diff --git a/cps-events/src/test/resources/event-v2-delete-operation.json b/cps-events/src/test/resources/event-v2-delete-operation.json
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+{
+  "schema": "urn:cps:org.onap.cps:data-updated-event-schema:v2",
+  "id": "77b8f114-4562-4069-8234-6d059ff742ac",
+  "source": "urn:cps:org.onap.cps",
+  "type": "org.onap.cps.data-updated-event",
+  "content": {
+    "observedTimestamp": "2020-12-01T00:00:00.000+0000",
+    "dataspaceName": "my-dataspace",
+    "schemaSetName": "bookstore-schemaset",
+    "anchorName": "chapters",
+    "operation" : "DELETE"
+  }
+}
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