diff --git a/frigate/api/defs/request/events_body.py b/frigate/api/defs/request/events_body.py
index 73456fb47..dd18ff8f7 100644
--- a/frigate/api/defs/request/events_body.py
+++ b/frigate/api/defs/request/events_body.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-from typing import List, Literal, Optional, Union
+from typing import List, Optional, Union
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
+from frigate.config.classification import TriggerType
+
 
 class EventsSubLabelBody(BaseModel):
     subLabel: str = Field(title="Sub label", max_length=100)
@@ -48,6 +50,6 @@ class SubmitPlusBody(BaseModel):
 
 
 class TriggerEmbeddingBody(BaseModel):
-    type: Literal["thumbnail", "description"]
+    type: TriggerType
     data: str
     threshold: float = Field(default=0.5, ge=0.0, le=1.0)