zeek::detail::EventMetadataVectorPtr metadata_vector_from_broker_event(const bro
  * to the appropriate Val instances.
  *
  * @param ev The broker side event.
- * @returns A zeek::cluster::detail::Event instance, or std::nullopt if the conversion failed.
+ * @returns A zeek::cluster::Event instance, or std::nullopt if the conversion failed.
  */
-std::optional<detail::Event> to_zeek_event(const broker::zeek::Event& ev);
+std::optional<cluster::Event> to_zeek_event(const broker::zeek::Event& ev);
 
 /**
  * Convert a cluster::detail::Event to a broker::zeek::Event.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ std::optional<detail::Event> to_zeek_event(const broker::zeek::Event& ev);
  * @param ev The cluster::detail::Event
  * @return A broker::zeek::Event to be serialized, or nullopt in case of errors.
  */
-std::optional<broker::zeek::Event> to_broker_event(const detail::Event& ev);
+std::optional<broker::zeek::Event> to_broker_event(const cluster::Event& ev);
 
 // Implementation of the EventSerializer using the existing broker::detail::val_to_data()
 // and broker::format::bin::v1::encode().
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ class BrokerBinV1_Serializer : public EventSerializer {
 public:
     BrokerBinV1_Serializer() : EventSerializer("broker-bin-v1") {}
 
-    bool SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const detail::Event& event) override;
+    bool SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const cluster::Event& event) override;
 
-    std::optional<detail::Event> UnserializeEvent(byte_buffer_span buf) override;
+    std::optional<cluster::Event> UnserializeEvent(byte_buffer_span buf) override;
 };
 
 // Implementation of the EventSerializer that uses the existing broker::detail::val_to_data()
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ class BrokerJsonV1_Serializer : public EventSerializer {
 public:
     BrokerJsonV1_Serializer() : EventSerializer("broker-json-v1") {}
 
-    bool SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const detail::Event& event) override;
+    bool SerializeEvent(byte_buffer& buf, const cluster::Event& event) override;
 
-    std::optional<detail::Event> UnserializeEvent(byte_buffer_span buf) override;
+    std::optional<cluster::Event> UnserializeEvent(byte_buffer_span buf) override;
 };
 
 } // namespace cluster::detail
diff --git a/src/cluster/websocket/WebSocket.cc b/src/cluster/websocket/WebSocket.cc
index 8087797b26..32142a542b 100644
--- a/src/cluster/websocket/WebSocket.cc
+++ b/src/cluster/websocket/WebSocket.cc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ private:
      * will need some abstractions if client's can opt to use different encodings
      * of events in the future.
      */
-    bool DoProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, zeek::cluster::detail::Event e) override {
+    bool DoProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, zeek::cluster::Event e) override {
         // If the client has left, no point in sending it any pending event.
         if ( wsc->IsTerminated() )
             return true;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ private:
         // if that's faster.
         auto ev = zeek::cluster::detail::to_broker_event(e);
         if ( ! ev ) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "[ERROR] Unable to go from detail::Event to broker::event\n");
+            fprintf(stderr, "[ERROR] Unable to go from cluster::Event to broker::event\n");
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/plugin/Manager.cc b/src/plugin/Manager.cc
index 36f68862f1..b160ea3494 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/plugin/Manager.cc
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ void Manager::HookUnprocessedPacket(const Packet* packet) const {
 }
 
 bool Manager::HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
-                               zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) const {
+                               zeek::cluster::Event& event) const {
     HookArgumentList args;
 
     if ( HavePluginForHook(META_HOOK_PRE) ) {
diff --git a/src/plugin/Manager.h b/src/plugin/Manager.h
index a37c0031a5..3787d6c7b2 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Manager.h
+++ b/src/plugin/Manager.h
@@ -456,8 +456,7 @@ public:
      * @return true if event should be published, false if the publish
      *         operation should be skipped.
      */
-    bool HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
-                          zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) const;
+    bool HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic, zeek::cluster::Event& event) const;
 
     /**
      * Internal method that registers a freshly instantiated plugin with
diff --git a/src/plugin/Plugin.cc b/src/plugin/Plugin.cc
index e779c4e306..2a60f0f1da 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Plugin.cc
+++ b/src/plugin/Plugin.cc
@@ -350,8 +350,7 @@ bool Plugin::HookReporter(const std::string& prefix, const EventHandlerPtr event
 
 void Plugin::HookUnprocessedPacket(const Packet* packet) {}
 
-bool Plugin::HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
-                              zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) {
+bool Plugin::HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic, zeek::cluster::Event& event) {
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugin/Plugin.h b/src/plugin/Plugin.h
index 788cdac4d3..ce363b55e2 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Plugin.h
+++ b/src/plugin/Plugin.h
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ class Frame;
 
 namespace cluster {
 class Backend;
-
-namespace detail {
 class Event;
-}
 } // namespace cluster
 
 namespace plugin {
@@ -433,7 +430,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * Constructor with cluster event argument.
      */
-    explicit HookArgument(zeek::cluster::detail::Event* event) {
+    explicit HookArgument(zeek::cluster::Event* event) {
         type = CLUSTER_EVENT;
         arg.cluster_event = event;
     }
@@ -592,7 +589,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * Returns the value for a cluster event argument.
      */
-    const zeek::cluster::detail::Event* AsClusterEvent() const {
+    const zeek::cluster::Event* AsClusterEvent() const {
         assert(type == CLUSTER_EVENT);
         return arg.cluster_event;
     }
@@ -627,7 +624,7 @@ private:
         const zeek::detail::Location* loc;
         const Packet* packet;
         const cluster::Backend* cluster_backend;
-        const cluster::detail::Event* cluster_event;
+        const cluster::Event* cluster_event;
     } arg;
 
     // Outside union because these have dtors.
@@ -1148,7 +1145,7 @@ protected:
      *         operation should be skipped.
      */
     virtual bool HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
-                                  zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event);
+                                  zeek::cluster::Event& event);
 
     // Meta hooks.
     virtual void MetaHookPre(HookType hook, const HookArgumentList& args);
diff --git a/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-hook-plugin/src/Plugin.cc b/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-hook-plugin/src/Plugin.cc
index 6218c068bd..f09f825237 100644
--- a/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-hook-plugin/src/Plugin.cc
+++ b/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-hook-plugin/src/Plugin.cc
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ static void describe_hook_args(const zeek::plugin::HookArgumentList& args, zeek:
     }
 }
 
-bool Plugin::HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
-                              zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) {
+bool Plugin::HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic, zeek::cluster::Event& event) {
     std::fprintf(stdout, "%.6f %-15s backend=%s topic=%s event=%s\n", zeek::run_state::network_time,
                  "  HookPublishEvent", backend.Name().c_str(), topic.c_str(), std::string(event.HandlerName()).c_str());
 
diff --git a/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-hook-plugin/src/Plugin.h b/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-hook-plugin/src/Plugin.h
index 54ec20ce76..fd397f5e50 100644
--- a/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-hook-plugin/src/Plugin.h
+++ b/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-hook-plugin/src/Plugin.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ protected:
     void InitPostScript() override;
 
     bool HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
-                          zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) override;
+                          zeek::cluster::Event& event) override;
 
     void MetaHookPre(zeek::plugin::HookType hook, const zeek::plugin::HookArgumentList& args) override;
     void MetaHookPost(zeek::plugin::HookType hook, const zeek::plugin::HookArgumentList& args,
diff --git a/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-metadata-plugin/src/Plugin.cc b/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-metadata-plugin/src/Plugin.cc
index 7dba9bbb82..733b4a3be1 100644
--- a/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-metadata-plugin/src/Plugin.cc
+++ b/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-metadata-plugin/src/Plugin.cc
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ void Plugin::InitPostScript() {
     std::fprintf(stdout, "%.6f %-15s\n", zeek::run_state::network_time, "  InitPostScript");
 }
 
-bool Plugin::HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
-                              zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) {
+bool Plugin::HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic, zeek::cluster::Event& event) {
     std::fprintf(stdout, "%.6f %s backend=%s topic=%s event=%s\n", zeek::run_state::network_time, "HookPublishEvent",
                  backend.Name().c_str(), topic.c_str(), std::string(event.HandlerName()).c_str());
 
diff --git a/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-metadata-plugin/src/Plugin.h b/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-metadata-plugin/src/Plugin.h
index 724e201e88..a48935c4e7 100644
--- a/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-metadata-plugin/src/Plugin.h
+++ b/testing/btest/plugins/publish-event-metadata-plugin/src/Plugin.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ protected:
     void InitPostScript() override;
 
     bool HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
-                          zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) override;
+                          zeek::cluster::Event& event) override;
 };
 
 extern Plugin plugin;