diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts
index c60b7b4301..5545378f66 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import type { WorkerJobStatusSummary } from '@/services/orchestration/worker/typ
 import { ServiceUnavailableError } from '@/errors/response-errors/service-unavailable.error';
 import { BaseCommand } from './BaseCommand';
 import { MaxStalledCountError } from '@/errors/max-stalled-count.error';
+import { AuditEventRelay } from '@/eventbus/audit-event-relay.service';
 
 export class Worker extends BaseCommand {
 	static description = '\nStarts a n8n worker';
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ export class Worker extends BaseCommand {
 		await Container.get(MessageEventBus).initialize({
 			workerId: this.queueModeId,
 		});
+		Container.get(AuditEventRelay).init();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/worker.cmd.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/worker.cmd.test.ts
index d3483098fe..0ffad7bc05 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/worker.cmd.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/worker.cmd.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { type JobQueue, Queue } from '@/Queue';
 
 import { setupTestCommand } from '@test-integration/utils/testCommand';
 import { mockInstance } from '../../shared/mocking';
+import { AuditEventRelay } from '@/eventbus/audit-event-relay.service';
 
 config.set('executions.mode', 'queue');
 config.set('binaryDataManager.availableModes', 'filesystem');
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const externalHooks = mockInstance(ExternalHooks);
 const externalSecretsManager = mockInstance(ExternalSecretsManager);
 const license = mockInstance(License);
 const messageEventBus = mockInstance(MessageEventBus);
+const auditEventRelay = mockInstance(AuditEventRelay);
 const orchestrationHandlerWorkerService = mockInstance(OrchestrationHandlerWorkerService);
 const queue = mockInstance(Queue);
 const orchestrationWorkerService = mockInstance(OrchestrationWorkerService);
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ test('worker initializes all its components', async () => {
 	expect(externalHooks.init).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	expect(externalSecretsManager.init).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	expect(messageEventBus.initialize).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	expect(auditEventRelay.init).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	expect(queue.init).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	expect(queue.process).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	expect(orchestrationWorkerService.init).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);