diff --git a/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/channel.go b/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/channel.go
index 35af8b9c28..27d2015059 100644
--- a/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/channel.go
+++ b/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/channel.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	eventingv1alpha1listers "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/client/listers/eventing/v1alpha1"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ type Reconciler struct {
 	ConfigMapLister    corelisters.ConfigMapLister
 	ServiceLister      corelisters.ServiceLister
 	SubscriptionLister messaginglisters.SubscriptionLister
+	EventPolicyLister  eventingv1alpha1listers.EventPolicyLister
 
 	Prober prober.NewProber
 
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ type Reconciler struct {
 
 func (r *Reconciler) ReconcileKind(ctx context.Context, channel *messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel) reconciler.Event {
 	logger := kafkalogging.CreateReconcileMethodLogger(ctx, channel)
+	featureFlags := feature.FromContext(ctx)
 
 	statusConditionManager := base.StatusConditionManager{
 		Object:     channel,
@@ -219,8 +222,17 @@ func (r *Reconciler) ReconcileKind(ctx context.Context, channel *messagingv1beta
 		return statusConditionManager.FailedToResolveConfig(err)
 	}
 
+	var audience *string
+	if featureFlags.IsOIDCAuthentication() {
+		audience = pointer.String(auth.GetAudience(messaging.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("KafkaChannel"), channel.ObjectMeta))
+		logging.FromContext(ctx).Debugw("Setting the KafkaChannels audience", zap.String("audience", *audience))
+	} else {
+		logging.FromContext(ctx).Debug("Clearing the KafkaChannels audience as OIDC is not enabled")
+		audience = nil
+	}
+
 	// Get resource configuration
-	channelResource, err := r.getChannelContractResource(ctx, topic, channel, authContext, topicConfig)
+	channelResource, err := r.getChannelContractResource(ctx, topic, channel, authContext, topicConfig, audience)
 	if err != nil {
 		return statusConditionManager.FailedToResolveConfig(err)
 	}
@@ -275,16 +287,6 @@ func (r *Reconciler) ReconcileKind(ctx context.Context, channel *messagingv1beta
 		return err
 	}
 
-	featureFlags := feature.FromContext(ctx)
-	var audience *string
-	if featureFlags.IsOIDCAuthentication() {
-		audience = pointer.String(auth.GetAudience(messaging.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("KafkaChannel"), channel.ObjectMeta))
-		logging.FromContext(ctx).Debugw("Setting the KafkaChannels audience", zap.String("audience", *audience))
-	} else {
-		logging.FromContext(ctx).Debug("Clearing the KafkaChannels audience as OIDC is not enabled")
-		audience = nil
-	}
-
 	var addressableStatus duckv1.AddressStatus
 	channelHttpsHost := network.GetServiceHostname(r.Env.IngressName, r.SystemNamespace)
 	channelHttpHost := network.GetServiceHostname(channelService.Name, channel.Namespace)
@@ -685,13 +687,15 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, channel *messag
 	return cg, nil
 }
 
-func (r *Reconciler) getChannelContractResource(ctx context.Context, topic string, channel *messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel, auth *security.NetSpecAuthContext, config *kafka.TopicConfig) (*contract.Resource, error) {
+func (r *Reconciler) getChannelContractResource(ctx context.Context, topic string, channel *messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel, auth *security.NetSpecAuthContext, config *kafka.TopicConfig, audience *string) (*contract.Resource, error) {
+	features := feature.FromContext(ctx)
+
 	resource := &contract.Resource{
 		Uid:    string(channel.UID),
 		Topics: []string{topic},
 		Ingress: &contract.Ingress{
 			Host:                       receiver.Host(channel.GetNamespace(), channel.GetName()),
-			EnableAutoCreateEventTypes: feature.FromContext(ctx).IsEnabled(feature.EvenTypeAutoCreate),
+			EnableAutoCreateEventTypes: features.IsEnabled(feature.EvenTypeAutoCreate),
 			Path:                       receiver.Path(channel.GetNamespace(), channel.GetName()),
 		},
 		BootstrapServers: config.GetBootstrapServers(),
@@ -710,9 +714,15 @@ func (r *Reconciler) getChannelContractResource(ctx context.Context, topic strin
 		}
 	}
 
-	if channel.Status.Address != nil && channel.Status.Address.Audience != nil {
-		resource.Ingress.Audience = *channel.Status.Address.Audience
+	if audience != nil {
+		resource.Ingress.Audience = *audience
+	}
+
+	eventPolicies, err := coreconfig.EventPoliciesFromAppliedEventPoliciesStatus(channel.Status.AppliedEventPoliciesStatus, r.EventPolicyLister, channel.Namespace, features)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get eventpolicies from channel status: %w", err)
 	}
+	resource.Ingress.EventPolicies = eventPolicies
 
 	egressConfig, err := coreconfig.EgressConfigFromDelivery(ctx, r.Resolver, channel, channel.Spec.Delivery, r.DefaultBackoffDelayMs)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/channel_test.go b/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/channel_test.go
index 08a07cdfef..e5e7725134 100644
--- a/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/channel_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/channel_test.go
@@ -1964,8 +1964,9 @@ func TestReconcileKind(t *testing.T) {
 							BootstrapServers: ChannelBootstrapServers,
 							Reference:        ChannelReference(),
 							Ingress: &contract.Ingress{
-								Host: receiver.Host(ChannelNamespace, ChannelName),
-								Path: receiver.Path(ChannelNamespace, ChannelName),
+								Host:     receiver.Host(ChannelNamespace, ChannelName),
+								Path:     receiver.Path(ChannelNamespace, ChannelName),
+								Audience: ChannelAudience,
 							},
 						},
 					},
@@ -2085,6 +2086,7 @@ func TestReconcileKind(t *testing.T) {
 			ServiceLister:       listers.GetServiceLister(),
 			SubscriptionLister:  listers.GetSubscriptionLister(),
 			ConsumerGroupLister: listers.GetConsumerGroupLister(),
+			EventPolicyLister:   listers.GetEventPolicyLister(),
 			InternalsClient:     fakeconsumergroupinformer.Get(ctx),
 			Prober:              proberMock,
 			IngressHost:         network.GetServiceHostname(env.IngressName, env.SystemNamespace),
diff --git a/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/controller.go b/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/controller.go
index 7e944337a6..9fba4f5264 100644
--- a/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/controller.go
+++ b/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/controller.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package channel
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	eventpolicyinformer "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/client/injection/informers/eventing/v1alpha1/eventpolicy"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ func NewController(ctx context.Context, watcher configmap.Watcher, configs *conf
 	configmapInformer := configmapinformer.Get(ctx)
 	channelInformer := kafkachannelinformer.Get(ctx)
 	consumerGroupInformer := consumergroupinformer.Get(ctx)
+	eventPolicyInformer := eventpolicyinformer.Get(ctx)
 
 	messagingv1beta.RegisterAlternateKafkaChannelConditionSet(conditionSet)
 
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ func NewController(ctx context.Context, watcher configmap.Watcher, configs *conf
 		ServiceLister:        serviceinformer.Get(ctx).Lister(),
 		SubscriptionLister:   subscriptioninformer.Get(ctx).Lister(),
 		ConsumerGroupLister:  consumerGroupInformer.Lister(),
+		EventPolicyLister:    eventPolicyInformer.Lister(),
 		InternalsClient:      consumergroupclient.Get(ctx),
 		KafkaFeatureFlags:    apisconfig.DefaultFeaturesConfig(),
 	}
diff --git a/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/controller_test.go b/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/controller_test.go
index a395e47ba0..e2a28f1243 100644
--- a/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/controller_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/channel/controller_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	apisconfig "knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/control-plane/pkg/apis/config"
 	_ "knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/control-plane/pkg/client/injection/informers/messaging/v1beta1/kafkachannel/fake"
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/control-plane/pkg/kafka/clientpool"
+	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/client/injection/informers/eventing/v1alpha1/eventpolicy/fake"
 	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/client/injection/informers/messaging/v1/subscription/fake"
 	"knative.dev/eventing/pkg/eventingtls/eventingtlstesting"
 	_ "knative.dev/pkg/client/injection/ducks/duck/v1/addressable/fake"