diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/ember-events.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/ember-events.js
index b0583a14f3f..2827c020eb8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/ember-events.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/ember-events.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Component from "@ember/component";
 import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 import Ember from "ember";
 import { actionModifier } from "./ember-action-modifier";
+import { EMBER_MAJOR_VERSION } from "./ember-version";
 
 /**
  * Classic Ember components (i.e. "@ember/component") rely upon "event
@@ -126,13 +127,16 @@ function rewireClassicComponentEvents(app) {
     allEventMethods[methodName] = event;
   }
 
+  const triggerOverrideMethod =
+    EMBER_MAJOR_VERSION < 4 ? "trigger" : "_trigger";
+
   // Avoid Component.reopen to stop `ember.component.reopen` deprecation warning
   EmberObject.reopen.call(Component, {
     /**
      * @param {string | typeof INTERNAL} name
      * @param {unknown[]} args
      */
-    trigger(name, ...args) {
+    [triggerOverrideMethod](name, ...args) {
       if (name === INTERNAL) {
         if (this.element) {
           return this._super.call(this, ...args);