diff --git a/crates/common/mqtt_channel/src/topics.rs b/crates/common/mqtt_channel/src/topics.rs
index 29eae52c805..9e3f1e8d8b0 100644
--- a/crates/common/mqtt_channel/src/topics.rs
+++ b/crates/common/mqtt_channel/src/topics.rs
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ impl Topic {
 /// An MQTT topic filter
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct TopicFilter {
-    pub patterns: Vec<String>,
-    pub qos: QoS,
+    patterns: Vec<String>,
+    qos: QoS,
 }
 
 impl Default for TopicFilter {
diff --git a/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/actor.rs b/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/actor.rs
index 598e3d01c65..eeec9abc8b1 100644
--- a/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/actor.rs
+++ b/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/actor.rs
@@ -513,9 +513,9 @@ impl ConfigManagerActor {
     async fn publish_supported_config_types(&mut self) -> Result<(), ChannelError> {
         let mut config_types = self.plugin_config.get_all_file_types();
         config_types.sort();
-        for topic in self.config.config_reload_topics.patterns.iter() {
+        for topic in self.config.config_reload_topics.iter() {
             let metadata = ConfigOperationData::Metadata {
-                topic: Topic::new_unchecked(topic),
+                topic: topic.clone(),
                 types: config_types.clone(),
             };
             self.mqtt_publisher.send(metadata.into()).await?;
diff --git a/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/config.rs b/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/config.rs
index 53614ea2f31..a75b70356e7 100644
--- a/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/config.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use tedge_api::mqtt_topics::MqttSchema;
 use tedge_api::mqtt_topics::OperationType;
 use tedge_config::ReadError;
 use tedge_config::SudoCommandBuilder;
+use tedge_mqtt_ext::Topic;
 use tedge_mqtt_ext::TopicFilter;
 use tedge_utils::file::PermissionEntry;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ pub struct ConfigManagerConfig {
     pub plugin_config_path: PathBuf,
     pub tmp_path: Arc<Utf8Path>,
     pub mqtt_schema: MqttSchema,
-    pub config_reload_topics: TopicFilter,
+    pub config_reload_topics: Vec<Topic>,
     pub config_update_topic: TopicFilter,
     pub config_snapshot_topic: TopicFilter,
     pub tedge_http_host: Arc<str>,
@@ -66,12 +67,7 @@ impl ConfigManagerConfig {
 
         let config_reload_topics = [OperationType::ConfigSnapshot, OperationType::ConfigUpdate]
             .into_iter()
-            .map(|cmd| {
-                mqtt_topic_root.topics(
-                    EntityFilter::Entity(&mqtt_device_topic_id),
-                    ChannelFilter::CommandMetadata(cmd),
-                )
-            })
+            .map(|cmd| mqtt_topic_root.capability_topic_for(&mqtt_device_topic_id, cmd))
             .collect();
 
         let config_update_topic = mqtt_topic_root.topics(
diff --git a/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/tests.rs b/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/tests.rs
index 51fbb147162..c1e15d2fb7b 100644
--- a/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/extensions/tedge_config_manager/src/tests.rs
@@ -80,12 +80,13 @@ async fn new_config_manager_builder(
         config_dir: temp_dir.to_path_buf(),
         plugin_config_dir: temp_dir.to_path_buf(),
         plugin_config_path: temp_dir.join("tedge-configuration-plugin.toml"),
-        config_reload_topics: vec![
+        config_reload_topics: [
             "te/device/main///cmd/config_snapshot",
             "te/device/main///cmd/config_update",
         ]
-        .try_into()
-        .expect("Infallible"),
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(Topic::new_unchecked)
+        .collect(),
         tmp_path: Arc::from(Utf8Path::from_path(&std::env::temp_dir()).unwrap()),
         use_tedge_write: TedgeWriteStatus::Disabled,
         mqtt_schema: MqttSchema::new(),