diff --git a/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/virtualnode/VirtualNodeCreateStatusResponse.avsc b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/virtualnode/VirtualNodeCreateStatusResponse.avsc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e37454e9ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/virtualnode/VirtualNodeCreateStatusResponse.avsc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "type": "record",
+  "name": "VirtualNodeCreateStatusResponse",
+  "namespace": "net.corda.data.virtualnode",
+  "fields": [
+    {
+      "name": "requestId",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "operationType",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "virtualNodeOperationStatus",
+      "type": "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeOperationStatus"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/virtualnode/VirtualNodeManagementResponse.avsc b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/virtualnode/VirtualNodeManagementResponse.avsc
index 2a4da7abac..1fb7e01a64 100644
--- a/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/virtualnode/VirtualNodeManagementResponse.avsc
+++ b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/virtualnode/VirtualNodeManagementResponse.avsc
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@
       "doc": "Result of request, either a success or failure message",
       "type": [
         "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeCreateResponse",
-        "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeStateChangeResponse",
-        "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeUpdateDbStatusResponse",
+        "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeCreateStatusResponse",
         "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeDBResetResponse",
         "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeManagementResponseFailure",
         "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeOperationStatusResponse",
-        "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeSchemaResponse"
+        "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeSchemaResponse",
+        "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeStateChangeResponse",
+        "net.corda.data.virtualnode.VirtualNodeUpdateDbStatusResponse"
       ]
     }
   ]
diff --git a/data/topic-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/Schemas.java b/data/topic-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/Schemas.java
index c97b538b71..4bd842c826 100644
--- a/data/topic-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/Schemas.java
+++ b/data/topic-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/Schemas.java
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ private VirtualNode() {
 
         public static final String VIRTUAL_NODE_INFO_TOPIC = "virtual.node.info";
         public static final String VIRTUAL_NODE_ASYNC_REQUEST_TOPIC = "virtual.node.async.request";
-        public static final String VIRTUAL_NODE_OPERATION_STATUS_TOPIC = "virtual.node.operation.status";
         public static final String VIRTUAL_NODE_CREATION_REQUEST_TOPIC = "virtual.node.creation.request";
         public static final String VIRTUAL_NODE_CREATION_REQUEST_RESPONSE_TOPIC = getRPCResponseTopic(VIRTUAL_NODE_CREATION_REQUEST_TOPIC);
         public static final String CPI_INFO_TOPIC = "cpi.info";
diff --git a/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/VirtualNode.yaml b/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/VirtualNode.yaml
index 45cd4c2823..784529ec4a 100644
--- a/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/VirtualNode.yaml
+++ b/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/VirtualNode.yaml
@@ -93,17 +93,3 @@ topics:
     producers:
       - rest
     config:
-  VirtualNodeOperationStatusTopic:
-    name: virtual.node.operation.status
-    consumers:
-      - rest
-    producers:
-      - db
-      - rest
-    config:
-      cleanup.policy: compact
-      segment.ms: 600000
-      delete.retention.ms: 300000
-      min.compaction.lag.ms: 60000
-      max.compaction.lag.ms: 604800000
-      min.cleanable.dirty.ratio: 0.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 24d826b397..250d8f037b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cordaProductVersion = 5.3.0
 # NOTE: update this each time this module contains a breaking change
 ## NOTE: currently this is a top level revision, so all API versions will line up, but this could be moved to
 ##   a per module property in which case module versions can change independently.
-cordaApiRevision = 5
+cordaApiRevision = 6
 
 # Main
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency = false