diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3bad72..14bba70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-* None yet!
+### Added
+
+- Add support for defining States and Events attributes using `states_attr` and `events_attr` fields
+
+### Changed
+
+- [breaking] Remove `derive_states` and `derive_events` fields in lieu of `states_attr` and `events_attr` to define attributes generically
 
 ## [v0.8.0] - 2024-08-07
 
diff --git a/macros/src/parser/state_machine.rs b/macros/src/parser/state_machine.rs
index 5aa6edd..48a5f01 100644
--- a/macros/src/parser/state_machine.rs
+++ b/macros/src/parser/state_machine.rs
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ impl parse::Parse for StateMachine {
 
                 "states_attr" => {
                     input.parse::<Token![:]>()?;
-                    statemachine.states_attr = Attribute::parse_outer(&input)?;
+                    statemachine.states_attr = Attribute::parse_outer(input)?;
                 }
 
                 "events_attr" => {
                     input.parse::<Token![:]>()?;
-                    statemachine.events_attr = Attribute::parse_outer(&input)?;
+                    statemachine.events_attr = Attribute::parse_outer(input)?;
                 }
 
                 keyword => {