diff --git a/cmd/gcpPublishEvent.go b/cmd/gcpPublishEvent.go
index 83baab8cf2..95a5493e93 100644
--- a/cmd/gcpPublishEvent.go
+++ b/cmd/gcpPublishEvent.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func runGcpPublishEvent(utils gcpPublishEventUtils) error {
 }
 
 func createNewEvent(config *gcpPublishEventOptions) ([]byte, error) {
-	event, err := events.NewEvent(config.EventType, config.EventSource).CreateWithJSONData(config.EventData)
+	event, err := events.NewEvent(config.EventType, config.EventSource, "").CreateWithJSONData(config.EventData)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []byte{}, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create new event")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/mavenBuild.go b/cmd/mavenBuild.go
index 559e5c2188..a3cb22d86d 100644
--- a/cmd/mavenBuild.go
+++ b/cmd/mavenBuild.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func runMakeBOMGoal(config *mavenBuildOptions, utils maven.Utils) error {
 	}
 	defines = append(defines, createBOMConfig...)
 
-	goals := []string{"org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin:2.7.8:makeBom"}
+	goals := []string{"org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin:2.7.9:makeBom"}
 
 	if config.Flatten {
 		goals = append(goals, "flatten:flatten")
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func runMakeBOMGoal(config *mavenBuildOptions, utils maven.Utils) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func runMavenBuild(config *mavenBuildOptions, telemetryData *telemetry.CustomData, utils maven.Utils, commonPipelineEnvironment *mavenBuildCommonPipelineEnvironment) error {
+func runMavenBuild(config *mavenBuildOptions, _ *telemetry.CustomData, utils maven.Utils, commonPipelineEnvironment *mavenBuildCommonPipelineEnvironment) error {
 
 	var flags = []string{"-update-snapshots", "--batch-mode"}
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func runMavenBuild(config *mavenBuildOptions, telemetryData *telemetry.CustomDat
 
 	if config.CreateBOM {
 		// Append the makeAggregateBOM goal to the rest of the goals
-		goals = append(goals, "org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin:2.7.8:makeAggregateBom")
+		goals = append(goals, "org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin:2.7.9:makeAggregateBom")
 		createBOMConfig := []string{
 			"-DschemaVersion=1.4",
 			"-DincludeBomSerialNumber=true",
diff --git a/cmd/mavenBuild_test.go b/cmd/mavenBuild_test.go
index ea5e9abdbc..36647bb3ba 100644
--- a/cmd/mavenBuild_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mavenBuild_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestMavenBuild(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		if assert.Equal(t, 2, len(mockedUtils.Calls), "Expected two Maven invocations (default + makeAggregateBom)") {
 			assert.Equal(t, "mvn", mockedUtils.Calls[1].Exec)
-			assert.Contains(t, mockedUtils.Calls[0].Params, "org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin:2.7.8:makeAggregateBom")
+			assert.Contains(t, mockedUtils.Calls[0].Params, "org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin:2.7.9:makeAggregateBom")
 			assert.Contains(t, mockedUtils.Calls[0].Params, "-DoutputName=bom-maven")
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/events/events.go b/pkg/events/events.go
index 700337e9f4..ed95f10268 100644
--- a/pkg/events/events.go
+++ b/pkg/events/events.go
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ type Event struct {
 	cloudEvent  cloudevents.Event
 	eventType   string
 	eventSource string
+	uuidData    string
 }
 
-func NewEvent(eventType, eventSource string) Event {
+func NewEvent(eventType, eventSource string, uuidString string) Event {
 	return Event{
 		eventType:   eventType,
 		eventSource: eventSource,
+		uuidData:    uuidString,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -45,8 +47,14 @@ func (e Event) CreateWithJSONData(data string, opts ...Option) (Event, error) {
 
 func (e Event) Create(data any, opts ...Option) Event {
 	e.cloudEvent = cloudevents.NewEvent("1.0")
+
+	if e.uuidData != "" {
+		e.cloudEvent.SetID(GetUUID(e.uuidData))
+	} else {
+		e.cloudEvent.SetID(uuid.New().String())
+	}
+
 	// set default values
-	e.cloudEvent.SetID(uuid.New().String())
 	e.cloudEvent.SetType(e.eventType)
 	e.cloudEvent.SetTime(time.Now())
 	e.cloudEvent.SetSource(e.eventSource)
@@ -58,6 +66,10 @@ func (e Event) Create(data any, opts ...Option) Event {
 	return e
 }
 
+func GetUUID(pipelineIdentifier string) string {
+	return uuid.NewMD5(uuid.NameSpaceOID, []byte(pipelineIdentifier)).String()
+}
+
 func (e Event) ToBytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	data, err := json.Marshal(e.cloudEvent)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/events/events_test.go b/pkg/events/events_test.go
index 87e4742ef8..4ab9a40bbe 100644
--- a/pkg/events/events_test.go
+++ b/pkg/events/events_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ func TestEventCreation(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("success", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// init
 		// test
-		event := NewEvent(mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Create(nil)
+		event := NewEvent(mock.Anything, mock.Anything, "").Create(nil)
 		// asserts
 		assert.Equal(t, mock.Anything, event.cloudEvent.Type())
 		assert.Equal(t, mock.Anything, event.cloudEvent.Source())
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func TestEventCreation(t *testing.T) {
 		// init
 		testData := `{"testKey":"testValue"}`
 		// test
-		event, err := NewEvent(mock.Anything, mock.Anything).CreateWithJSONData(testData)
+		event, err := NewEvent(mock.Anything, mock.Anything, "").CreateWithJSONData(testData)
 		// asserts
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, string(event.cloudEvent.Data()), testData)
@@ -32,10 +32,25 @@ func TestEventCreation(t *testing.T) {
 		testData := `{"testKey": "testValue"}`
 		additionalData := `{"additionalKey": "additionalValue"}`
 		// test
-		event, err := NewEvent(mock.Anything, mock.Anything).CreateWithJSONData(testData)
+		event, err := NewEvent(mock.Anything, mock.Anything, "").CreateWithJSONData(testData)
 		event.AddToCloudEventData(additionalData)
 		// asserts
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, string(event.cloudEvent.Data()), `{"additionalKey":"additionalValue","testKey":"testValue"}`)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestGetUUID(t *testing.T) {
+	pipelineIdentifier := "pipelineIdentifier"
+	uuid := GetUUID(pipelineIdentifier)
+
+	if uuid == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a UUID but got none")
+	}
+
+	uuid2 := GetUUID(pipelineIdentifier)
+	if uuid != uuid2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the same UUID but got different ones")
+	}
+
+}