diff --git a/v2/binding/to_event.go b/v2/binding/to_event.go
index 591e3d1cb..978df22c3 100644
--- a/v2/binding/to_event.go
+++ b/v2/binding/to_event.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func ToEvent(ctx context.Context, message MessageReader, transformers ...Transfo
 			switch mt := m.(type) {
 			case *EventMessage:
 				e := (*event.Event)(mt)
-				return e, Transformers(transformers).Transform(mt, (*messageToEventBuilder)(e))
+				return e, Transformers(transformers).Transform(mt, (*MessageToEventBuilder)(e))
 			case MessageWrapper:
 				m = mt.GetWrappedMessage()
 			default:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func ToEvent(ctx context.Context, message MessageReader, transformers ...Transfo
 	}
 
 	e := event.New()
-	encoder := (*messageToEventBuilder)(&e)
+	encoder := (*MessageToEventBuilder)(&e)
 	_, err := DirectWrite(
 		context.Background(),
 		message,
@@ -63,11 +63,7 @@ func ToEvent(ctx context.Context, message MessageReader, transformers ...Transfo
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if mt, ok := message.(MessageMetadataReader); ok {
-		return &e, Transformers(transformers).Transform(mt, encoder)
-	} else {
-		return &e, Transformers(transformers).Transform((*EventMessage)(&e), encoder)
-	}
+	return &e, Transformers(transformers).Transform((*EventMessage)(&e), encoder)
 }
 
 // ToEvents translates a Batch Message and corresponding Reader data to a slice of Events.
@@ -85,14 +81,14 @@ func ToEvents(ctx context.Context, message MessageReader, body io.Reader) ([]eve
 	return events, json.NewDecoder(body).Decode(&events)
 }
 
-type messageToEventBuilder event.Event
+type MessageToEventBuilder event.Event
 
 var (
-	_ StructuredWriter = (*messageToEventBuilder)(nil)
-	_ BinaryWriter     = (*messageToEventBuilder)(nil)
+	_ StructuredWriter = (*MessageToEventBuilder)(nil)
+	_ BinaryWriter     = (*MessageToEventBuilder)(nil)
 )
 
-func (b *messageToEventBuilder) SetStructuredEvent(ctx context.Context, format format.Format, ev io.Reader) error {
+func (b *MessageToEventBuilder) SetStructuredEvent(ctx context.Context, format format.Format, ev io.Reader) error {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	_, err := io.Copy(&buf, ev)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -101,15 +97,15 @@ func (b *messageToEventBuilder) SetStructuredEvent(ctx context.Context, format f
 	return format.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), (*event.Event)(b))
 }
 
-func (b *messageToEventBuilder) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (b *MessageToEventBuilder) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (b *messageToEventBuilder) End(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (b *MessageToEventBuilder) End(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (b *messageToEventBuilder) SetData(data io.Reader) error {
+func (b *MessageToEventBuilder) SetData(data io.Reader) error {
 	buf, ok := data.(*bytes.Buffer)
 	if !ok {
 		buf = new(bytes.Buffer)
@@ -124,7 +120,7 @@ func (b *messageToEventBuilder) SetData(data io.Reader) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (b *messageToEventBuilder) SetAttribute(attribute spec.Attribute, value interface{}) error {
+func (b *MessageToEventBuilder) SetAttribute(attribute spec.Attribute, value interface{}) error {
 	if value == nil {
 		_ = attribute.Delete(b.Context)
 		return nil
@@ -148,7 +144,7 @@ func (b *messageToEventBuilder) SetAttribute(attribute spec.Attribute, value int
 	return attribute.Set(b.Context, value)
 }
 
-func (b *messageToEventBuilder) SetExtension(name string, value interface{}) error {
+func (b *MessageToEventBuilder) SetExtension(name string, value interface{}) error {
 	if value == nil {
 		return b.Context.SetExtension(name, nil)
 	}
diff --git a/v2/client/invoker.go b/v2/client/invoker.go
index 2ebb826b8..5947f26bc 100644
--- a/v2/client/invoker.go
+++ b/v2/client/invoker.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (r *receiveInvoker) Invoke(ctx context.Context, m binding.Message, respFn p
 	var respMsg binding.Message
 	var result protocol.Result
 
-	e, eventErr := binding.ToEvent(ctx, m, r.receiverTransformers...)
+	e, eventErr := binding.ToEvent(ctx, m)
 	switch {
 	case eventErr != nil && r.fn.hasEventIn:
 		r.observabilityService.RecordReceivedMalformedEvent(ctx, eventErr)
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ func (r *receiveInvoker) Invoke(ctx context.Context, m binding.Message, respFn p
 			}
 		}
 
+		mt, ok := m.(binding.MessageMetadataReader)
+		if ok {
+			encoder := (*binding.MessageToEventBuilder)(e)
+			err := binding.Transformers(r.receiverTransformers).Transform(mt, encoder)
+			if err != nil {
+				cecontext.LoggerFrom(ctx).Errorf("apply receiver transformers error on response event: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Let's invoke the receiver fn
 		var resp *event.Event
 		resp, result = func() (resp *event.Event, result protocol.Result) {