diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 921393f511..06cac2b1bd 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <Version>8.16.3</Version>
+        <Version>8.16.4</Version>
         <LangVersion>13.0</LangVersion>
         <Authors>Jeremy D. Miller;Babu Annamalai;Jaedyn Tonee</Authors>
         <PackageIconUrl>https://martendb.io/logo.png</PackageIconUrl>
diff --git a/src/Marten/Events/EventGraph.cs b/src/Marten/Events/EventGraph.cs
index 4f65dd4f95..72d038ca0a 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Events/EventGraph.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Events/EventGraph.cs
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ public IEvent BuildEvent(object eventData)
         {
             var mapping = EventMappingFor(e.EventType);
             e.EventTypeName = mapping.EventTypeName;
+            e.DotNetTypeName = mapping.DotNetTypeName;
             return e;
         }
         else