diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b112544d..5a10408ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.86.1 / xxx
+
+* [BUGFIX] Fix formatting of Kubernetes events. #8015
+
 ## 0.86.0 / 2025-10-07
 
 > [!NOTE]
diff --git a/pkg/operator/operator.go b/pkg/operator/operator.go
index 711529222..cf8ea3e64 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/operator.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func (er *EventRecorder) Eventf(regarding runtime.Object, eventtype, reason, act
 		reason,
 		action,
 		note,
-		args,
+		args...,
 	)
 }