diff --git a/apis/event/v1beta1/event.go b/apis/event/v1beta1/event.go
index 350c5427..ced17b16 100644
--- a/apis/event/v1beta1/event.go
+++ b/apis/event/v1beta1/event.go
@@ -92,9 +92,12 @@ func (in *Event) HasMetadata(key string, val string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// GetRevision looks up for the MetaOriginRevisionKey and MetaRevisionKey
-// keys in the Metadata and returns the first it finds.
+// GetRevision looks up for the keys in Metadata that may contain
+// the revision of the object that this event is about.
 func (in *Event) GetRevision() (string, bool) {
+	if r, ok := in.Metadata[MetaCommitKey]; ok {
+		return r, true
+	}
 	if r, ok := in.Metadata[MetaOriginRevisionKey]; ok {
 		return r, true
 	}
diff --git a/apis/event/v1beta1/metadata.go b/apis/event/v1beta1/metadata.go
index 434b0136..98282fd5 100644
--- a/apis/event/v1beta1/metadata.go
+++ b/apis/event/v1beta1/metadata.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ const (
 	// base64-encoded set of configurations. This is useful for example for
 	// rate limiting the events.
 	MetaTokenKey string = "token"
+	// MetaCommitKey is the key used to hold the Git commit hash.
+	MetaCommitKey string = "commit"
 	// MetaCommitStatusKey is the key used to signal a Git commit status event.
 	MetaCommitStatusKey string = "commit_status"
 	// MetaCommitStatusUpdateValue is the value of MetaCommitStatusKey
diff --git a/runtime/go.mod b/runtime/go.mod
index d80667ab..09757f7f 100644
--- a/runtime/go.mod
+++ b/runtime/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/AdaLogics/go-fuzz-headers v0.0.0-20240806141605-e8a1dd7889d6
 	github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils v0.37.1-flux.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.9.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.23.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.24.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.15.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.25.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
diff --git a/tests/integration/go.mod b/tests/integration/go.mod
index c1a4bf0f..26ab059e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/go.mod
+++ b/tests/integration/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.36.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.13.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.42.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.98.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.99.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/test-infra/tftestenv v0.0.0-20250626232827-e0ca9c3f8d7b
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.4
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.7