diff --git a/workflows/argo-events/sensors/alertmanager-webhook-sensor.yaml b/workflows/argo-events/sensors/alertmanager-webhook-sensor.yaml
index 934f7f687..d1c4b41e0 100644
--- a/workflows/argo-events/sensors/alertmanager-webhook-sensor.yaml
+++ b/workflows/argo-events/sensors/alertmanager-webhook-sensor.yaml
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ spec:
   triggers:
     - template:
         name: alertmanager-workflow-trigger
-        # uses 'argo' CLI instead of 'kubectl'
-        argoWorkflow:
-          # sets the operation to 'argo submit'
-          operation: submit
-
+        # creates workflow object directly via k8s API
+        k8s:
+          operation: create
           parameters:
           - src:
               dependencyName: alertmanager-dep
diff --git a/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-node-port.yaml b/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-node-port.yaml
index 8f69aa08f..5045abc34 100644
--- a/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-node-port.yaml
+++ b/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-node-port.yaml
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ spec:
   triggers:
     - template:
         name: ironic-node-port
-        # uses 'argo' CLI instead of 'kubectl'
-        argoWorkflow:
-          # sets the operation to 'argo submit'
-          operation: submit
-          # edits source section
+        # creates workflow object directly via k8s API
+        k8s:
+          operation: create
           parameters:
             # first parameter is the parsed oslo.message
             - dest: spec.arguments.parameters.0.value
diff --git a/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-node-update.yaml b/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-node-update.yaml
index ee3f53285..776b0a818 100644
--- a/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-node-update.yaml
+++ b/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-node-update.yaml
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ spec:
   triggers:
     - template:
         name: ironic-node-update
-        # uses 'argo' CLI instead of 'kubectl'
-        argoWorkflow:
-          # sets the operation to 'argo submit'
-          operation: submit
-          # edits source section
+        # creates workflow object directly via k8s API
+        k8s:
+          operation: create
           parameters:
             # first parameter's value is replaced with the uuid
             - dest: spec.arguments.parameters.0.value
diff --git a/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-reclean.yaml b/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-reclean.yaml
index 1a3371e46..dcf801b80 100644
--- a/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-reclean.yaml
+++ b/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-ironic-reclean.yaml
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@ spec:
   triggers:
     - template:
         name: ironic-reclean
-        # uses 'argo' CLI instead of 'kubectl'
-        argoWorkflow:
-          # sets the operation to 'argo submit'
-          operation: submit
-          # edits source section
+        # creates workflow object directly via k8s API
+        k8s:
+          operation: create
           parameters:
             # first parameter's value is replaced with the uuid
             - dest: spec.arguments.parameters.0.value
diff --git a/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-keystone-event-project.yaml b/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-keystone-event-project.yaml
index cd8bc6c34..1d362700b 100644
--- a/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-keystone-event-project.yaml
+++ b/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-keystone-event-project.yaml
@@ -49,11 +49,9 @@ spec:
   triggers:
     - template:
         name: keystone-event-project
-        # uses 'argo' CLI instead of 'kubectl'
-        argoWorkflow:
-          # sets the operation to 'argo submit'
-          operation: submit
-          # edits the source section
+        # creates workflow object directly via k8s API
+        k8s:
+          operation: create
           parameters:
             # first parameter's value is replaced with the event type
             - dest: spec.arguments.parameters.0.value
diff --git a/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-neutron-event-network-segment-range.yaml b/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-neutron-event-network-segment-range.yaml
index ab20c107f..1eaa77f07 100644
--- a/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-neutron-event-network-segment-range.yaml
+++ b/workflows/openstack/sensors/sensor-neutron-event-network-segment-range.yaml
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ spec:
   triggers:
     - template:
         name: neutron-event-network-segment-range
-        # uses 'argo' CLI instead of 'kubectl'
-        argoWorkflow:
-          # sets the operation to 'argo submit'
-          operation: submit
-          # edits the source section
+        # creates workflow object directly via k8s API
+        k8s:
+          operation: create
           parameters:
             - dest: spec.arguments.parameters.0.value
               src: