diff --git a/crates/app/src/lib.rs b/crates/app/src/lib.rs
index 2ac39ce04..1fbc7cdf7 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 
 mod host_component;
+use serde_json::Value;
 pub use spin_locked_app::locked;
 pub use spin_locked_app::values;
 pub use spin_locked_app::{Error, MetadataKey, Result};
@@ -212,16 +213,29 @@ impl<'a, L> App<'a, L> {
         &'this self,
         trigger_type: &'a str,
     ) -> Result<Option<T>> {
-        self.locked.metadata.get("triggers").map_or(Ok(None), |t| {
-            t.get(trigger_type)
-                .map(T::deserialize)
-                .transpose()
-                .map_err(|err| {
-                    Error::MetadataError(format!(
-                        "invalid metadata value for {trigger_type:?}: {err:?}"
-                    ))
-                })
-        })
+        let Some(value) = self.get_trigger_metadata_value(trigger_type) else {
+            return Ok(None);
+        };
+        let metadata = T::deserialize(value).map_err(|err| {
+            Error::MetadataError(format!(
+                "invalid metadata value for {trigger_type:?}: {err:?}"
+            ))
+        })?;
+        Ok(Some(metadata))
+    }
+
+    fn get_trigger_metadata_value(&self, trigger_type: &str) -> Option<Value> {
+        if let Some(trigger_configs) = self.locked.metadata.get("triggers") {
+            // New-style: `{"triggers": {"<type>": {...}}}`
+            trigger_configs.get(trigger_type).cloned()
+        } else if self.locked.metadata["trigger"]["type"] == trigger_type {
+            // Old-style: `{"trigger": {"type": "<type>", ...}}`
+            let mut meta = self.locked.metadata["trigger"].clone();
+            meta.as_object_mut().unwrap().remove("type");
+            Some(meta)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
     }
 
     /// Returns an iterator of [`AppTrigger`]s defined for this app with
diff --git a/crates/redis/src/lib.rs b/crates/redis/src/lib.rs
index 44850b24b..10d032b90 100644
--- a/crates/redis/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/redis/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use futures::{future::join_all, StreamExt};
 use redis::{Client, ConnectionLike};
 use serde::{de::IgnoredAny, Deserialize, Serialize};
-use spin_app::MetadataKey;
 use spin_core::async_trait;
 use spin_trigger::{cli::NoArgs, TriggerAppEngine, TriggerExecutor};
 
 use crate::spin::SpinRedisExecutor;
 
-const TRIGGER_METADATA_KEY: MetadataKey<TriggerMetadata> = MetadataKey::new("trigger");
-
 pub(crate) type RuntimeData = ();
 pub(crate) type Store = spin_core::Store<RuntimeData>;
 
@@ -56,17 +53,9 @@ impl TriggerExecutor for RedisTrigger {
 
     async fn new(engine: TriggerAppEngine<Self>) -> Result<Self> {
         let address = engine
-            .app()
-            .get_metadata(TRIGGER_METADATA_KEY)?
-            .map_or_else(
-                || {
-                    engine
-                        .trigger_metadata::<TriggerMetadata>()
-                        .unwrap_or_default()
-                        .map_or(String::new(), |f| f.address)
-                },
-                |t| t.address,
-            );
+            .trigger_metadata::<TriggerMetadata>()?
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .address;
 
         let mut channel_components: HashMap<String, Vec<String>> = HashMap::new();
 
diff --git a/crates/trigger-http/src/lib.rs b/crates/trigger-http/src/lib.rs
index 55d05ecd3..a414d6a76 100644
--- a/crates/trigger-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/trigger-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -95,17 +95,9 @@ impl TriggerExecutor for HttpTrigger {
 
     async fn new(engine: TriggerAppEngine<Self>) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut base = engine
-            .app()
-            .get_metadata(spin_http::trigger::METADATA_KEY)?
-            .map_or_else(
-                || {
-                    engine
-                        .trigger_metadata::<spin_http::trigger::Metadata>()
-                        .unwrap_or_default()
-                        .map_or(String::new(), |f| f.base)
-                },
-                |t| t.base,
-            );
+            .trigger_metadata::<spin_http::trigger::Metadata>()?
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .base;
 
         if !base.starts_with('/') {
             base = format!("/{base}");