diff --git a/cps-ncmp-events/src/main/resources/schemas/ncmp-event-schema-v1.json b/cps-ncmp-events/src/main/resources/schemas/ncmp-event-schema-v1.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8685034..0000000
--- a/cps-ncmp-events/src/main/resources/schemas/ncmp-event-schema-v1.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-{
-
-  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2019-09/schema",
-  "$id": "urn:cps:org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm-event:v1",
-
-  "$ref": "#/definitions/NcmpEvent",
-
-  "definitions": {
-
-    "NcmpEvent": {
-      "description": "The payload for NCMP event.",
-      "type": "object",
-      "javaType" : "org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event.NcmpEvent",
-      "properties": {
-        "eventId": {
-          "description": "The unique id identifying the event for the specified source.",
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "eventCorrelationId": {
-          "description": "The id identifying the event for the specified source.",
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "eventTime": {
-          "description": "The timestamp when the data has been observed.",
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "eventSource": {
-          "description": "The source of the event.",
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "eventType": {
-          "description": "The type of the event.",
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "eventSchema": {
-          "description": "The schema, including its version, that this event adheres to.",
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "event": {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/Event"
-        }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "eventId",
-        "eventTime",
-        "eventSource",
-        "eventType",
-        "eventSchema",
-        "event"
-      ],
-      "additionalProperties": false
-    },
-
-    "Event": {
-      "description": "The Payload of an event.",
-      "type": "object",
-      "properties": {
-        "cmHandleId": {
-          "description": "cmHandle id",
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "cmhandle-state": {
-          "description": "State of cmHandle.",
-          "type": "string",
-          "enum": ["ADVISED", "READY", "LOCKED", "DELETING", "DELETED"]
-        },
-        "cmhandle-properties": {
-          "description": "cmHandle properties as json object.",
-          "type": "object",
-          "default": null,
-          "existingJavaType": "java.util.List<java.util.Map<String,String>>",
-          "additionalProperties": false
-        }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "operation"
-      ],
-      "additionalProperties": false
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCmHandleStateHandlerImpl.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCmHandleStateHandlerImpl.java
index 111d5dc..650251f 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCmHandleStateHandlerImpl.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCmHandleStateHandlerImpl.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.inventory.CompositeStateUtils;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.inventory.InventoryPersistence;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.models.NcmpServiceCmHandle;
-import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event.NcmpEvent;
+import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.event.lcm.LcmEvent;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         final NcmpServiceCmHandle ncmpServiceCmHandle =
                 YangDataConverter.convertYangModelCmHandleToNcmpServiceCmHandle(yangModelCmHandle);
         final String cmHandleId = ncmpServiceCmHandle.getCmHandleId();
-        final NcmpEvent ncmpEvent = lcmEventsCreator.populateLcmEvent(cmHandleId, ncmpServiceCmHandle);
-        lcmEventsService.publishLcmEvent(cmHandleId, ncmpEvent);
+        final LcmEvent lcmEvent = lcmEventsCreator.populateLcmEvent(cmHandleId);
+        lcmEventsService.publishLcmEvent(cmHandleId, lcmEvent);
     }
 }
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCreator.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCreator.java
index 783b299..085494a 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCreator.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCreator.java
@@ -20,14 +20,11 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.event.lcm;
 
-import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.models.NcmpServiceCmHandle;
-import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event.Event;
-import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event.NcmpEvent;
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.utils.EventDateTimeFormatter;
+import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.event.lcm.Event;
+import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.event.lcm.LcmEvent;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 
@@ -38,42 +35,38 @@
 @Component
 public class LcmEventsCreator {
 
-
     /**
-     * Populate NcmpEvent.
+     * Populate LcmEvent.
      *
-     * @param cmHandleId          Cm Handle Identifier
-     * @param ncmpServiceCmHandle Ncmp CmHandle Data
-     * @return Populated NcmpEvent
+     * @param cmHandleId Cm Handle Identifier
+     * @return Populated Lcm Event
      */
-    public NcmpEvent populateLcmEvent(final String cmHandleId, final NcmpServiceCmHandle ncmpServiceCmHandle) {
-        return createLcmEvent(cmHandleId, ncmpServiceCmHandle);
+    public LcmEvent populateLcmEvent(final String cmHandleId) {
+        return createLcmEvent(cmHandleId);
     }
 
-    private NcmpEvent createLcmEvent(final String cmHandleId, final NcmpServiceCmHandle ncmpServiceCmHandle) {
-        final NcmpEvent ncmpEvent = lcmEventHeader(cmHandleId);
-        ncmpEvent.setEvent(lcmEventPayload(cmHandleId, ncmpServiceCmHandle));
-        return ncmpEvent;
+    private LcmEvent createLcmEvent(final String cmHandleId) {
+        final LcmEvent lcmEvent = lcmEventHeader(cmHandleId);
+        lcmEvent.setEvent(lcmEventPayload(cmHandleId));
+        return lcmEvent;
     }
 
-    private Event lcmEventPayload(final String eventCorrelationId, final NcmpServiceCmHandle ncmpServiceCmHandle) {
+    private Event lcmEventPayload(final String eventCorrelationId) {
         final Event event = new Event();
         event.setCmHandleId(eventCorrelationId);
-        event.setCmhandleState(
-                Event.CmhandleState.fromValue(ncmpServiceCmHandle.getCompositeState().getCmHandleState().toString()));
-        event.setCmhandleProperties(List.of(ncmpServiceCmHandle.getPublicProperties()));
         return event;
     }
 
-    private NcmpEvent lcmEventHeader(final String eventCorrelationId) {
-        final NcmpEvent ncmpEvent = new NcmpEvent();
-        ncmpEvent.setEventId(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-        ncmpEvent.setEventCorrelationId(eventCorrelationId);
-        ncmpEvent.setEventTime(ZonedDateTime.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ")));
-        ncmpEvent.setEventSource("org.onap.ncmp");
-        ncmpEvent.setEventType("org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle-lcm-event");
-        ncmpEvent.setEventSchema("org.onap.ncmp:cmhandle-lcm-event:v1");
-        return ncmpEvent;
+    private LcmEvent lcmEventHeader(final String eventCorrelationId) {
+        final LcmEvent lcmEvent = new LcmEvent();
+        lcmEvent.setEventId(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+        lcmEvent.setEventCorrelationId(eventCorrelationId);
+        lcmEvent.setEventTime(EventDateTimeFormatter.getCurrentDateTime());
+        lcmEvent.setEventSource("org.onap.ncmp");
+        lcmEvent.setEventType("org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle-lcm-event");
+        lcmEvent.setEventSchema("org.onap.ncmp:cmhandle-lcm-event");
+        lcmEvent.setEventSchemaVersion("v1");
+        return lcmEvent;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsPublisher.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsPublisher.java
index 2a946b1..eda8817 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsPublisher.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsPublisher.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event.NcmpEvent;
+import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.event.lcm.LcmEvent;
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
 import org.springframework.kafka.support.SendResult;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
@@ -38,18 +38,18 @@
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class LcmEventsPublisher {
 
-    private final KafkaTemplate<String, NcmpEvent> lcmEventKafkaTemplate;
+    private final KafkaTemplate<String, LcmEvent> lcmEventKafkaTemplate;
 
     /**
      * LCM Event publisher.
      *
      * @param topicName valid topic name
      * @param eventKey  message key
-     * @param ncmpEvent message payload
+     * @param lcmEvent message payload
      */
-    public void publishEvent(final String topicName, final String eventKey, final NcmpEvent ncmpEvent) {
-        final ListenableFuture<SendResult<String, NcmpEvent>> lcmEventFuture =
-                lcmEventKafkaTemplate.send(topicName, eventKey, ncmpEvent);
+    public void publishEvent(final String topicName, final String eventKey, final LcmEvent lcmEvent) {
+        final ListenableFuture<SendResult<String, LcmEvent>> lcmEventFuture =
+                lcmEventKafkaTemplate.send(topicName, eventKey, lcmEvent);
 
         lcmEventFuture.addCallback(new ListenableFutureCallback<>() {
             @Override
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
             }
 
             @Override
-            public void onSuccess(final SendResult<String, NcmpEvent> result) {
-                log.debug("Successfully published event to topic : {} , NcmpEvent : {}",
-                        result.getRecordMetadata().topic(), result.getProducerRecord().value());
+            public void onSuccess(final SendResult<String, LcmEvent> sendResult) {
+                log.debug("Successfully published event to topic : {} , LcmEvent : {}",
+                        sendResult.getRecordMetadata().topic(), sendResult.getProducerRecord().value());
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsService.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsService.java
index d9c9b9a..762b21e 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsService.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsService.java
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event.NcmpEvent;
+import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.event.lcm.LcmEvent;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 /**
- * NcmpEventService to call the publisher and publish on the dedicated topic.
+ * LcmEventsService to call the publisher and publish on the dedicated topic.
  */
 
 @Slf4j
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@
     private boolean notificationsEnabled;
 
     /**
-     * Publish the NcmpEvent to the public topic.
+     * Publish the LcmEvent to the public topic.
      *
      * @param cmHandleId Cm Handle Id
-     * @param ncmpEvent  Ncmp Event
+     * @param lcmEvent  Lcm Event
      */
-    public void publishLcmEvent(final String cmHandleId, final NcmpEvent ncmpEvent) {
+    public void publishLcmEvent(final String cmHandleId, final LcmEvent lcmEvent) {
         if (notificationsEnabled) {
-            lcmEventsPublisher.publishEvent(topicName, cmHandleId, ncmpEvent);
+            lcmEventsPublisher.publishEvent(topicName, cmHandleId, lcmEvent);
         } else {
             log.debug("Notifications disabled.");
         }
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/EventDateTimeFormatter.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/EventDateTimeFormatter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acc4057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/EventDateTimeFormatter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Nordix Foundation
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.utils;
+
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
+@NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
+public class EventDateTimeFormatter {
+
+    private static final String DATE_TIME_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ";
+
+    /**
+     * Gets current date time.
+     *
+     * @return the current date time
+     */
+    public static String getCurrentDateTime() {
+        return ZonedDateTime.now()
+                .format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(DATE_TIME_FORMAT));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCreatorSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCreatorSpec.groovy
index b578700..aa79d63 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCreatorSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsCreatorSpec.groovy
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.event.lcm
 
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.event.lcm.LcmEventsCreator
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.inventory.CmHandleState
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.inventory.CompositeStateBuilder
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.models.NcmpServiceCmHandle
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
 class LcmEventsCreatorSpec extends Specification {
@@ -31,17 +27,16 @@
     def objectUnderTest = new LcmEventsCreator()
     def cmHandleId = 'test-cm-handle'
 
-    def 'Map the LcmEvent for operation #operation'() {
-        given: 'NCMP cm handle details'
-            def ncmpServiceCmHandle = new NcmpServiceCmHandle(cmHandleId: cmHandleId, compositeState: new CompositeStateBuilder().withCmHandleState(CmHandleState.READY).build(),
-                publicProperties: ['publicProperty1': 'value1', 'publicProperty2': 'value2'])
+    def 'Map the LcmEvent'() {
         when: 'the event is populated'
-            def result = objectUnderTest.populateLcmEvent(cmHandleId, ncmpServiceCmHandle)
+            def result = objectUnderTest.populateLcmEvent(cmHandleId)
         then: 'event header is mapped correctly'
             assert result.eventSource == 'org.onap.ncmp'
             assert result.eventCorrelationId == cmHandleId
-        and: 'event payload is mapped correctly'
-            assert result.event.cmhandleProperties.size() == 1
-            assert result.event.cmhandleProperties[0] == ['publicProperty1': 'value1', 'publicProperty2': 'value2']
+        and: 'the result has the correct cm handle id'
+            assert result.event.cmHandleId == cmHandleId
+        and: 'the old and new values are not set yet'
+            assert result.event.oldValues == null
+            assert result.event.newValues == null
     }
 }
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsPublisherSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsPublisherSpec.groovy
index 8b9addc..f2cd2b5 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsPublisherSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsPublisherSpec.groovy
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.utils.MessagingSpec
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.utils.TestUtils
 import org.onap.cps.utils.JsonObjectMapper
-import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event.Event
-import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event.NcmpEvent
+import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.event.lcm.Event
+import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.event.lcm.LcmEvent
 import org.spockframework.spring.SpringBean
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest
@@ -46,40 +46,38 @@
     def testTopic = 'ncmp-events-test'
 
     @SpringBean
-    LcmEventsPublisher ncmpEventsPublisher = new LcmEventsPublisher(kafkaTemplate)
+    LcmEventsPublisher lcmEventsPublisher = new LcmEventsPublisher(kafkaTemplate)
 
     @Autowired
     JsonObjectMapper jsonObjectMapper
 
 
-    def 'Produce and Consume Ncmp Event'() {
+    def 'Produce and Consume Lcm Event'() {
         given: 'event key and event data'
-            def eventKey = 'ncmp'
-            def eventData = new NcmpEvent(eventId: 'test-uuid',
+            def eventKey = 'lcm'
+            def eventData = new LcmEvent(
+                eventId: 'test-uuid',
                 eventCorrelationId: 'cmhandle-as-correlationid',
-                eventSchema: URI.create('org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event:v1'),
-                eventSource: URI.create('org.onap.ncmp'),
+                eventSource: 'org.onap.ncmp',
                 eventTime: '2022-12-31T20:30:40.000+0000',
                 eventType: 'org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event',
-                event: new Event(cmHandleId: 'cmhandle-test', cmhandleState: 'READY', cmhandleProperties: [['publicProperty1': 'value1'], ['publicProperty2': 'value2']]))
-        and: 'we have an expected NcmpEvent'
-            def expectedJsonString = TestUtils.getResourceFileContent('expectedNcmpEvent.json')
-            def expectedNcmpEvent = jsonObjectMapper.convertJsonString(expectedJsonString, NcmpEvent.class)
+                eventSchema: 'org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event',
+                eventSchemaVersion: 'v1',
+                event: new Event(cmHandleId: 'cmhandle-test'))
         and: 'consumer has a subscription'
             kafkaConsumer.subscribe([testTopic] as List<String>)
         when: 'an event is published'
-            ncmpEventsPublisher.publishEvent(testTopic, eventKey, eventData)
+            lcmEventsPublisher.publishEvent(testTopic, eventKey, eventData)
         and: 'topic is polled'
             def records = kafkaConsumer.poll(Duration.ofMillis(1500))
-        then: 'no exception is thrown'
-            noExceptionThrown()
-        and: 'poll returns one record'
+        then: 'poll returns one record'
             assert records.size() == 1
         and: 'record key matches the expected event key'
             def record = records.iterator().next()
             assert eventKey == record.key
         and: 'record matches the expected event'
-            assert expectedNcmpEvent == jsonObjectMapper.convertJsonString(record.value, NcmpEvent.class)
-
+            def expectedJsonString = TestUtils.getResourceFileContent('expectedLcmEvent.json')
+            def expectedLcmEvent = jsonObjectMapper.convertJsonString(expectedJsonString, LcmEvent.class)
+            assert expectedLcmEvent == jsonObjectMapper.convertJsonString(record.value, LcmEvent.class)
     }
 }
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsServiceSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsServiceSpec.groovy
index 3dab5af..1eae357 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsServiceSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/event/lcm/LcmEventsServiceSpec.groovy
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.event.lcm
 
-import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event.NcmpEvent
+import org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.event.lcm.LcmEvent
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
 class LcmEventsServiceSpec extends Specification {
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
     def objectUnderTest = new LcmEventsService(mockLcmEventsPublisher)
 
     def 'Create and Publish lcm event where events are #scenario'() {
-        given: 'a cm handle id and Ncmp Event'
+        given: 'a cm handle id and Lcm Event'
             def cmHandleId = 'test-cm-handle-id'
-            def ncmpEvent = new NcmpEvent(eventId: UUID.randomUUID().toString(), eventCorrelationId: cmHandleId)
-        and: 'notifications enabled is #notificationsEnabled'
+            def lcmEvent = new LcmEvent(eventId: UUID.randomUUID().toString(), eventCorrelationId: cmHandleId)
+        and: 'notificationsEnabled is #notificationsEnabled and it will be true as default'
             objectUnderTest.notificationsEnabled = notificationsEnabled
         when: 'service is called to publish lcm event'
-            objectUnderTest.publishLcmEvent('test-cm-handle-id', ncmpEvent)
+            objectUnderTest.publishLcmEvent('test-cm-handle-id', lcmEvent)
         then: 'publisher is called #expectedTimesMethodCalled times'
-            expectedTimesMethodCalled * mockLcmEventsPublisher.publishEvent(_, cmHandleId, ncmpEvent)
+            expectedTimesMethodCalled * mockLcmEventsPublisher.publishEvent(_, cmHandleId, lcmEvent)
         where: 'the following values are used'
             scenario   | notificationsEnabled || expectedTimesMethodCalled
             'enabled'  | true                 || 1
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/resources/expectedLcmEvent.json b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/resources/expectedLcmEvent.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1db16ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/resources/expectedLcmEvent.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "eventId": "test-uuid",
+  "eventCorrelationId": "cmhandle-as-correlationid",
+  "eventTime": "2022-12-31T20:30:40.000+0000",
+  "eventSource": "org.onap.ncmp",
+  "eventType": "org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event",
+  "eventSchema": "org.onap.ncmp.cmhandle.lcm.event",
+  "eventSchemaVersion": "v1",
+  "event": {
+    "cmHandleId": "cmhandle-test"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/resources/expectedNcmpEvent.json b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/resources/expectedNcmpEvent.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d457a0..0000000
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/resources/expectedNcmpEvent.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "eventId": "test-uuid",
-  "eventCorrelationId": "cmhandle-as-correlationid",
-  "eventTime": "2022-12-31T20:30:40.000+0000",
-  "eventSource": "org.onap.ncmp",
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