diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26.yaml
index c5480b37b3a93..2885d6736f8a3 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
+base_images:
+  base:
+    name: ubi-minimal
+    namespace: ocp
+    tag: "8"
 binary_build_commands: |
-  export HOME=/tmp
-  ./mage build
+  go build -race -o /usr/bin/kn-event-sender ./cmd/kn-event-sender
 build_root:
   project_image:
     dockerfile_path: openshift/ci-operator/build-image/Dockerfile
+images:
+- dockerfile_literal: |-
+    FROM base
+    ADD kn-event-sender /usr/bin/kn-event-sender
+    ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/kn-event-sender"]
+  from: base
+  inputs:
+    bin:
+      paths:
+      - destination_dir: .
+        source_path: /usr/bin/kn-event-sender
+  to: client-plugin-event-sender
+promotion:
+  name: release-0.26
+  namespace: openshift-knative
 releases:
   latest:
     release:
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0.yaml
index b1e2036f4fede..e06af7bc0e46d 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
+base_images:
+  base:
+    name: ubi-minimal
+    namespace: ocp
+    tag: "8"
 binary_build_commands: |
-  export HOME=/tmp
-  ./mage build
+  go build -race -o /usr/bin/kn-event-sender ./cmd/kn-event-sender
 build_root:
   project_image:
     dockerfile_path: openshift/ci-operator/build-image/Dockerfile
+images:
+- dockerfile_literal: |-
+    FROM base
+    ADD kn-event-sender /usr/bin/kn-event-sender
+    ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/kn-event-sender"]
+  from: base
+  inputs:
+    bin:
+      paths:
+      - destination_dir: .
+        source_path: /usr/bin/kn-event-sender
+  to: client-plugin-event-sender
+promotion:
+  name: release-1.0
+  namespace: openshift-knative
 releases:
   latest:
     release:
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next.yaml
index ebd9e744fbc67..b93f44c243ce5 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
+base_images:
+  base:
+    name: ubi-minimal
+    namespace: ocp
+    tag: "8"
 binary_build_commands: |
-  export HOME=/tmp
-  ./mage build
+  go build -race -o /usr/bin/kn-event-sender ./cmd/kn-event-sender
 build_root:
   project_image:
     dockerfile_path: openshift/ci-operator/build-image/Dockerfile
+images:
+- dockerfile_literal: |-
+    FROM base
+    ADD kn-event-sender /usr/bin/kn-event-sender
+    ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/kn-event-sender"]
+  from: base
+  inputs:
+    bin:
+      paths:
+      - destination_dir: .
+        source_path: /usr/bin/kn-event-sender
+  to: client-plugin-event-sender
+promotion:
+  name: release-next
+  namespace: openshift-knative
 releases:
   latest:
     release:
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26-postsubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26-postsubmits.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ff03bfaa124de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26-postsubmits.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+postsubmits:
+  openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event:
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: true
+    branches:
+    - ^release-0\.26$
+    cluster: build02
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    labels:
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/is-promotion: "true"
+      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+    max_concurrency: 1
+    name: branch-ci-openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26-images
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --image-mirror-push-secret=/etc/push-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --promote
+        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+        - --target=[images]
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        image: ci-operator:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+          name: gcs-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+          name: pull-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/push-secret
+          name: push-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/report
+          name: result-aggregator
+          readOnly: true
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: pull-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+      - name: push-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-push-credentials-ci-central
+      - name: result-aggregator
+        secret:
+          secretName: result-aggregator
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26-presubmits.yaml
index b2efbaf0e3a11..9ff39836bbfe7 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26-presubmits.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,54 @@
 presubmits:
   openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event:
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: true
+    branches:
+    - ^release-0\.26$
+    - ^release-0\.26-
+    cluster: build03
+    context: ci/prow/images
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    labels:
+      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+    name: pull-ci-openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-0.26-images
+    rerun_command: /test images
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+        - --target=[images]
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        image: ci-operator:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+          name: gcs-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+          name: pull-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/report
+          name: result-aggregator
+          readOnly: true
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: pull-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+      - name: result-aggregator
+        secret:
+          secretName: result-aggregator
+    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )images,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: true
     branches:
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0-postsubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0-postsubmits.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1062bd0c3de04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0-postsubmits.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+postsubmits:
+  openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event:
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: true
+    branches:
+    - ^release-1\.0$
+    cluster: build02
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    labels:
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/is-promotion: "true"
+      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+    max_concurrency: 1
+    name: branch-ci-openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0-images
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --image-mirror-push-secret=/etc/push-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --promote
+        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+        - --target=[images]
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        image: ci-operator:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+          name: gcs-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+          name: pull-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/push-secret
+          name: push-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/report
+          name: result-aggregator
+          readOnly: true
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: pull-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+      - name: push-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-push-credentials-ci-central
+      - name: result-aggregator
+        secret:
+          secretName: result-aggregator
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0-presubmits.yaml
index 09f333bd5b301..72846024a0411 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0-presubmits.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,54 @@
 presubmits:
   openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event:
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: true
+    branches:
+    - ^release-1\.0$
+    - ^release-1\.0-
+    cluster: build03
+    context: ci/prow/images
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    labels:
+      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+    name: pull-ci-openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-1.0-images
+    rerun_command: /test images
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+        - --target=[images]
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        image: ci-operator:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+          name: gcs-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+          name: pull-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/report
+          name: result-aggregator
+          readOnly: true
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: pull-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+      - name: result-aggregator
+        secret:
+          secretName: result-aggregator
+    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )images,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: true
     branches:
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next-postsubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next-postsubmits.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1778e48cc3d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next-postsubmits.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+postsubmits:
+  openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event:
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: true
+    branches:
+    - ^release-next$
+    cluster: build02
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    labels:
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/is-promotion: "true"
+      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+    max_concurrency: 1
+    name: branch-ci-openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next-images
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --image-mirror-push-secret=/etc/push-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --promote
+        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+        - --target=[images]
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        image: ci-operator:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+          name: gcs-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+          name: pull-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/push-secret
+          name: push-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/report
+          name: result-aggregator
+          readOnly: true
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: pull-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+      - name: push-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-push-credentials-ci-central
+      - name: result-aggregator
+        secret:
+          secretName: result-aggregator
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next-presubmits.yaml
index 9701d1e296939..4d5c24bb128b7 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event/openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next-presubmits.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,54 @@
 presubmits:
   openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event:
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: true
+    branches:
+    - ^release-next$
+    - ^release-next-
+    cluster: build03
+    context: ci/prow/images
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    labels:
+      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+    name: pull-ci-openshift-knative-kn-plugin-event-release-next-images
+    rerun_command: /test images
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+        - --target=[images]
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        image: ci-operator:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+          name: gcs-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+          name: pull-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/report
+          name: result-aggregator
+          readOnly: true
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: pull-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+      - name: result-aggregator
+        secret:
+          secretName: result-aggregator
+    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )images,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: true
     branches: