diff --git a/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/task/handler.go b/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/task/handler.go
index 214540ac07..d1595890d8 100644
--- a/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/task/handler.go
+++ b/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/task/handler.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
 	regErrors "github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 
@@ -836,23 +835,28 @@ func (t Handler) Abort(ctx context.Context, nCtx interfaces.NodeExecutionContext
 		}
 	}
 
-	taskExecID := tCtx.TaskExecutionMetadata().GetTaskExecutionID().GetID()
-	nodeExecutionID, err := getParentNodeExecIDForTask(&taskExecID, nCtx.ExecutionContext())
+	phaseInfo := pluginCore.PhaseInfoFailed(pluginCore.PhaseAborted, &core.ExecutionError{
+		Code:    "Task Aborted",
+		Message: reason,
+	}, nil)
+	evInfo, err := ToTaskExecutionEvent(ToTaskExecutionEventInputs{
+		TaskExecContext:       tCtx,
+		InputReader:           nCtx.InputReader(),
+		EventConfig:           t.eventConfig,
+		OutputWriter:          tCtx.ow,
+		Info:                  phaseInfo,
+		NodeExecutionMetadata: nCtx.NodeExecutionMetadata(),
+		ExecContext:           nCtx.ExecutionContext(),
+		TaskType:              ttype,
+		PluginID:              p.GetID(),
+		ResourcePoolInfo:      tCtx.rm.GetResourcePoolInfo(),
+		ClusterID:             t.clusterID,
+		OccurredAt:            time.Now(),
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := evRecorder.RecordTaskEvent(ctx, &event.TaskExecutionEvent{
-		TaskId:                taskExecID.TaskId,
-		ParentNodeExecutionId: nodeExecutionID,
-		RetryAttempt:          nCtx.CurrentAttempt(),
-		Phase:                 core.TaskExecution_ABORTED,
-		OccurredAt:            ptypes.TimestampNow(),
-		OutputResult: &event.TaskExecutionEvent_Error{
-			Error: &core.ExecutionError{
-				Code:    "Task Aborted",
-				Message: reason,
-			}},
-	}, t.eventConfig); err != nil && !eventsErr.IsNotFound(err) && !eventsErr.IsEventIncompatibleClusterError(err) {
+	if err := evRecorder.RecordTaskEvent(ctx, evInfo, t.eventConfig); err != nil && !eventsErr.IsNotFound(err) && !eventsErr.IsEventIncompatibleClusterError(err) {
 		// If a prior workflow/node/task execution event has failed because of an invalid cluster error, don't stall the abort
 		// at this point in the clean-up.
 		logger.Errorf(ctx, "failed to send event to Admin. error: %s", err.Error())
diff --git a/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/task/handler_test.go b/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/task/handler_test.go
index 22e1d7451f..145daf806a 100644
--- a/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/task/handler_test.go
+++ b/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/task/handler_test.go
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ func Test_task_Abort(t *testing.T) {
 			Kind: "sample",
 			Name: "name",
 		})
+		nm.OnIsInterruptible().Return(false)
 
 		taskID := &core.Identifier{}
 		tr := &nodeMocks.TaskReader{}
@@ -891,6 +892,7 @@ func Test_task_Abort(t *testing.T) {
 				defaultPlugin:   m,
 				resourceManager: noopRm,
 				agentService:    &pluginCore.AgentService{},
+				eventConfig:     eventConfig,
 			}
 			nCtx := createNodeCtx(tt.args.ev)
 			if err := tk.Abort(context.TODO(), nCtx, "reason"); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
@@ -939,6 +941,7 @@ func Test_task_Abort_v1(t *testing.T) {
 			Kind: "sample",
 			Name: "name",
 		})
+		nm.OnIsInterruptible().Return(false)
 
 		taskID := &core.Identifier{}
 		tr := &nodeMocks.TaskReader{}
@@ -1053,6 +1056,7 @@ func Test_task_Abort_v1(t *testing.T) {
 				defaultPlugin:   m,
 				resourceManager: noopRm,
 				agentService:    &pluginCore.AgentService{},
+				eventConfig:     eventConfig,
 			}
 			nCtx := createNodeCtx(tt.args.ev)
 			if err := tk.Abort(context.TODO(), nCtx, "reason"); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {