diff --git a/src/sentry/eventstream/eap.py b/src/sentry/eventstream/eap.py
index 3a01344cc2ed68..2eea2bfd24078a 100644
--- a/src/sentry/eventstream/eap.py
+++ b/src/sentry/eventstream/eap.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     DeleteTraceItemsResponse,
 )
 from sentry_protos.snuba.v1.request_common_pb2 import (
-    TRACE_ITEM_TYPE_OCCURRENCE,
     RequestMeta,
     TraceItemFilterWithType,
+    TraceItemType,
 )
 from sentry_protos.snuba.v1.trace_item_attribute_pb2 import AttributeKey, AttributeValue, IntArray
 from sentry_protos.snuba.v1.trace_item_filter_pb2 import (
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def delete_groups_from_eap_rpc(
         and_filter=AndFilter(filters=[project_filter, group_id_filter])
     )
     filter_with_type = TraceItemFilterWithType(
-        item_type=TRACE_ITEM_TYPE_OCCURRENCE,
+        item_type=TraceItemType.TRACE_ITEM_TYPE_OCCURRENCE,
         filter=combined_filter,
     )
 
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def delete_groups_from_eap_rpc(
             project_ids=[project_id],
             referrer=referrer,
             cogs_category="deletions",
+            trace_item_type=TraceItemType.TRACE_ITEM_TYPE_OCCURRENCE,
         ),
         filters=[filter_with_type],
     )
diff --git a/tests/sentry/eventstream/test_eap.py b/tests/sentry/eventstream/test_eap.py
index cb50358adac12e..c5c0fc638c9d5d 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/eventstream/test_eap.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/eventstream/test_eap.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from sentry_protos.snuba.v1.endpoint_delete_trace_items_pb2 import DeleteTraceItemsResponse
-from sentry_protos.snuba.v1.request_common_pb2 import TRACE_ITEM_TYPE_OCCURRENCE, ResponseMeta
+from sentry_protos.snuba.v1.request_common_pb2 import ResponseMeta, TraceItemType
 
 from sentry.deletions.tasks.nodestore import delete_events_from_eap
 from sentry.eventstream.eap import delete_groups_from_eap_rpc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def test_deletion_with_error_dataset(self, mock_rpc):
         assert request.meta.cogs_category == "deletions"
 
         assert len(request.filters) == 1
-        assert request.filters[0].item_type == TRACE_ITEM_TYPE_OCCURRENCE
+        assert request.filters[0].item_type == TraceItemType.TRACE_ITEM_TYPE_OCCURRENCE
 
     @patch("sentry.eventstream.eap.snuba_rpc.delete_trace_items_rpc")
     def test_multiple_group_ids(self, mock_rpc):