diff --git a/.requirements b/.requirements
index 89647d56ae76..cb1e6e4b6f90 100644
--- a/.requirements
+++ b/.requirements
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LIBEXPAT_SHA256=d4cf38d26e21a56654ffe4acd9cd5481164619626802328506a2869afab29ab3
 
 LUA_KONG_NGINX_MODULE=a8411f7cf4289049f0bd3e8e40088e7256389ed3 # 0.11.0
 LUA_RESTY_LMDB=7d2581cbe30cde18a8482d820c227ca0845c0ded # 1.4.2
-LUA_RESTY_EVENTS=21d152d42ace72e1d51b782ca6827b851cd6a1d4 # 0.2.1
+LUA_RESTY_EVENTS=2dcd1d7a256c53103c0fdbe804f419174e0ea8ba # 0.3.0
 LUA_RESTY_WEBSOCKET=966c69c39f03029b9b42ec0f8e55aaed7d6eebc0 # 0.4.0.1
 ATC_ROUTER=ffd11db657115769bf94f0c4f915f98300bc26b6 # 1.6.2
 SNAPPY=23b3286820105438c5dbb9bc22f1bb85c5812c8a # 1.2.0
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-events.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-events.yml
index 2d8d614b533c..8481612691d5 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-events.yml
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-events.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-message: "Bumped lua-resty-events to 0.2.1"
+message: "Bumped lua-resty-events to 0.3.0"
 type: dependency
 scope: Core
diff --git a/kong/global.lua b/kong/global.lua
index 468f55bf821f..b7a1bbc04ee0 100644
--- a/kong/global.lua
+++ b/kong/global.lua
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ function _GLOBAL.init_worker_events()
     listening = listening,  -- unix socket for broker listening
     max_queue_len = 1024 * 50,  -- max queue len for events buffering
     max_payload_len = max_payload_len,  -- max payload size in bytes
+    enable_privileged_agent = configuration and configuration.dedicated_config_processing
+                                            and configuration.role == "data_plane"
+                                             or false
   }
 
   worker_events = require "resty.events.compat"