diff --git a/api/webhook/post.go b/api/webhook/post.go
index 4564b97f1..7c695f820 100644
--- a/api/webhook/post.go
+++ b/api/webhook/post.go
@@ -367,12 +367,26 @@ func PostWebhook(c *gin.Context) {
 		b.SetHeadRef(headref)
 	}
 
+	// if the event is delete,
+	// call SCM for more data not provided in webhook payload
+	if strings.EqualFold(b.GetEvent(), constants.EventDelete) {
+		// send API call to capture the commit sha for the branch
+		_, commit, err := scm.FromContext(c).GetBranch(ctx, u, r, r.GetBranch())
+		if err != nil {
+			retErr := fmt.Errorf("failed to get commit for repo %s on %s branch: %w", r.GetFullName(), r.GetBranch(), err)
+			util.HandleError(c, http.StatusInternalServerError, retErr)
+		}
+
+		b.SetCommit(commit)
+	}
+
 	// variable to store changeset files
 	var files []string
 
 	// check if the build event is not issue_comment or pull_request
 	if !strings.EqualFold(b.GetEvent(), constants.EventComment) &&
-		!strings.EqualFold(b.GetEvent(), constants.EventPull) {
+		!strings.EqualFold(b.GetEvent(), constants.EventPull) &&
+		!strings.EqualFold(b.GetEvent(), constants.EventDelete) {
 		// send API call to capture list of files changed for the commit
 		files, err = scm.FromContext(c).Changeset(ctx, u, repo, b.GetCommit())
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index acc5aef80..a14d20c6b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/drone/envsubst v1.0.3
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.9.1
 	github.com/go-playground/assert/v2 v2.2.0
-	github.com/go-vela/types v0.22.1-0.20240111192144-0d0e22367796
+	github.com/go-vela/types v0.22.1-0.20240115212525-483bff0c8693
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.1.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v56 v56.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c8c8f47fc..6ae1e765c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ github.com/go-vela/types v0.22.1-0.20240105182535-a91bd54636bc h1:S59SXYfqFTJeuI
 github.com/go-vela/types v0.22.1-0.20240105182535-a91bd54636bc/go.mod h1:cax3mW1kVz/ioI8qltZE+wl9rOLgOPdwBIvCooL09e4=
 github.com/go-vela/types v0.22.1-0.20240111192144-0d0e22367796 h1:fjma5QAoncoknvTOp2AL/qYDOt4liWkZS5+sUaCQKJw=
 github.com/go-vela/types v0.22.1-0.20240111192144-0d0e22367796/go.mod h1:cax3mW1kVz/ioI8qltZE+wl9rOLgOPdwBIvCooL09e4=
+github.com/go-vela/types v0.22.1-0.20240115212525-483bff0c8693 h1:hF7S/clsM2rdruxgkRceQSttjl0iMur1ZhYHxGbNXtY=
+github.com/go-vela/types v0.22.1-0.20240115212525-483bff0c8693/go.mod h1:cax3mW1kVz/ioI8qltZE+wl9rOLgOPdwBIvCooL09e4=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 h1:CrxCmQqYDkv1z7lO7Wbh2HN93uovUHgrECaO5ZrCXAU=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2/go.mod h1:6MelG93GURQebXPDq3khkgXZkazVtN9CRI+MGFi0w8I=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
diff --git a/scm/github/__debug_bin273415630 b/scm/github/__debug_bin273415630
deleted file mode 100755
index baa0ee7ca..000000000
Binary files a/scm/github/__debug_bin273415630 and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/scm/github/webhook.go b/scm/github/webhook.go
index 5b2972e4e..d6c42e742 100644
--- a/scm/github/webhook.go
+++ b/scm/github/webhook.go
@@ -528,16 +528,15 @@ func (c *client) processDeleteEvent(h *library.Hook, payload *github.DeleteEvent
 	b := new(library.Build)
 	b.SetEvent(constants.EventDelete)
 	b.SetClone(repo.GetCloneURL())
-	//b.SetSource(payload.GetHeadCommit().GetURL())
+	b.SetEventAction(payload.GetRefType())
 	b.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s received from %s", constants.EventDelete, repo.GetHTMLURL()))
-	//b.SetMessage(payload.GetHeadCommit().GetMessage())
-	//b.SetCommit(payload.GetHeadCommit().GetID())
+	b.SetMessage(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s deleted", payload.GetRef(), payload.GetRefType()))
 	b.SetSender(payload.GetSender().GetLogin())
-	//b.SetAuthor(payload.GetDelete())
-	//b.SetEmail(payload.GetHeadCommit().GetAuthor().GetEmail())
+	b.SetAuthor(payload.GetSender().GetLogin())
+	b.SetEmail(payload.GetSender().GetEmail())
 	b.SetBranch(strings.TrimPrefix(payload.GetRef(), "refs/heads/"))
-	b.SetRef(payload.GetRef())
-	//b.SetBaseRef(payload.GetBaseRef())
+	b.SetRef(repo.GetDefaultBranch())
+	b.SetSource(payload.GetRepo().GetOwner().GetHTMLURL())
 
 	// update the hook object
 	h.SetBranch(b.GetBranch())
@@ -546,34 +545,6 @@ func (c *client) processDeleteEvent(h *library.Hook, payload *github.DeleteEvent
 		fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/%s/settings/hooks", h.GetHost(), r.GetFullName()),
 	)
 
-	// ensure the build author is set
-	//if len(b.GetAuthor()) == 0 {
-	//	b.SetAuthor(payload.GetHeadCommit().GetCommitter().GetName())
-	//}
-
-	// ensure the build sender is set
-	//if len(b.GetSender()) == 0 {
-	//	b.SetSender(payload.GetPusher().GetName())
-	//}
-
-	// ensure the build email is set
-	//if len(b.GetEmail()) == 0 {
-	//	b.SetEmail(payload.GetHeadCommit().GetCommitter().GetEmail())
-	//}
-
-	// handle when push event is a tag
-	//if strings.HasPrefix(b.GetRef(), "refs/tags/") {
-	// set the proper event for the hook
-	//	h.SetEvent(constants.EventTag)
-	// set the proper event for the build
-	//	b.SetEvent(constants.EventTag)
-
-	// set the proper branch from the base ref
-	//	if strings.HasPrefix(payload.GetBaseRef(), "refs/heads/") {
-	//		b.SetBranch(strings.TrimPrefix(payload.GetBaseRef(), "refs/heads/"))
-	//	}
-	//}
-
 	return &types.Webhook{
 		Hook:  h,
 		Repo:  r,