diff --git a/event.ts b/event.ts
index 8e5abafb..54e1ce3a 100644
--- a/event.ts
+++ b/event.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {bytesToHex} from '@noble/hashes/utils'
 import {getPublicKey} from './keys.ts'
 import {utf8Encoder} from './utils.ts'
 
+/** @deprecated Use numbers instead. */
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
 export enum Kind {
   Metadata = 0,
@@ -33,18 +34,18 @@ export enum Kind {
   Article = 30023
 }
 
-export type EventTemplate<K extends number = Kind> = {
+export type EventTemplate<K extends number = number> = {
   kind: K
   tags: string[][]
   content: string
   created_at: number
 }
 
-export type UnsignedEvent<K extends number = Kind> = EventTemplate<K> & {
+export type UnsignedEvent<K extends number = number> = EventTemplate<K> & {
   pubkey: string
 }
 
-export type Event<K extends number = Kind> = UnsignedEvent<K> & {
+export type Event<K extends number = number> = UnsignedEvent<K> & {
   id: string
   sig: string
 }
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export function getBlankEvent<K>(kind: K | Kind.Blank = Kind.Blank) {
   }
 }
 
-export function finishEvent<K extends number = Kind>(
+export function finishEvent<K extends number = number>(
   t: EventTemplate<K>,
   privateKey: string
 ): Event<K> {
diff --git a/filter.ts b/filter.ts
index 9ca2730c..0fef5f0f 100644
--- a/filter.ts
+++ b/filter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {Event, type Kind} from './event.ts'
 
-export type Filter<K extends number = Kind> = {
+export type Filter<K extends number = number> = {
   ids?: string[]
   kinds?: K[]
   authors?: string[]