diff --git a/.chloggen/fix_panic_event_filter.yaml b/.chloggen/fix_panic_event_filter.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..97e32d2e0b9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/fix_panic_event_filter.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: "bug_fix"
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: "receiver/k8seventsreceiver"
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "Prevent potential panic in the events receiver by safely checking that informer objects are *corev1.Event before handling them."
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [43014]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/receiver/k8seventsreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/k8seventsreceiver/receiver.go
index eb2a86c6917a5..265a43e7ac5dd 100644
--- a/receiver/k8seventsreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/k8seventsreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -150,12 +150,14 @@ func (kr *k8seventsReceiver) startWatch(ns string, client k8s.Interface) {
 	kr.stopperChanList = append(kr.stopperChanList, stopperChan)
 	kr.startWatchingNamespace(client, cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		AddFunc: func(obj any) {
-			ev := obj.(*corev1.Event)
-			kr.handleEvent(ev)
+			if ev, ok := obj.(*corev1.Event); ok {
+				kr.handleEvent(ev)
+			}
 		},
 		UpdateFunc: func(_, obj any) {
-			ev := obj.(*corev1.Event)
-			kr.handleEvent(ev)
+			if ev, ok := obj.(*corev1.Event); ok {
+				kr.handleEvent(ev)
+			}
 		},
 	}, ns, stopperChan)
 }