diff --git a/pkg/cri/sbserver/events.go b/pkg/cri/sbserver/events.go
index 2a3f319d9..a1291cfb1 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/sbserver/events.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/sbserver/events.go
@@ -120,12 +120,10 @@ func (em *eventMonitor) startSandboxExitMonitor(ctx context.Context, id string,
 				exitedAt = time.Now()
 			}
 
-			e := &eventtypes.TaskExit{
-				ContainerID: id,
-				ID:          id,
-				Pid:         pid,
-				ExitStatus:  exitStatus,
-				ExitedAt:    protobuf.ToTimestamp(exitedAt),
+			e := &eventtypes.SandboxExit{
+				SandboxID:  id,
+				ExitStatus: exitStatus,
+				ExitedAt:   protobuf.ToTimestamp(exitedAt),
 			}
 
 			log.L.Debugf("received exit event %+v", e)
@@ -135,14 +133,14 @@ func (em *eventMonitor) startSandboxExitMonitor(ctx context.Context, id string,
 				dctx, dcancel := context.WithTimeout(dctx, handleEventTimeout)
 				defer dcancel()
 
-				sb, err := em.c.sandboxStore.Get(e.ID)
+				sb, err := em.c.sandboxStore.Get(e.GetSandboxID())
 				if err == nil {
-					if err := handleSandboxExit(dctx, e, sb, em.c); err != nil {
+					if err := handleSandboxExit(dctx, sb, e.ExitStatus, e.ExitedAt.AsTime(), em.c); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
 					return nil
 				} else if !errdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
-					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get sandbox %s: %w", e.ID, err)
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get sandbox %s: %w", e.SandboxID, err)
 				}
 				return nil
 			}()
@@ -218,6 +216,8 @@ func convertEvent(e typeurl.Any) (string, interface{}, error) {
 	switch e := evt.(type) {
 	case *eventtypes.TaskOOM:
 		id = e.ContainerID
+	case *eventtypes.SandboxExit:
+		id = e.SandboxID
 	case *eventtypes.ImageCreate:
 		id = e.Name
 	case *eventtypes.ImageUpdate:
@@ -323,7 +323,19 @@ func (em *eventMonitor) handleEvent(any interface{}) error {
 		}
 		sb, err := em.c.sandboxStore.Get(e.ID)
 		if err == nil {
-			if err := handleSandboxExit(ctx, e, sb, em.c); err != nil {
+			if err := handleSandboxExit(ctx, sb, e.ExitStatus, e.ExitedAt.AsTime(), em.c); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to handle sandbox TaskExit event: %w", err)
+			}
+			return nil
+		} else if !errdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("can't find sandbox for TaskExit event: %w", err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	case *eventtypes.SandboxExit:
+		log.L.Infof("SandboxExit event %+v", e)
+		sb, err := em.c.sandboxStore.Get(e.GetSandboxID())
+		if err == nil {
+			if err := handleSandboxExit(ctx, sb, e.ExitStatus, e.ExitedAt.AsTime(), em.c); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to handle sandbox TaskExit event: %w", err)
 			}
 			return nil
@@ -416,13 +428,13 @@ func handleContainerExit(ctx context.Context, e *eventtypes.TaskExit, cntr conta
 	return nil
 }
 
-// handleSandboxExit handles TaskExit event for sandbox.
-func handleSandboxExit(ctx context.Context, e *eventtypes.TaskExit, sb sandboxstore.Sandbox, c *criService) error {
+// handleSandboxExit handles sandbox exit event.
+func handleSandboxExit(ctx context.Context, sb sandboxstore.Sandbox, exitStatus uint32, exitTime time.Time, c *criService) error {
 	if err := sb.Status.Update(func(status sandboxstore.Status) (sandboxstore.Status, error) {
 		status.State = sandboxstore.StateNotReady
 		status.Pid = 0
-		status.ExitStatus = e.ExitStatus
-		status.ExitedAt = e.ExitedAt.AsTime()
+		status.ExitStatus = exitStatus
+		status.ExitedAt = exitTime
 		return status, nil
 	}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update sandbox state: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/cri/sbserver/podsandbox/sandbox_stop.go b/pkg/cri/sbserver/podsandbox/sandbox_stop.go
index 7aab32b32..51d4eb228 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/sbserver/podsandbox/sandbox_stop.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/sbserver/podsandbox/sandbox_stop.go
@@ -93,12 +93,10 @@ func (c *Controller) stopSandboxContainer(ctx context.Context, sandbox sandboxst
 			defer close(stopCh)
 			exitStatus, exitedAt, err := c.waitSandboxExit(exitCtx, id, exitCh)
 			if err != nil && err != context.Canceled && err != context.DeadlineExceeded {
-				e := &eventtypes.TaskExit{
-					ContainerID: id,
-					ID:          id,
-					Pid:         task.Pid(),
-					ExitStatus:  exitStatus,
-					ExitedAt:    protobuf.ToTimestamp(exitedAt),
+				e := &eventtypes.SandboxExit{
+					SandboxID:  id,
+					ExitStatus: exitStatus,
+					ExitedAt:   protobuf.ToTimestamp(exitedAt),
 				}
 				logrus.WithError(err).Errorf("Failed to wait sandbox exit %+v", e)
 				// TODO: how to backoff