diff --git a/src/traft/event.rs b/src/traft/event.rs
index de475024996cdb8040d3a5d2b2a471137258365e..09b964f649a5ba13a76049ac29db658274ace8a8 100644
--- a/src/traft/event.rs
+++ b/src/traft/event.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub type BoxResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>;
         JointStateLeave = "raft.joint-state-leave",
         JointStateDrop = "raft.joint-state-drop",
         RaftLoopNeeded = "raft.loop-needed",
-        CommitIndexPersisted = "raft.commit-index-persisted",
+        EntryApplied = "raft.entry-applied",
         MigrateDone = "picodata.migrate-done",
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/traft/node.rs b/src/traft/node.rs
index 454a8ca282a49f822a6feef2290624591385abd2..94ce364effe26876b1cb102bfa4dc9ae90afb102 100644
--- a/src/traft/node.rs
+++ b/src/traft/node.rs
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ impl NodeImpl {
                 }
 
                 let res = self.raft_storage.persist_applied(entry_index);
+                event::broadcast(Event::EntryApplied);
                 if let Err(e) = res {
                     tlog!(
                         Error,
@@ -1305,7 +1306,6 @@ impl NodeImpl {
             // Raft HardState changed, and we need to persist it.
             if let Some(hs) = ready.hs() {
                 self.raft_storage.persist_hard_state(hs).unwrap();
-                event::broadcast(Event::CommitIndexPersisted);
                 if let Err(e) = self.status.send_modify(|s| s.term = hs.term) {
                     tlog!(Warning, "failed updating current term: {e}"; "term" => hs.term)
                 }
@@ -1331,7 +1331,6 @@ impl NodeImpl {
         // Update commit index.
         if let Some(commit) = light_rd.commit_index() {
             self.raft_storage.persist_commit(commit).unwrap();
-            event::broadcast(Event::CommitIndexPersisted);
         }
 
         // Apply committed entries.
diff --git a/src/traft/rpc/sync.rs b/src/traft/rpc/sync.rs
index 2e6a71125806b4819a14fa3dcd6ab4322ae44b8c..2e190576eca7307082b04e95af09dea76af44a19 100644
--- a/src/traft/rpc/sync.rs
+++ b/src/traft/rpc/sync.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn wait_for_index_timeout(
         }
 
         if let Some(timeout) = deadline.checked_duration_since(Instant::now()) {
-            event::wait_timeout(event::Event::CommitIndexPersisted, timeout)?;
+            event::wait_timeout(event::Event::EntryApplied, timeout)?;
         } else {
             return Err(Error::Timeout);
         }