diff --git a/canal/handler.go b/canal/handler.go
index 71eccd74c..4ddf03bfb 100644
--- a/canal/handler.go
+++ b/canal/handler.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type EventHandler interface {
 	OnDDL(header *replication.EventHeader, nextPos mysql.Position, queryEvent *replication.QueryEvent) error
 	OnRow(e *RowsEvent) error
 	OnXID(header *replication.EventHeader, nextPos mysql.Position) error
-	OnGTID(header *replication.EventHeader, gtid mysql.GTIDSet) error
+	OnGTID(header *replication.EventHeader, gtidEvent mysql.BinlogGTIDEvent) error
 	// OnPosSynced Use your own way to sync position. When force is true, sync position immediately.
 	OnPosSynced(header *replication.EventHeader, pos mysql.Position, set mysql.GTIDSet, force bool) error
 	String() string
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ func (h *DummyEventHandler) OnDDL(*replication.EventHeader, mysql.Position, *rep
 }
 func (h *DummyEventHandler) OnRow(*RowsEvent) error                               { return nil }
 func (h *DummyEventHandler) OnXID(*replication.EventHeader, mysql.Position) error { return nil }
-func (h *DummyEventHandler) OnGTID(*replication.EventHeader, mysql.GTIDSet) error { return nil }
+func (h *DummyEventHandler) OnGTID(*replication.EventHeader, mysql.BinlogGTIDEvent) error {
+	return nil
+}
 func (h *DummyEventHandler) OnPosSynced(*replication.EventHeader, mysql.Position, mysql.GTIDSet, bool) error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/canal/sync.go b/canal/sync.go
index 7df181226..5523d9fe4 100644
--- a/canal/sync.go
+++ b/canal/sync.go
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package canal
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-mysql-org/go-mysql/mysql"
 	"github.com/go-mysql-org/go-mysql/replication"
 	"github.com/go-mysql-org/go-mysql/schema"
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/ast"
 )
@@ -118,21 +116,11 @@ func (c *Canal) runSyncBinlog() error {
 				c.master.UpdateGTIDSet(e.GSet)
 			}
 		case *replication.MariadbGTIDEvent:
-			// try to save the GTID later
-			gtid, err := mysql.ParseMariadbGTIDSet(e.GTID.String())
-			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Trace(err)
-			}
-			if err := c.eventHandler.OnGTID(ev.Header, gtid); err != nil {
+			if err := c.eventHandler.OnGTID(ev.Header, e); err != nil {
 				return errors.Trace(err)
 			}
 		case *replication.GTIDEvent:
-			u, _ := uuid.FromBytes(e.SID)
-			gtid, err := mysql.ParseMysqlGTIDSet(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", u.String(), e.GNO))
-			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Trace(err)
-			}
-			if err := c.eventHandler.OnGTID(ev.Header, gtid); err != nil {
+			if err := c.eventHandler.OnGTID(ev.Header, e); err != nil {
 				return errors.Trace(err)
 			}
 		case *replication.QueryEvent:
diff --git a/mysql/gtid.go b/mysql/gtid.go
index ae519ef25..b73bd7eda 100644
--- a/mysql/gtid.go
+++ b/mysql/gtid.go
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ func ParseGTIDSet(flavor string, s string) (GTIDSet, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("invalid flavor %s", flavor)
 	}
 }
+
+type BinlogGTIDEvent interface {
+	GTIDNext() (GTIDSet, error)
+}
diff --git a/replication/event.go b/replication/event.go
index 264b230ca..566efedaf 100644
--- a/replication/event.go
+++ b/replication/event.go
@@ -462,6 +462,14 @@ func (e *GTIDEvent) Dump(w io.Writer) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(w)
 }
 
+func (e *GTIDEvent) GTIDNext() (GTIDSet, error) {
+	u, err := uuid.FromBytes(e.SID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return ParseMysqlGTIDSet(strings.Join([]string{u.String(), strconv.FormatInt(e.GNO, 10)}, ":"))
+}
+
 // ImmediateCommitTime returns the commit time of this trx on the immediate server
 // or zero time if not available.
 func (e *GTIDEvent) ImmediateCommitTime() time.Time {
@@ -625,6 +633,10 @@ func (e *MariadbGTIDEvent) Dump(w io.Writer) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(w)
 }
 
+func (e *MariadbGTIDEvent) GTIDNext() (GTIDSet, error) {
+	return ParseMariadbGTIDSet(e.GTID.String())
+}
+
 type MariadbGTIDListEvent struct {
 	GTIDs []MariadbGTID
 }
diff --git a/replication/event_test.go b/replication/event_test.go
index 78bddc345..a903ab9b4 100644
--- a/replication/event_test.go
+++ b/replication/event_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package replication
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -49,6 +51,9 @@ func TestMariadbGTIDEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, ev.IsStandalone())
 	require.True(t, ev.IsGroupCommit())
 	require.Equal(t, uint64(0x1716151413121110), ev.CommitID)
+	set, err := ev.GTIDNext()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "70975786-0-578437695752307201", set.String())
 }
 
 func TestGTIDEventMysql8NewFields(t *testing.T) {
@@ -59,6 +64,9 @@ func TestGTIDEventMysql8NewFields(t *testing.T) {
 		expectTransactionLength        uint64
 		expectImmediateServerVersion   uint32
 		expectOriginalServerVersion    uint32
+		expectGTID                     string
+		expectSequnceNumber            int64
+		expectLastCommitted            int64
 	}{
 		{
 			// master: mysql-5.7, slave: mysql-8.0
@@ -68,6 +76,9 @@ func TestGTIDEventMysql8NewFields(t *testing.T) {
 			expectTransactionLength:        965,
 			expectImmediateServerVersion:   80019,
 			expectOriginalServerVersion:    0,
+			expectGTID:                     "5aa72a7f-44a8-11ea-947f-0242ac190002:258",
+			expectSequnceNumber:            119,
+			expectLastCommitted:            118,
 		},
 		{
 			// mysql-5.7 only
@@ -77,6 +88,9 @@ func TestGTIDEventMysql8NewFields(t *testing.T) {
 			expectTransactionLength:        0,
 			expectImmediateServerVersion:   0,
 			expectOriginalServerVersion:    0,
+			expectGTID:                     "5aa72a7f-44a8-11ea-947f-0242ac190002:259",
+			expectSequnceNumber:            54,
+			expectLastCommitted:            53,
 		},
 		{
 			// mysql-8.0 only
@@ -86,10 +100,13 @@ func TestGTIDEventMysql8NewFields(t *testing.T) {
 			expectTransactionLength:        963,
 			expectImmediateServerVersion:   80019,
 			expectOriginalServerVersion:    80019,
+			expectGTID:                     "5ccc1033-44a8-11ea-bd59-0242ac190003:119",
+			expectSequnceNumber:            121,
+			expectLastCommitted:            120,
 		},
 	}
 
-	for _, tc := range testcases {
+	for i, tc := range testcases {
 		ev := new(GTIDEvent)
 		err := ev.Decode(tc.data)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -98,6 +115,11 @@ func TestGTIDEventMysql8NewFields(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, tc.expectTransactionLength, ev.TransactionLength)
 		require.Equal(t, tc.expectImmediateServerVersion, ev.ImmediateServerVersion)
 		require.Equal(t, tc.expectOriginalServerVersion, ev.OriginalServerVersion)
+		set, err := ev.GTIDNext()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, tc.expectGTID, set.String(), fmt.Sprintf("testcase: %d", i))
+		assert.Equal(t, tc.expectSequnceNumber, ev.SequenceNumber, fmt.Sprintf("testcase: %d", i))
+		assert.Equal(t, tc.expectLastCommitted, ev.LastCommitted, fmt.Sprintf("testcase: %d", i))
 	}
 }