diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53c32e496..2371defed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <properties>
     <computedVersion>${project.version}-${timestamp}-${buildNumber}</computedVersion>
     <computedName>${project.artifactId}-${computedVersion}</computedName>
-    <mon.common.version>1.0.0.29</mon.common.version>
+    <mon.common.version>1.0.0.36</mon.common.version>
     <dropwizard.version>0.7.0</dropwizard.version>
 
     <skipITs>true</skipITs>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/app/AlarmService.java b/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/app/AlarmService.java
index 01daeeb26..739970c63 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/app/AlarmService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/app/AlarmService.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class AlarmService {
 
       // Notify interested parties of updated alarm
       String event = Serialization.toJson(new AlarmUpdatedEvent(tenantId, alarmId, name,
-          expression, state, enabled, subExpressions.oldAlarmSubExpressions,
+          description, expression, state, enabled, subExpressions.oldAlarmSubExpressions,
           subExpressions.changedSubExpressions, subExpressions.newAlarmSubExpressions));
       producer.send(new KeyedMessage<>(config.eventsTopic, tenantId, event));
     } catch (Exception e) {