diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 27e990a97..9117c0583 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
         <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Storage.Blobs" Version="12.17.0"/>
         <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Storage.Queues" Version="12.15.0"/>
         <PackageVersion Include="ClickHouse.Client" Version="7.9.1"/>
-        <PackageVersion Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="2.0.2"/>
+        <PackageVersion Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="2.8.0"/>
+        <PackageVersion Include="Confluent.SchemaRegistry" Version="2.8.0" />
+        <PackageVersion Include="Confluent.SchemaRegistry.Serdes.Json" Version="2.8.0" />
         <PackageVersion Include="Consul" Version="1.6.10.9"/>
         <PackageVersion Include="CouchbaseNetClient" Version="3.6.4"/>
         <PackageVersion Include="DotPulsar" Version="3.3.2"/>
diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests/KafkaContainerWithRegistryTest.cs b/tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests/KafkaContainerWithRegistryTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98b9c1512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests/KafkaContainerWithRegistryTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Threading;
+using Confluent.SchemaRegistry;
+using Confluent.SchemaRegistry.Serdes;
+using DotNet.Testcontainers.Builders;
+using DotNet.Testcontainers.Containers;
+using DotNet.Testcontainers.Networks;
+
+namespace Testcontainers.Kafka;
+
+public class KafkaContainerWithRegistryTest : IAsyncLifetime
+{
+    private INetwork _network;
+    private KafkaContainer _kafkaContainer;
+    private IContainer _kafkaSchemaRegistry;
+
+    const string schema = @"
+        {
+            ""$schema"": ""http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"",
+            ""$id"": ""http://example.com/product.schema.json"",
+            ""title"": ""User"",
+            ""description"": ""A User"",
+            ""type"": ""object"",
+            ""properties"": {
+                ""age"": {
+                  ""description"": ""The age of the user"",
+                  ""type"": ""integer""
+                },
+                ""lastname"": {
+                  ""description"": ""Last name of the user"",
+                  ""type"": ""string""
+                },
+                ""firstname"": {
+                  ""description"": ""First name of the user"",
+                  ""type"": ""string""
+                }
+            },
+            ""required"": [""firstname"", ""lastname""]
+        }";
+    
+    public async Task InitializeAsync()
+    {
+        _network = new NetworkBuilder().Build();
+        _kafkaContainer = new KafkaBuilder()
+            .WithImage("confluentinc/cp-kafka")
+            .WithNetwork(_network)
+            .WithListener("kafka:19092")
+            .Build();
+        
+        _kafkaSchemaRegistry = new ContainerBuilder()
+            .WithImage("confluentinc/cp-schema-registry:7.8.0")
+            .DependsOn(_kafkaContainer)
+            .WithPortBinding(8085, true)
+            .WithNetworkAliases("schemaregistry")
+            .WithNetwork(_network)
+            .WithEnvironment("SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS", "PLAINTEXT://kafka:19092")
+            .WithEnvironment("SCHEMA_REGISTRY_LISTENERS", "http://0.0.0.0:8085")
+            .WithEnvironment("SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST_NAME", "schemaregistry")
+            .WithEnvironment("SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_SECURITY_PROTOCOL", "PLAINTEXT")
+            .WithWaitStrategy(
+                 Wait.ForUnixContainer()
+                     .UntilHttpRequestIsSucceeded(request => request.ForPath("/subjects")
+                         .ForPort(8085))
+                    
+            )
+            .Build();
+        
+        await _kafkaContainer.StartAsync();
+        
+        var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(15000);
+        await _kafkaSchemaRegistry.StartAsync(cts.Token);
+    }
+
+    public async Task DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        await Task.WhenAll(
+            _kafkaContainer.DisposeAsync().AsTask(),
+            _kafkaSchemaRegistry.DisposeAsync().AsTask()
+        );
+    }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Test the usage of the Kafka container with the schema registry.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TestUsageWithSchemaRegistry()
+    {
+        const string topicName = "user-topic";
+        var subject = SubjectNameStrategy.Topic.ConstructValueSubjectName(topicName, null);
+        
+        var bootstrapServers = this._kafkaContainer.GetBootstrapAddress()
+            .Replace("PLAINTEXT://", "", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        
+        var jsonSerializerConfig = new JsonSerializerConfig
+        {
+            BufferBytes = 100,
+        };
+        
+        var schemaRegistryUrl = $"http://localhost:{_kafkaSchemaRegistry.GetMappedPublicPort(8085)}";
+
+        var schemaRegistryConfig = new SchemaRegistryConfig
+        {
+            Url = schemaRegistryUrl,
+        };
+        // Init Kafka producer to send a message
+        var producerConfig = new ProducerConfig
+        {
+            BootstrapServers = bootstrapServers,
+            ClientId = $"test-client-{DateTime.Now.Ticks}",
+        };
+        using var schemaRegistry = new CachedSchemaRegistryClient(schemaRegistryConfig);
+        
+        var schemaId = await schemaRegistry.RegisterSchemaAsync(subject, new Schema(schema, SchemaType.Json));
+        
+        using var producer = new ProducerBuilder<string, User>(producerConfig)
+            .SetValueSerializer(new JsonSerializer<User>(schemaRegistry, jsonSerializerConfig))
+            .Build();
+        
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<SchemaRegistryException>(async () =>
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var user = new User { Name = "value", Age = 30 };
+                await producer.ProduceAsync(topicName, new Message<string, User> { Value = user });
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Assert.True(e is ProduceException<string, User>);
+                Debug.Assert(e.InnerException != null, "e.InnerException != null");
+                throw e.InnerException;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests.csproj b/tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests.csproj
index 94298bbaa..8b15e2d86 100644
--- a/tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests.csproj
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
         <IsPublishable>false</IsPublishable>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="Confluent.SchemaRegistry" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Confluent.SchemaRegistry.Serdes.Json" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk"/>
         <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector"/>
         <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio"/>
diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests/User.cs b/tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests/User.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30759b7dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.Kafka.Tests/User.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Testcontainers.Kafka;
+
+public class User
+{
+    public string Name { get; set; }
+    public int Age { get; set; }
+}
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