diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e80c493..93be58c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.14.5] - 2024-03-20
+
+## Added
+
+- Support for audio_events in Batch CLI.
+- Support `types` whitelist for audio events.
+
 ## [1.14.4] - 2024-03-04
 
 ## Added
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4e00d0a..24a57f2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.14.4
+1.14.5
diff --git a/speechmatics/cli.py b/speechmatics/cli.py
index 72ba91a..08c092d 100755
--- a/speechmatics/cli.py
+++ b/speechmatics/cli.py
@@ -350,10 +350,12 @@ def get_transcription_config(
     audio_events_config = config.get("audio_events_config", None)
     arg_audio_events = args.get("audio_events", False)
     if audio_events_config is not None or arg_audio_events:
-        types = None
+        event_types = None
         if audio_events_config and audio_events_config.get("types"):
-            types = audio_events_config.get("types")
-        config["audio_events_config"] = AudioEventsConfig(types)
+            event_types = audio_events_config.get("types")
+        if args.get("event_types"):
+            event_types = str(args.get("event_types")).split(",")
+        config["audio_events_config"] = AudioEventsConfig(event_types)
 
     if args["mode"] == "rt":
         # pylint: disable=unexpected-keyword-arg
diff --git a/speechmatics/cli_parser.py b/speechmatics/cli_parser.py
index 5ac2d23..3087b88 100644
--- a/speechmatics/cli_parser.py
+++ b/speechmatics/cli_parser.py
@@ -479,6 +479,29 @@ def get_arg_parser():
         action="store_true",
         help="Enable audio event detection and print events in square-brackets to the console, e.g. [MUSIC]",
     )
+    rt_transcribe_command_parser.add_argument(
+        "--event-types",
+        default=None,
+        type=str,
+        required=False,
+        help="Comma-separated list of whitelisted event types for audio events.",
+    )
+
+    # Parent parser for batch auto-chapters argument
+    batch_audio_events_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
+    batch_audio_events_parser.add_argument(
+        "--audio-events",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Enable audio event detection, "
+        "will include `audio_events` and `audio_event_summary` keys in output (JSON only)",
+    )
+    batch_audio_events_parser.add_argument(
+        "--event-types",
+        default=None,
+        type=str,
+        required=False,
+        help="Comma-separated list of whitelisted event types for audio events.",
+    )
 
     # Build our actual parsers.
     mode_subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(title="Mode", dest="mode")
@@ -514,6 +537,7 @@ def get_arg_parser():
             batch_sentiment_analysis_parser,
             batch_topic_detection_parser,
             batch_auto_chapters_parser,
+            batch_audio_events_parser,
         ],
         help="Transcribe one or more audio files using batch mode, while waiting for results.",
     )