diff --git a/.changeset/modern-schools-hug.md b/.changeset/modern-schools-hug.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01f393f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/modern-schools-hug.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"livekit-server-sdk": major
+---
+
+Make `WebhookEvent` names type safe
diff --git a/src/WebhookReceiver.test.ts b/src/WebhookReceiver.test.ts
index 8d988bbf..2a614347 100644
--- a/src/WebhookReceiver.test.ts
+++ b/src/WebhookReceiver.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { AccessToken } from './AccessToken.js';
-import { WebhookEvent } from './proto/livekit_webhook_pb.js';
-import { WebhookReceiver } from './WebhookReceiver.js';
+import { WebhookReceiver, WebhookEvent } from './WebhookReceiver.js';
 
 const testApiKey = 'abcdefg';
 const testSecret = 'abababa';
diff --git a/src/WebhookReceiver.ts b/src/WebhookReceiver.ts
index 4a93a1ed..9352e185 100644
--- a/src/WebhookReceiver.ts
+++ b/src/WebhookReceiver.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,43 @@
+import { BinaryReadOptions, JsonValue, JsonReadOptions } from '@bufbuild/protobuf';
 import { TokenVerifier } from './AccessToken.js';
-import { WebhookEvent } from './proto/livekit_webhook_pb.js';
+import { WebhookEvent as ProtoWebhookEvent } from './proto/livekit_webhook_pb.js';
 
 export const authorizeHeader = 'Authorize';
 
+export class WebhookEvent extends ProtoWebhookEvent {
+  event: WebhookEventNames = '';
+
+  static fromBinary(bytes: Uint8Array, options?: Partial<BinaryReadOptions>): WebhookEvent {
+    return new WebhookEvent().fromBinary(bytes, options);
+  }
+
+  static fromJson(jsonValue: JsonValue, options?: Partial<JsonReadOptions>): WebhookEvent {
+    return new WebhookEvent().fromJson(jsonValue, options);
+  }
+
+  static fromJsonString(jsonString: string, options?: Partial<JsonReadOptions>): WebhookEvent {
+    return new WebhookEvent().fromJsonString(jsonString, options);
+  }
+}
+
+export type WebhookEventNames =
+  | 'room_started'
+  | 'room_finished'
+  | 'participant_joined'
+  | 'participant_left'
+  | 'track_published'
+  | 'track_unpublished'
+  | 'egress_started'
+  | 'egress_updated'
+  | 'egress_ended'
+  | 'ingress_started'
+  | 'ingress_ended'
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   * @note only used as a default value, not a valid webhook event
+   */
+  | '';
+
 export class WebhookReceiver {
   private verifier: TokenVerifier;
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f2cf6fb3..426fe9fe 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -36,4 +36,3 @@ export {
   TrackInfo,
   TrackType,
 } from './proto/livekit_models_pb.js';
-export type { WebhookEvent } from './proto/livekit_webhook_pb.js';