diff --git a/CHANGELOG.MD b/CHANGELOG.MD
index 983e64c9..fb4481f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.MD
+++ b/CHANGELOG.MD
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- TMS-1083: Change event short description to be used from API
+
 ## [1.59.2] - 2024-11-19
 
 - TMS-1088: Add fields to redipress schema
diff --git a/lib/Eventz.php b/lib/Eventz.php
index 59425c8f..8cf3736b 100644
--- a/lib/Eventz.php
+++ b/lib/Eventz.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public static function normalize_event( $event ) : array {
 
         return [
             'name'              => $event->name ?? null,
-            'short_description' => static::get_short_description( $event ) ?? null,
+            'short_description' => nl2br( $event->descriptionShort ) ?? null,
             'description'       => nl2br( $event->description ) ?? null,
             'date_title'        => __( 'Dates', 'tms-theme-base' ),
             'date'              => static::get_event_date( $event ),
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public static function normalize_event_title( $event ) : array {
      */
     public static function normalize_event_description( $event ) : array {
         return [
-            'short_description' => static::get_short_description( $event ) ?? null,
+            'short_description' => nl2br( $event->descriptionShort ) ?? null,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -607,26 +607,4 @@ public static function compare_dates( $start, $end ) {
             $end_time->format( 'H.i' )
         );
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Generate short description.
-     *
-     * @param object $event Event object.
-     *
-     * @return string|null
-     */
-    public static function get_short_description( $event ) {
-
-        if ( empty( $event->description ) ) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        // Define a regular expression pattern to match the first two sentences
-        $pattern = '/^(.*?[.!?])\s+(.*?[.!?])/';
-
-        // Use preg_match() to find the first two sentences
-        if ( preg_match( $pattern, $event->description, $matches ) ) {
-            return $matches[1] . ' ' . $matches[2];
-        }
-    }
 }