diff --git a/grails-forge-core/src/main/java/org/grails/forge/feature/database/GormFeature.java b/grails-forge-core/src/main/java/org/grails/forge/feature/database/GormFeature.java
index c5b16f91..d9e13193 100644
--- a/grails-forge-core/src/main/java/org/grails/forge/feature/database/GormFeature.java
+++ b/grails-forge-core/src/main/java/org/grails/forge/feature/database/GormFeature.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ protected boolean isGormReactorEventsEnabled() {
     }
 
     protected void applyDefaultGormConfig(Map<String, Object> config) {
-        config.put("grails.gorm.reactor.events", isGormReactorEventsEnabled());
+        if (isGormReactorEventsEnabled()) {
+            config.put("grails.events.spring", true);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/template/YamlTemplateSpec.groovy b/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/template/YamlTemplateSpec.groovy
index fea95e7a..3fbcf299 100644
--- a/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/template/YamlTemplateSpec.groovy
+++ b/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/template/YamlTemplateSpec.groovy
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class YamlTemplateSpec extends Specification {
         Map<String, Object> config = [:]
         config.put("info.app.name", "foo")
         config.put("grails.codegen.defaultPackage", "example")
-        config.put("grails.gorm.reactor.events", false)
+        config.put("grails.events.spring", true)
         config.put("datasources.default.url", "dbURL")
         config.put("datasources.default.className", "h2")
         config.put("jpa.default.properties.hibernate.hbm2ddl", "auto")
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ class YamlTemplateSpec extends Specification {
 grails:
   codegen:
     defaultPackage: example
-  gorm:
-    reactor:
-      events: false
+  events:
+    spring: true
 datasources:
   default:
     url: dbURL