diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8e4144a..0c1ec96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         k8s-version:
         - v1.16.9
         - v1.18.8
+        - v1.19.0
     env:
       kind-version: v0.8.1
     steps:
diff --git a/kube-stale-resources.py b/kube-stale-resources.py
index 43df9d0..32000e8 100644
--- a/kube-stale-resources.py
+++ b/kube-stale-resources.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ BLACKLIST_REGEXS = [
     r'^.*:apps/v1:ControllerRevision:.*$',
     r'^.*:apps/v1:ReplicaSet:.*$',
     r'^.*:batch/v1:Job:.*-\d{10,}$',  # jobs created by cron jobs with unix timestamp suffix
+    r'^.*:events.k8s.io/v1:Event:.*$',
     r'^.*:metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1:PodMetrics:.*$',
     r'^.*:v1:Endpoints:.*$',
     r'^.*:.*:EndpointSlice:.*$',