diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/Kafka.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/Kafka.node.ts
index a2c669206..c936735d3 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/Kafka.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/Kafka.node.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import {
 	TopicMessages,
 } from 'kafkajs';
 
+import { SchemaRegistry } from '@kafkajs/confluent-schema-registry';
+
 import {
 	IExecuteFunctions,
 } from 'n8n-core';
@@ -73,6 +75,44 @@ export class Kafka implements INodeType {
 				type: 'boolean',
 				default: false,
 			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Use Schema Registry',
+				name: 'useSchemaRegistry',
+				type: 'boolean',
+				default: false,
+				description: 'Use Confluent Schema Registry.',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Schema Registry URL',
+				name: 'schemaRegistryUrl',
+				type: 'string',
+				required: true,
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						useSchemaRegistry: [
+							true,
+						],
+					},
+				},
+				placeholder: 'https://schema-registry-domain:8081',
+				default: '',
+				description: 'URL of the schema registry.',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Event Name',
+				name: 'eventName',
+				type: 'string',
+				required: true,
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						useSchemaRegistry: [
+							true,
+						],
+					},
+				},
+				default: '',
+				description: 'Namespace and Name of Schema in Schema Registry (namespace.name).',
+			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'Headers',
 				name: 'headersUi',
@@ -170,6 +210,8 @@ export class Kafka implements INodeType {
 			const options = this.getNodeParameter('options', 0) as IDataObject;
 			const sendInputData = this.getNodeParameter('sendInputData', 0) as boolean;
 
+			const useSchemaRegistry = this.getNodeParameter('useSchemaRegistry', 0) as boolean;
+
 			const timeout = options.timeout as number;
 
 			let compression = CompressionTypes.None;
@@ -211,7 +253,7 @@ export class Kafka implements INodeType {
 
 			await producer.connect();
 
-			let message: string;
+			let message: string | Buffer;
 
 			for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
 				if (sendInputData === true) {
@@ -220,6 +262,20 @@ export class Kafka implements INodeType {
 					message = this.getNodeParameter('message', i) as string;
 				}
 
+				if (useSchemaRegistry) {
+					try {
+						const schemaRegistryUrl = this.getNodeParameter('schemaRegistryUrl', 0) as string;
+						const eventName = this.getNodeParameter('eventName', 0) as string;
+
+						const registry = new SchemaRegistry({ host: schemaRegistryUrl });
+						const id = await registry.getLatestSchemaId(eventName);
+
+						message = await registry.encode(id, JSON.parse(message));
+					} catch (exception) {
+						throw new NodeOperationError(this.getNode(), 'Verify your Schema Registry configuration');
+					}
+				}
+
 				const topic = this.getNodeParameter('topic', i) as string;
 
 				const jsonParameters = this.getNodeParameter('jsonParameters', i) as boolean;
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
index be7e544e0..935cb4fe4 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import {
 	SASLOptions,
 } from 'kafkajs';
 
+import { SchemaRegistry } from '@kafkajs/confluent-schema-registry';
+
 import {
 	ITriggerFunctions,
 } from 'n8n-core';
@@ -55,6 +57,29 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 				placeholder: 'n8n-kafka',
 				description: 'ID of the consumer group.',
 			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Use Schema Registry',
+				name: 'useSchemaRegistry',
+				type: 'boolean',
+				default: false,
+				description: 'Use Confluent Schema Registry.',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Schema Registry URL',
+				name: 'schemaRegistryUrl',
+				type: 'string',
+				required: true,
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						useSchemaRegistry: [
+							true,
+						],
+					},
+				},
+				placeholder: 'https://schema-registry-domain:8081',
+				default: '',
+				description: 'URL of the schema registry.',
+			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'Options',
 				name: 'options',
@@ -104,6 +129,13 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 						default: 30000,
 						description: 'The time to await a response in ms.',
 					},
+					{
+						displayName: 'Return headers',
+						name: 'returnHeaders',
+						type: 'boolean',
+						default: false,
+						description: 'Return the headers received from Kafka',
+					},
 				],
 			},
 		],
@@ -153,6 +185,10 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 
 		const self = this;
 
+		const useSchemaRegistry = this.getNodeParameter('useSchemaRegistry', 0) as boolean;
+
+		const schemaRegistryUrl = this.getNodeParameter('schemaRegistryUrl', 0) as string;
+
 		const startConsumer = async () => {
 			await consumer.run({
 				eachMessage: async ({ topic, message }) => {
@@ -166,6 +202,23 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 						} catch (error) { }
 					}
 
+					if (useSchemaRegistry) {
+						try {
+							const registry = new SchemaRegistry({ host: schemaRegistryUrl });
+							value = await registry.decode(message.value as Buffer);
+						} catch (error) { }
+					}
+
+					if (options.returnHeaders) {
+						const headers: {[key: string]: string} = {};
+						for (const key in message.headers) {
+							const header = message.headers[key];
+							headers[key] = header?.toString('utf8') || '';
+						}
+
+						data.headers = headers;
+					}
+
 					data.message = value;
 					data.topic = topic;
 
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/package.json b/packages/nodes-base/package.json
index 25bb7deec..08a157ef5 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/package.json
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@
     "typescript": "~4.3.5"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@kafkajs/confluent-schema-registry": "1.0.6",
     "@types/lossless-json": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/promise-ftp": "^1.3.4",
     "@types/snowflake-sdk": "^1.5.1",
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/tsconfig.json b/packages/nodes-base/tsconfig.json
index 1d0670252..2dbcc429d 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"compilerOptions": {
 		"lib": [
+			"dom",
 			"es2017",
 			"es2019.array"
 		],