diff --git a/.changeset/kind-students-cross.md b/.changeset/kind-students-cross.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f9d2d40a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/kind-students-cross.md
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-events-backend-module-gerrit': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-events-backend-module-github': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-events-backend-module-gitlab': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-events-backend-module-azure': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-events-node': minor
+---
+
+BREAKING CHANGE: Migrate `EventRouter` implementations from `EventBroker` to `EventsService`.
+
+`EventRouter` uses the new `EventsService` instead of the `EventBroker` now,
+causing a breaking change to its signature.
+
+All of its extensions and implementations got adjusted accordingly.
+(`SubTopicEventRouter`, `AzureDevOpsEventRouter`, `BitbucketCloudEventRouter`,
+`GerritEventRouter`, `GithubEventRouter`, `GitlabEventRouter`)
+
+Required adjustments were made to all backend modules for the new backend system,
+now also making use of the `eventsServiceRef` instead of the `eventsExtensionPoint`.
+
+**Migration:**
+
+Example for implementations of `SubTopicEventRouter`:
+
+```diff
+  import {
+    EventParams,
++   EventsService,
+    SubTopicEventRouter,
+  } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
+
+  export class GithubEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
+-   constructor() {
+-     super('github');
++   constructor(options: { events: EventsService }) {
++     super({
++       events: options.events,
++       topic: 'github',
++     });
+    }
+
++   protected getSubscriberId(): string {
++     return 'GithubEventRouter';
++   }
++
+    // ...
+  }
+```
+
+Example for a direct extension of `EventRouter`:
+
+```diff
+  class MyEventRouter extends EventRouter {
+-   constructor(/* ... */) {
++   constructor(options: {
++     events: EventsService;
++     // ...
++   }) {
+-     super();
+      // ...
++     super({
++       events: options.events,
++       topics: topics,
++     });
+    }
++
++   protected getSubscriberId(): string {
++     return 'MyEventRouter';
++   }
+-
+-   supportsEventTopics(): string[] {
+-     return this.topics;
+-   }
+  }
+```
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/api-report.md b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/api-report.md
index 4460aeb510..66529ef2d4 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/api-report.md
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 
 ```ts
 import { EventParams } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
+import { EventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { SubTopicEventRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 
 // @public
 export class AzureDevOpsEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor();
+  constructor(options: { events: EventsService });
   // (undocumented)
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined;
+  // (undocumented)
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string;
 }
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/package.json b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/package.json
index 9187f74024..0ee9f2dbfc 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/package.json
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/package.json
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^",
-    "winston": "^3.2.1"
+    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/router/AzureDevOpsEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/router/AzureDevOpsEventRouter.test.ts
index 56e761a8fc..837888a05a 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/router/AzureDevOpsEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/router/AzureDevOpsEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,37 +14,44 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { TestEventBroker } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
+import { TestEventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
 import { AzureDevOpsEventRouter } from './AzureDevOpsEventRouter';
 
 describe('AzureDevOpsEventRouter', () => {
-  const eventRouter = new AzureDevOpsEventRouter();
+  const events = new TestEventsService();
+  const eventRouter = new AzureDevOpsEventRouter({ events: events });
   const topic = 'azureDevOps';
   const eventPayload = { eventType: 'test.type', test: 'payload' };
   const metadata = {};
 
-  it('no $.eventType', () => {
-    const eventBroker = new TestEventBroker();
-    eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    events.reset();
+  });
 
+  it('subscribed to topic', () => {
+    eventRouter.subscribe();
+
+    expect(events.subscribed).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].id).toEqual('AzureDevOpsEventRouter');
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].topics).toEqual([topic]);
+  });
+
+  it('no $.eventType', () => {
     eventRouter.onEvent({
       topic,
       eventPayload: { invalid: 'payload' },
       metadata,
     });
 
-    expect(eventBroker.published).toEqual([]);
+    expect(events.published).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it('with $.eventType', () => {
-    const eventBroker = new TestEventBroker();
-    eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
-
     eventRouter.onEvent({ topic, eventPayload, metadata });
 
-    expect(eventBroker.published.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].topic).toEqual('azureDevOps.test.type');
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].eventPayload).toEqual(eventPayload);
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].metadata).toEqual(metadata);
+    expect(events.published).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.published[0].topic).toEqual('azureDevOps.test.type');
+    expect(events.published[0].eventPayload).toEqual(eventPayload);
+    expect(events.published[0].metadata).toEqual(metadata);
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/router/AzureDevOpsEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/router/AzureDevOpsEventRouter.ts
index 11dd7546dd..de05abd032 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/router/AzureDevOpsEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/router/AzureDevOpsEventRouter.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import {
   EventParams,
+  EventsService,
   SubTopicEventRouter,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 
@@ -27,8 +28,15 @@ import {
  * @public
  */
 export class AzureDevOpsEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor() {
-    super('azureDevOps');
+  constructor(options: { events: EventsService }) {
+    super({
+      events: options.events,
+      topic: 'azureDevOps',
+    });
+  }
+
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string {
+    return 'AzureDevOpsEventRouter';
   }
 
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined {
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/service/eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/service/eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter.test.ts
index d67b5eb071..d2afb81851 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/service/eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/service/eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,32 +14,28 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { createServiceFactory } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { startTestBackend } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
-import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node/alpha';
+import { TestEventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
+import { eventsServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter } from './eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter';
-import { AzureDevOpsEventRouter } from '../router/AzureDevOpsEventRouter';
 
 describe('eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter', () => {
   it('should be correctly wired and set up', async () => {
-    let addedPublisher: AzureDevOpsEventRouter | undefined;
-    let addedSubscriber: AzureDevOpsEventRouter | undefined;
-    const extensionPoint = {
-      addPublishers: (publisher: any) => {
-        addedPublisher = publisher;
+    const events = new TestEventsService();
+    const eventsServiceFactory = createServiceFactory({
+      service: eventsServiceRef,
+      deps: {},
+      async factory({}) {
+        return events;
       },
-      addSubscribers: (subscriber: any) => {
-        addedSubscriber = subscriber;
-      },
-    };
-
-    await startTestBackend({
-      extensionPoints: [[eventsExtensionPoint, extensionPoint]],
-      features: [eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter()],
     });
 
-    expect(addedPublisher).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(addedPublisher).toBeInstanceOf(AzureDevOpsEventRouter);
-    expect(addedSubscriber).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(addedSubscriber).toBeInstanceOf(AzureDevOpsEventRouter);
+    await startTestBackend({
+      features: [eventsServiceFactory(), eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter()],
+    });
+
+    expect(events.subscribed).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].id).toEqual('AzureDevOpsEventRouter');
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/service/eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/service/eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter.ts
index 50bc384502..9741015477 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/service/eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/src/service/eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { createBackendModule } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node/alpha';
+import { eventsServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { AzureDevOpsEventRouter } from '../router/AzureDevOpsEventRouter';
 
 /**
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ export const eventsModuleAzureDevOpsEventRouter = createBackendModule({
   register(env) {
     env.registerInit({
       deps: {
-        events: eventsExtensionPoint,
+        events: eventsServiceRef,
       },
       async init({ events }) {
-        const eventRouter = new AzureDevOpsEventRouter();
-
-        events.addPublishers(eventRouter);
-        events.addSubscribers(eventRouter);
+        const eventRouter = new AzureDevOpsEventRouter({
+          events,
+        });
+        await eventRouter.subscribe();
       },
     });
   },
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/api-report.md b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/api-report.md
index 4795edd89a..ba4f61d739 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/api-report.md
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 
 ```ts
 import { EventParams } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
+import { EventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { SubTopicEventRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 
 // @public
 export class BitbucketCloudEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor();
+  constructor(options: { events: EventsService });
   // (undocumented)
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined;
+  // (undocumented)
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string;
 }
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/package.json b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/package.json
index 609fac199c..5273652f44 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/package.json
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/package.json
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^",
-    "winston": "^3.2.1"
+    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/router/BitbucketCloudEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/router/BitbucketCloudEventRouter.test.ts
index b7a47984e4..65a4f1bf21 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/router/BitbucketCloudEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/router/BitbucketCloudEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,33 +14,40 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { TestEventBroker } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
+import { TestEventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
 import { BitbucketCloudEventRouter } from './BitbucketCloudEventRouter';
 
 describe('BitbucketCloudEventRouter', () => {
-  const eventRouter = new BitbucketCloudEventRouter();
+  const events = new TestEventsService();
+  const eventRouter = new BitbucketCloudEventRouter({ events });
   const topic = 'bitbucketCloud';
   const eventPayload = { test: 'payload' };
   const metadata = { 'x-event-key': 'test:type' };
 
-  it('no x-event-key', () => {
-    const eventBroker = new TestEventBroker();
-    eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    events.reset();
+  });
 
+  it('subscribed to topic', () => {
+    eventRouter.subscribe();
+
+    expect(events.subscribed).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].id).toEqual('BitbucketCloudEventRouter');
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].topics).toEqual([topic]);
+  });
+
+  it('no x-event-key', () => {
     eventRouter.onEvent({ topic, eventPayload });
 
-    expect(eventBroker.published).toEqual([]);
+    expect(events.published).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it('with x-event-key', () => {
-    const eventBroker = new TestEventBroker();
-    eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
-
     eventRouter.onEvent({ topic, eventPayload, metadata });
 
-    expect(eventBroker.published.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].topic).toEqual('bitbucketCloud.test:type');
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].eventPayload).toEqual(eventPayload);
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].metadata).toEqual(metadata);
+    expect(events.published.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(events.published[0].topic).toEqual('bitbucketCloud.test:type');
+    expect(events.published[0].eventPayload).toEqual(eventPayload);
+    expect(events.published[0].metadata).toEqual(metadata);
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/router/BitbucketCloudEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/router/BitbucketCloudEventRouter.ts
index 8350511d65..0f3ce09abf 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/router/BitbucketCloudEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/router/BitbucketCloudEventRouter.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import {
   EventParams,
+  EventsService,
   SubTopicEventRouter,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 
@@ -27,8 +28,15 @@ import {
  * @public
  */
 export class BitbucketCloudEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor() {
-    super('bitbucketCloud');
+  constructor(options: { events: EventsService }) {
+    super({
+      events: options.events,
+      topic: 'bitbucketCloud',
+    });
+  }
+
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string {
+    return 'BitbucketCloudEventRouter';
   }
 
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined {
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/service/eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/service/eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter.test.ts
index 025d994b4b..337e2206e4 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/service/eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/service/eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,32 +14,31 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { createServiceFactory } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { startTestBackend } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
-import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node/alpha';
+import { TestEventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
+import { eventsServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter } from './eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter';
-import { BitbucketCloudEventRouter } from '../router/BitbucketCloudEventRouter';
 
 describe('eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter', () => {
   it('should be correctly wired and set up', async () => {
-    let addedPublisher: BitbucketCloudEventRouter | undefined;
-    let addedSubscriber: BitbucketCloudEventRouter | undefined;
-    const extensionPoint = {
-      addPublishers: (publisher: any) => {
-        addedPublisher = publisher;
+    const events = new TestEventsService();
+    const eventsServiceFactory = createServiceFactory({
+      service: eventsServiceRef,
+      deps: {},
+      async factory({}) {
+        return events;
       },
-      addSubscribers: (subscriber: any) => {
-        addedSubscriber = subscriber;
-      },
-    };
-
-    await startTestBackend({
-      extensionPoints: [[eventsExtensionPoint, extensionPoint]],
-      features: [eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter()],
     });
 
-    expect(addedPublisher).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(addedPublisher).toBeInstanceOf(BitbucketCloudEventRouter);
-    expect(addedSubscriber).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(addedSubscriber).toBeInstanceOf(BitbucketCloudEventRouter);
+    await startTestBackend({
+      features: [
+        eventsServiceFactory(),
+        eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter(),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(events.subscribed).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].id).toEqual('BitbucketCloudEventRouter');
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/service/eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/service/eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter.ts
index 841a463001..648d6c67fb 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/service/eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/service/eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { createBackendModule } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node/alpha';
+import { eventsServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { BitbucketCloudEventRouter } from '../router/BitbucketCloudEventRouter';
 
 /**
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ export const eventsModuleBitbucketCloudEventRouter = createBackendModule({
   register(env) {
     env.registerInit({
       deps: {
-        events: eventsExtensionPoint,
+        events: eventsServiceRef,
       },
       async init({ events }) {
-        const eventRouter = new BitbucketCloudEventRouter();
-
-        events.addPublishers(eventRouter);
-        events.addSubscribers(eventRouter);
+        const eventRouter = new BitbucketCloudEventRouter({
+          events,
+        });
+        await eventRouter.subscribe();
       },
     });
   },
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/api-report.md b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/api-report.md
index ba3c4dd29f..c75857aa43 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/api-report.md
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 
 ```ts
 import { EventParams } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
+import { EventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { SubTopicEventRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 
 // @public
 export class GerritEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor();
+  constructor(options: { events: EventsService });
   // (undocumented)
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined;
+  // (undocumented)
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string;
 }
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/package.json b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/package.json
index 889c60c685..436fbde891 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/package.json
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/package.json
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^",
-    "winston": "^3.2.1"
+    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/router/GerritEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/router/GerritEventRouter.test.ts
index 7302a26012..6c635fcbdf 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/router/GerritEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/router/GerritEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,37 +14,44 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { TestEventBroker } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
+import { TestEventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
 import { GerritEventRouter } from './GerritEventRouter';
 
 describe('GerritEventRouter', () => {
-  const eventRouter = new GerritEventRouter();
+  const events = new TestEventsService();
+  const eventRouter = new GerritEventRouter({ events: events });
   const topic = 'gerrit';
   const eventPayload = { type: 'test-type', test: 'payload' };
   const metadata = {};
 
-  it('no $.type', () => {
-    const eventBroker = new TestEventBroker();
-    eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    events.reset();
+  });
 
+  it('subscribed to topic', () => {
+    eventRouter.subscribe();
+
+    expect(events.subscribed).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].id).toEqual('GerritEventRouter');
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].topics).toEqual([topic]);
+  });
+
+  it('no $.type', () => {
     eventRouter.onEvent({
       topic,
       eventPayload: { invalid: 'payload' },
       metadata,
     });
 
-    expect(eventBroker.published).toEqual([]);
+    expect(events.published).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it('with $.type', () => {
-    const eventBroker = new TestEventBroker();
-    eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
-
     eventRouter.onEvent({ topic, eventPayload, metadata });
 
-    expect(eventBroker.published.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].topic).toEqual('gerrit.test-type');
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].eventPayload).toEqual(eventPayload);
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].metadata).toEqual(metadata);
+    expect(events.published.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(events.published[0].topic).toEqual('gerrit.test-type');
+    expect(events.published[0].eventPayload).toEqual(eventPayload);
+    expect(events.published[0].metadata).toEqual(metadata);
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/router/GerritEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/router/GerritEventRouter.ts
index 3d97508b62..dac5aa34d5 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/router/GerritEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/router/GerritEventRouter.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import {
   EventParams,
+  EventsService,
   SubTopicEventRouter,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 
@@ -27,8 +28,15 @@ import {
  * @public
  */
 export class GerritEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor() {
-    super('gerrit');
+  constructor(options: { events: EventsService }) {
+    super({
+      events: options.events,
+      topic: 'gerrit',
+    });
+  }
+
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string {
+    return 'GerritEventRouter';
   }
 
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined {
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/service/eventsModuleGerritEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/service/eventsModuleGerritEventRouter.test.ts
index c11f4c42db..4fc971fcce 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/service/eventsModuleGerritEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/service/eventsModuleGerritEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,32 +14,28 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { createServiceFactory } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { startTestBackend } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
-import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node/alpha';
+import { eventsServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
+import { TestEventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
 import { eventsModuleGerritEventRouter } from './eventsModuleGerritEventRouter';
-import { GerritEventRouter } from '../router/GerritEventRouter';
 
 describe('eventsModuleGerritEventRouter', () => {
   it('should be correctly wired and set up', async () => {
-    let addedPublisher: GerritEventRouter | undefined;
-    let addedSubscriber: GerritEventRouter | undefined;
-    const extensionPoint = {
-      addPublishers: (publisher: any) => {
-        addedPublisher = publisher;
+    const events = new TestEventsService();
+    const eventsServiceFactory = createServiceFactory({
+      service: eventsServiceRef,
+      deps: {},
+      async factory({}) {
+        return events;
       },
-      addSubscribers: (subscriber: any) => {
-        addedSubscriber = subscriber;
-      },
-    };
-
-    await startTestBackend({
-      extensionPoints: [[eventsExtensionPoint, extensionPoint]],
-      features: [eventsModuleGerritEventRouter()],
     });
 
-    expect(addedPublisher).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(addedPublisher).toBeInstanceOf(GerritEventRouter);
-    expect(addedSubscriber).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(addedSubscriber).toBeInstanceOf(GerritEventRouter);
+    await startTestBackend({
+      features: [eventsServiceFactory(), eventsModuleGerritEventRouter()],
+    });
+
+    expect(events.subscribed).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].id).toEqual('GerritEventRouter');
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/service/eventsModuleGerritEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/service/eventsModuleGerritEventRouter.ts
index 780ff7f878..8d9792c4f4 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/service/eventsModuleGerritEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/src/service/eventsModuleGerritEventRouter.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { createBackendModule } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node/alpha';
+import { eventsServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { GerritEventRouter } from '../router/GerritEventRouter';
 
 /**
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ export const eventsModuleGerritEventRouter = createBackendModule({
   register(env) {
     env.registerInit({
       deps: {
-        events: eventsExtensionPoint,
+        events: eventsServiceRef,
       },
       async init({ events }) {
-        const eventRouter = new GerritEventRouter();
-
-        events.addPublishers(eventRouter);
-        events.addSubscribers(eventRouter);
+        const eventRouter = new GerritEventRouter({ events });
+        await eventRouter.subscribe();
       },
     });
   },
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/api-report.md b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/api-report.md
index bcf9b8ed74..5341f86039 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/api-report.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ```ts
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { EventParams } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
+import { EventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { RequestValidator } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { SubTopicEventRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 
@@ -15,8 +16,10 @@ export function createGithubSignatureValidator(
 
 // @public
 export class GithubEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor();
+  constructor(options: { events: EventsService });
   // (undocumented)
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined;
+  // (undocumented)
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string;
 }
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/package.json b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/package.json
index f78858d981..209167f64c 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/package.json
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/package.json
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^",
-    "@octokit/webhooks-methods": "^3.0.0",
-    "winston": "^3.2.1"
+    "@octokit/webhooks-methods": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/router/GithubEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/router/GithubEventRouter.test.ts
index 14cf6b9933..47f7eeb99f 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/router/GithubEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/router/GithubEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,33 +14,40 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { TestEventBroker } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
+import { TestEventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
 import { GithubEventRouter } from './GithubEventRouter';
 
 describe('GithubEventRouter', () => {
-  const eventRouter = new GithubEventRouter();
+  const events = new TestEventsService();
+  const eventRouter = new GithubEventRouter({ events: events });
   const topic = 'github';
   const eventPayload = { test: 'payload' };
   const metadata = { 'x-github-event': 'test_type' };
 
-  it('no x-github-event', () => {
-    const eventBroker = new TestEventBroker();
-    eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    events.reset();
+  });
 
+  it('subscribed to topic', () => {
+    eventRouter.subscribe();
+
+    expect(events.subscribed).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].id).toEqual('GithubEventRouter');
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].topics).toEqual([topic]);
+  });
+
+  it('no x-github-event', () => {
     eventRouter.onEvent({ topic, eventPayload });
 
-    expect(eventBroker.published).toEqual([]);
+    expect(events.published).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it('with x-github-event', () => {
-    const eventBroker = new TestEventBroker();
-    eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
-
     eventRouter.onEvent({ topic, eventPayload, metadata });
 
-    expect(eventBroker.published.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].topic).toEqual('github.test_type');
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].eventPayload).toEqual(eventPayload);
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].metadata).toEqual(metadata);
+    expect(events.published.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(events.published[0].topic).toEqual('github.test_type');
+    expect(events.published[0].eventPayload).toEqual(eventPayload);
+    expect(events.published[0].metadata).toEqual(metadata);
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/router/GithubEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/router/GithubEventRouter.ts
index 10dd1c55c6..767ed784f2 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/router/GithubEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/router/GithubEventRouter.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import {
   EventParams,
+  EventsService,
   SubTopicEventRouter,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 
@@ -27,8 +28,15 @@ import {
  * @public
  */
 export class GithubEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor() {
-    super('github');
+  constructor(options: { events: EventsService }) {
+    super({
+      events: options.events,
+      topic: 'github',
+    });
+  }
+
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string {
+    return 'GithubEventRouter';
   }
 
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined {
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/service/eventsModuleGithubEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/service/eventsModuleGithubEventRouter.test.ts
index 02151d0dcf..f147bbcb69 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/service/eventsModuleGithubEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/service/eventsModuleGithubEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,32 +14,28 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { createServiceFactory } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { startTestBackend } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
-import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node/alpha';
+import { TestEventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
+import { eventsServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { eventsModuleGithubEventRouter } from './eventsModuleGithubEventRouter';
-import { GithubEventRouter } from '../router/GithubEventRouter';
 
 describe('eventsModuleGithubEventRouter', () => {
   it('should be correctly wired and set up', async () => {
-    let addedPublisher: GithubEventRouter | undefined;
-    let addedSubscriber: GithubEventRouter | undefined;
-    const extensionPoint = {
-      addPublishers: (publisher: any) => {
-        addedPublisher = publisher;
+    const events = new TestEventsService();
+    const eventsServiceFactory = createServiceFactory({
+      service: eventsServiceRef,
+      deps: {},
+      async factory({}) {
+        return events;
       },
-      addSubscribers: (subscriber: any) => {
-        addedSubscriber = subscriber;
-      },
-    };
-
-    await startTestBackend({
-      extensionPoints: [[eventsExtensionPoint, extensionPoint]],
-      features: [eventsModuleGithubEventRouter()],
     });
 
-    expect(addedPublisher).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(addedPublisher).toBeInstanceOf(GithubEventRouter);
-    expect(addedSubscriber).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(addedSubscriber).toBeInstanceOf(GithubEventRouter);
+    await startTestBackend({
+      features: [eventsServiceFactory(), eventsModuleGithubEventRouter()],
+    });
+
+    expect(events.subscribed).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].id).toEqual('GithubEventRouter');
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/service/eventsModuleGithubEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/service/eventsModuleGithubEventRouter.ts
index 093307dfaf..694b4b162d 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/service/eventsModuleGithubEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/src/service/eventsModuleGithubEventRouter.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { createBackendModule } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node/alpha';
+import { eventsServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { GithubEventRouter } from '../router/GithubEventRouter';
 
 /**
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ export const eventsModuleGithubEventRouter = createBackendModule({
   register(env) {
     env.registerInit({
       deps: {
-        events: eventsExtensionPoint,
+        events: eventsServiceRef,
       },
       async init({ events }) {
-        const eventRouter = new GithubEventRouter();
-
-        events.addPublishers(eventRouter);
-        events.addSubscribers(eventRouter);
+        const eventRouter = new GithubEventRouter({ events });
+        await eventRouter.subscribe();
       },
     });
   },
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
index 8a0c513857..f348436375 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ```ts
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { EventParams } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
+import { EventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { RequestValidator } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { SubTopicEventRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 
@@ -13,8 +14,10 @@ export function createGitlabTokenValidator(config: Config): RequestValidator;
 
 // @public
 export class GitlabEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor();
+  constructor(options: { events: EventsService });
   // (undocumented)
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined;
+  // (undocumented)
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string;
 }
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/package.json b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
index f59b6e5faf..08abb12b8f 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^",
-    "winston": "^3.2.1"
+    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/router/GitlabEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/router/GitlabEventRouter.test.ts
index 6ced12d3cb..bc9da24cbe 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/router/GitlabEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/router/GitlabEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,37 +14,44 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { TestEventBroker } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
+import { TestEventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
 import { GitlabEventRouter } from './GitlabEventRouter';
 
 describe('GitlabEventRouter', () => {
-  const eventRouter = new GitlabEventRouter();
+  const events = new TestEventsService();
+  const eventRouter = new GitlabEventRouter({ events: events });
   const topic = 'gitlab';
   const eventPayload = { event_name: 'test_type', test: 'payload' };
   const metadata = {};
 
-  it('no $.event_name', () => {
-    const eventBroker = new TestEventBroker();
-    eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    events.reset();
+  });
 
+  it('subscribed to topic', () => {
+    eventRouter.subscribe();
+
+    expect(events.subscribed).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].id).toEqual('GitlabEventRouter');
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].topics).toEqual([topic]);
+  });
+
+  it('no $.event_name', () => {
     eventRouter.onEvent({
       topic,
       eventPayload: { invalid: 'payload' },
       metadata,
     });
 
-    expect(eventBroker.published).toEqual([]);
+    expect(events.published).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it('with $.event_name', () => {
-    const eventBroker = new TestEventBroker();
-    eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
-
     eventRouter.onEvent({ topic, eventPayload, metadata });
 
-    expect(eventBroker.published.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].topic).toEqual('gitlab.test_type');
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].eventPayload).toEqual(eventPayload);
-    expect(eventBroker.published[0].metadata).toEqual(metadata);
+    expect(events.published.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(events.published[0].topic).toEqual('gitlab.test_type');
+    expect(events.published[0].eventPayload).toEqual(eventPayload);
+    expect(events.published[0].metadata).toEqual(metadata);
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/router/GitlabEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/router/GitlabEventRouter.ts
index 16324340ee..23b0389b55 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/router/GitlabEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/router/GitlabEventRouter.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import {
   EventParams,
+  EventsService,
   SubTopicEventRouter,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 
@@ -27,8 +28,15 @@ import {
  * @public
  */
 export class GitlabEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor() {
-    super('gitlab');
+  constructor(options: { events: EventsService }) {
+    super({
+      events: options.events,
+      topic: 'gitlab',
+    });
+  }
+
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string {
+    return 'GitlabEventRouter';
   }
 
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined {
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/service/eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/service/eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter.test.ts
index 34a68ccbe4..9195be7a73 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/service/eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/service/eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,32 +14,28 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { createServiceFactory } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { startTestBackend } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
-import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node/alpha';
+import { TestEventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils';
+import { eventsServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter } from './eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter';
-import { GitlabEventRouter } from '../router/GitlabEventRouter';
 
 describe('eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter', () => {
   it('should be correctly wired and set up', async () => {
-    let addedPublisher: GitlabEventRouter | undefined;
-    let addedSubscriber: GitlabEventRouter | undefined;
-    const extensionPoint = {
-      addPublishers: (publisher: any) => {
-        addedPublisher = publisher;
+    const events = new TestEventsService();
+    const eventsServiceFactory = createServiceFactory({
+      service: eventsServiceRef,
+      deps: {},
+      async factory({}) {
+        return events;
       },
-      addSubscribers: (subscriber: any) => {
-        addedSubscriber = subscriber;
-      },
-    };
-
-    await startTestBackend({
-      extensionPoints: [[eventsExtensionPoint, extensionPoint]],
-      features: [eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter()],
     });
 
-    expect(addedPublisher).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(addedPublisher).toBeInstanceOf(GitlabEventRouter);
-    expect(addedSubscriber).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(addedSubscriber).toBeInstanceOf(GitlabEventRouter);
+    await startTestBackend({
+      features: [eventsServiceFactory(), eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter()],
+    });
+
+    expect(events.subscribed).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events.subscribed[0].id).toEqual('GitlabEventRouter');
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/service/eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/service/eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter.ts
index fc44e95057..66245efb58 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/service/eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-gitlab/src/service/eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { createBackendModule } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node/alpha';
+import { eventsServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { GitlabEventRouter } from '../router/GitlabEventRouter';
 
 /**
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ export const eventsModuleGitlabEventRouter = createBackendModule({
   register(env) {
     env.registerInit({
       deps: {
-        events: eventsExtensionPoint,
+        events: eventsServiceRef,
       },
       async init({ events }) {
-        const eventRouter = new GitlabEventRouter();
-
-        events.addPublishers(eventRouter);
-        events.addSubscribers(eventRouter);
+        const eventRouter = new GitlabEventRouter({ events: events });
+        await eventRouter.subscribe();
       },
     });
   },
diff --git a/plugins/events-node/api-report.md b/plugins/events-node/api-report.md
index 081c56549a..9574d6c098 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/events-node/api-report.md
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ export interface EventPublisher {
 }
 
 // @public
-export abstract class EventRouter implements EventPublisher, EventSubscriber {
+export abstract class EventRouter {
+  protected constructor(options: { events: EventsService; topics: string[] });
   // (undocumented)
   protected abstract determineDestinationTopic(
     params: EventParams,
   ): string | undefined;
   // (undocumented)
+  protected abstract getSubscriberId(): string;
+  // (undocumented)
   onEvent(params: EventParams): Promise<void>;
-  // (undocumented)
-  setEventBroker(eventBroker: EventBroker): Promise<void>;
-  // (undocumented)
-  abstract supportsEventTopics(): string[];
+  subscribe(): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 // @public
@@ -114,12 +114,10 @@ export type RequestValidator = (
 
 // @public
 export abstract class SubTopicEventRouter extends EventRouter {
-  protected constructor(topic: string);
+  protected constructor(options: { events: EventsService; topic: string });
   // (undocumented)
   protected determineDestinationTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined;
   // (undocumented)
   protected abstract determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined;
-  // (undocumented)
-  supportsEventTopics(): string[];
 }
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventRouter.test.ts
index 551c5ea67d..f7709ead64 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,19 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { EventBroker } from './EventBroker';
 import { EventParams } from './EventParams';
 import { EventRouter } from './EventRouter';
+import { EventsService } from './EventsService';
 
 class TestEventRouter extends EventRouter {
+  constructor(events: EventsService) {
+    super({ events, topics: ['my-topic'] });
+  }
+
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string {
+    return 'TestEventRouter';
+  }
+
   protected determineDestinationTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined {
     const payload = params.eventPayload as { value?: number };
     if (payload.value === undefined) {
@@ -27,26 +35,21 @@ class TestEventRouter extends EventRouter {
 
     return payload.value % 2 === 0 ? 'even' : 'odd';
   }
-
-  supportsEventTopics(): string[] {
-    return ['my-topic'];
-  }
 }
 
 describe('EventRouter', () => {
-  const eventRouter = new TestEventRouter();
+  const published: EventParams[] = [];
+  const events: EventsService = {
+    publish: async event => {
+      published.push(event);
+    },
+    subscribe: async _subscription => {},
+  };
+  const eventRouter = new TestEventRouter(events);
   const topic = 'my-topic';
   const metadata = { random: 'metadata' };
 
   it('no destination topic', async () => {
-    const published: EventParams[] = [];
-    const eventBroker = {
-      publish: (params: EventParams) => {
-        published.push(params);
-      },
-    } as EventBroker;
-    await eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
-
     await eventRouter.onEvent({
       topic,
       eventPayload: { discarded: 'event' },
@@ -57,14 +60,6 @@ describe('EventRouter', () => {
   });
 
   it('with destination topic', async () => {
-    const published: EventParams[] = [];
-    const eventBroker = {
-      publish: (params: EventParams) => {
-        published.push(params);
-      },
-    } as EventBroker;
-    await eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
-
     const payloadEven = { value: 2 };
     const payloadOdd = { value: 3 };
     await eventRouter.onEvent({ topic, eventPayload: payloadEven, metadata });
diff --git a/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventRouter.ts
index b435ef15f4..5e4492d25f 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventRouter.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { EventBroker } from './EventBroker';
 import { EventParams } from './EventParams';
-import { EventPublisher } from './EventPublisher';
-import { EventSubscriber } from './EventSubscriber';
+import { EventsService } from './EventsService';
 
 /**
  * Subscribes to a topic and - depending on a set of conditions -
@@ -26,13 +24,41 @@ import { EventSubscriber } from './EventSubscriber';
  * @see {@link https://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/MessageRouter.html | Message Router pattern}.
  * @public
  */
-export abstract class EventRouter implements EventPublisher, EventSubscriber {
-  private eventBroker?: EventBroker;
+export abstract class EventRouter {
+  private readonly events: EventsService;
+  private readonly topics: string[];
+  private subscribed: boolean = false;
+
+  protected constructor(options: { events: EventsService; topics: string[] }) {
+    this.events = options.events;
+    this.topics = options.topics;
+  }
+
+  protected abstract getSubscriberId(): string;
 
   protected abstract determineDestinationTopic(
     params: EventParams,
   ): string | undefined;
 
+  /**
+   * Subscribes itself to the topic(s),
+   * after which events potentially can be received
+   * and processed by {@link EventRouter.onEvent}.
+   */
+  async subscribe(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.subscribed) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.subscribed = true;
+
+    await this.events.subscribe({
+      id: this.getSubscriberId(),
+      topics: this.topics,
+      onEvent: this.onEvent.bind(this),
+    });
+  }
+
   async onEvent(params: EventParams): Promise<void> {
     const topic = this.determineDestinationTopic(params);
 
@@ -41,15 +67,9 @@ export abstract class EventRouter implements EventPublisher, EventSubscriber {
     }
 
     // republish to different topic
-    this.eventBroker?.publish({
+    await this.events.publish({
       ...params,
       topic,
     });
   }
-
-  async setEventBroker(eventBroker: EventBroker): Promise<void> {
-    this.eventBroker = eventBroker;
-  }
-
-  abstract supportsEventTopics(): string[];
 }
diff --git a/plugins/events-node/src/api/SubTopicEventRouter.test.ts b/plugins/events-node/src/api/SubTopicEventRouter.test.ts
index d5c79895a5..6298e1549d 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/src/api/SubTopicEventRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-node/src/api/SubTopicEventRouter.test.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,17 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { EventBroker } from './EventBroker';
 import { EventParams } from './EventParams';
+import { EventsService } from './EventsService';
 import { SubTopicEventRouter } from './SubTopicEventRouter';
 
 class TestSubTopicEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
-  constructor() {
-    super('my-topic');
+  constructor(events: EventsService) {
+    super({ events, topic: 'my-topic' });
+  }
+
+  protected getSubscriberId(): string {
+    return 'TestSubTopicEventRouter';
   }
 
   protected determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined {
@@ -29,34 +33,25 @@ class TestSubTopicEventRouter extends SubTopicEventRouter {
 }
 
 describe('SubTopicEventRouter', () => {
-  const eventRouter = new TestSubTopicEventRouter();
+  const published: EventParams[] = [];
+  const events: EventsService = {
+    publish: async event => {
+      published.push(event);
+    },
+    subscribe: async _subscription => {},
+  };
+  const eventRouter = new TestSubTopicEventRouter(events);
   const topic = 'my-topic';
   const eventPayload = { test: 'payload' };
   const metadata = { 'x-my-event': 'test.type' };
 
   it('no x-my-event', async () => {
-    const published: EventParams[] = [];
-    const eventBroker = {
-      publish: (params: EventParams) => {
-        published.push(params);
-      },
-    } as EventBroker;
-    await eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
-
     await eventRouter.onEvent({ topic, eventPayload });
 
     expect(published).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it('with x-my-event', async () => {
-    const published: EventParams[] = [];
-    const eventBroker = {
-      publish: (params: EventParams) => {
-        published.push(params);
-      },
-    } as EventBroker;
-    await eventRouter.setEventBroker(eventBroker);
-
     await eventRouter.onEvent({ topic, eventPayload, metadata });
 
     expect(published.length).toBe(1);
diff --git a/plugins/events-node/src/api/SubTopicEventRouter.ts b/plugins/events-node/src/api/SubTopicEventRouter.ts
index 04abe14009..5a96ad6788 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/src/api/SubTopicEventRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-node/src/api/SubTopicEventRouter.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import { EventParams } from './EventParams';
 import { EventRouter } from './EventRouter';
+import { EventsService } from './EventsService';
 
 /**
  * Subscribes to the provided (generic) topic
@@ -27,8 +28,11 @@ import { EventRouter } from './EventRouter';
  * @public
  */
 export abstract class SubTopicEventRouter extends EventRouter {
-  protected constructor(private readonly topic: string) {
-    super();
+  protected constructor(options: { events: EventsService; topic: string }) {
+    super({
+      events: options.events,
+      topics: [options.topic],
+    });
   }
 
   protected abstract determineSubTopic(params: EventParams): string | undefined;
@@ -37,8 +41,4 @@ export abstract class SubTopicEventRouter extends EventRouter {
     const subTopic = this.determineSubTopic(params);
     return subTopic ? `${params.topic}.${subTopic}` : undefined;
   }
-
-  supportsEventTopics(): string[] {
-    return [this.topic];
-  }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f49f9f73c5..39bfa662d7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6404,7 +6404,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
-    winston: ^3.2.1
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -6417,7 +6416,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
-    winston: ^3.2.1
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -6430,7 +6428,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
-    winston: ^3.2.1
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -6445,7 +6442,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
     "@octokit/webhooks-methods": ^3.0.0
-    winston: ^3.2.1
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -6459,7 +6455,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
-    winston: ^3.2.1
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft