diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7542de5..a5847a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Upcoming
 
 - chore: migrate from poetry to uv for the sake of improving performance and dealing with conflicting sub-dependencies
+- refactor(core): avoid passing events to `dispatch`, to enforce using them as side-effects only
 
 ## Version 0.18.0
 
diff --git a/redux/basic_types.py b/redux/basic_types.py
index b0fa3b2..3990d3a 100644
--- a/redux/basic_types.py
+++ b/redux/basic_types.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def __call__(
     ) -> Callable[[], None]: ...
 
 
-DispatchParameters: TypeAlias = Action | Event | list[Action | Event]
+DispatchParameters: TypeAlias = Action | list[Action]
 
 
 class Dispatch(Protocol, Generic[State, Action, Event]):
diff --git a/redux/main.py b/redux/main.py
index a748385..88d481b 100644
--- a/redux/main.py
+++ b/redux/main.py
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ def _run_actions(self: Store[State, Action, Event]) -> None:
                 if is_complete_reducer_result(result):
                     self._state = result.state
                     self._call_listeners(self._state)
-                    self.dispatch([*(result.actions or []), *(result.events or [])])
+                    self._dispatch([*(result.actions or []), *(result.events or [])])
                 elif is_state_reducer_result(result):
                     self._state = result
                     self._call_listeners(self._state)
 
                 if isinstance(action, FinishAction):
-                    self.dispatch(cast(Event, FinishEvent()))
+                    self._dispatch([cast(Event, FinishEvent())])
 
     def _run_event_handlers(self: Store[State, Action, Event]) -> None:
         while len(self._events) > 0:
@@ -177,22 +177,37 @@ def wait_for_event_handlers(self: Store[State, Action, Event]) -> None:
         """Wait for the event handlers to finish."""
         self._event_handlers_queue.join()
 
+    @overload
     def dispatch(
         self: Store[State, Action, Event],
-        *parameters: DispatchParameters[Action, Event],
-        with_state: Callable[[State | None], DispatchParameters[Action, Event]]
-        | None = None,
+        *parameters: DispatchParameters[Action],
+    ) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    def dispatch(
+        self: Store[State, Action, Event],
+        *,
+        with_state: Callable[[State | None], DispatchParameters[Action]] | None = None,
+    ) -> None: ...
+    def dispatch(
+        self: Store[State, Action, Event],
+        *parameters: DispatchParameters[Action],
+        with_state: Callable[[State | None], DispatchParameters[Action]] | None = None,
     ) -> None:
-        """Dispatch actions and/or events."""
+        """Dispatch actions."""
         if with_state is not None:
             self.dispatch(with_state(self._state))
 
-        items = [
-            item
-            for items in parameters
-            for item in (items if isinstance(items, list) else [items])
+        actions = [
+            action
+            for actions in parameters
+            for action in (actions if isinstance(actions, list) else [actions])
         ]
+        self._dispatch(actions)
 
+    def _dispatch(
+        self: Store[State, Action, Event],
+        items: list[Action | Event],
+    ) -> None:
         for item in items:
             if isinstance(item, BaseAction):
                 action = cast(Action, item)
diff --git a/tests/test_middleware.py b/tests/test_middleware.py
index 06a1ba7..362abc7 100644
--- a/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     FinishEvent,
     InitAction,
     InitializationActionError,
+    ReducerResult,
 )
 from redux.main import Store
 
@@ -39,14 +40,17 @@ class SomeEvent(BaseEvent): ...
 def reducer(
     state: StateType | None,
     action: Action,
-) -> StateType | CompleteReducerResult[StateType, Action, SomeEvent | FinishEvent]:
+) -> StateType | ReducerResult[StateType, Action, SomeEvent | FinishEvent]:
     if state is None:
         if isinstance(action, InitAction):
             return StateType(value=0)
         raise InitializationActionError(action)
 
     if isinstance(action, IncrementAction):
-        return replace(state, value=state.value + 1)
+        return CompleteReducerResult(
+            state=replace(state, value=state.value + 1),
+            events=[SomeEvent()],
+        )
 
     if isinstance(action, DecrementAction):
         return replace(state, value=state.value - 1)
@@ -131,19 +135,15 @@ def middleware(event: SomeEvent) -> SomeEvent | FinishEvent:
 
     store.register_event_middleware(middleware)
 
-    events = [
-        SomeEvent(),
-        SomeEvent(),
-        SomeEvent(),
-    ]
+    actions = [IncrementAction()] * 3
 
     def check() -> None:
-        assert calls == events
+        assert calls == [SomeEvent()] * 3
 
     store.subscribe_event(FinishEvent, check)
 
-    for event in events:
-        store.dispatch(event)
+    for action in actions:
+        store.dispatch(action)
 
 
 def test_cancelling_event_middlewares(store: StoreType) -> None:
@@ -162,17 +162,14 @@ def some_side_effect(event: SomeEvent) -> None:
 
     store.register_event_middleware(middleware)
 
-    events = [
-        SomeEvent(),
-        SomeEvent(),
-    ]
+    actions = [IncrementAction()] * 2
 
     def check() -> None:
-        assert side_effect_calls == events[1:2]
+        assert side_effect_calls == actions[1:2]
 
     store.subscribe_event(SomeEvent, some_side_effect)
     store.subscribe_event(FinishEvent, check)
 
-    for event in events:
-        store.dispatch(event)
+    for action in actions:
+        store.dispatch(action)
     store.dispatch(FinishAction())
diff --git a/tests/test_weakref.py b/tests/test_weakref.py
index 0c2385d..2ce7dab 100644
--- a/tests/test_weakref.py
+++ b/tests/test_weakref.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def event_subscription_without_keep_ref(_: DummyEvent) -> None:
     del event_subscription_without_keep_ref
     assert ref2() is None
 
-    store.dispatch(DummyEvent())
+    store._dispatch([DummyEvent()])  # noqa: SLF001
 
     @wait_for
     def subscriptions_ran() -> None:
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ def test_event_subscription_method(
     del instance_without_keep_ref
     assert ref() is None
 
-    store.dispatch(DummyEvent())
+    store._dispatch([DummyEvent()])  # noqa: SLF001
 
     @wait_for
     def subscriptions_ran() -> None: