diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-7/toolchains-feature/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle-modules/gradle-7/toolchains-feature/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1962a79e2
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 32b8e8c8c8..167509d2b3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@
                 <module>spring-jersey</module>
                 <module>spring-jinq</module>
                 <module>spring-kafka-2</module>
+                <module>spring-kafka-3</module>
                 <module>spring-kafka</module>
                 <module>spring-katharsis</module>
                 <module>spring-mobile</module>
diff --git a/spring-kafka-3/pom.xml b/spring-kafka-3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..972412d18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>spring-kafka-3</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>spring-kafka-3</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-kafka-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <kafka-version>3.0.12</kafka-version>
+    </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-kafka-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/SomeData.java b/spring-kafka-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/SomeData.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb2e57c33d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/SomeData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+public class SomeData {
+
+    private String id;
+    private String type;
+    private String status;
+    private Instant timestamp;
+
+    public SomeData() {
+    }
+
+    public SomeData(String id, String type, String status, Instant timestamp) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.type = type;
+        this.status = status;
+        this.timestamp = timestamp;
+    }
+
+    public String getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public String getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    public String getStatus() {
+        return status;
+    }
+
+    public Instant getTimestamp() {
+        return timestamp;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/ListenerConfiguration.java b/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/ListenerConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e35b1ee415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/ListenerConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.kafka.config.ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.ConsumerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.JsonDeserializer;
+
+@Configuration
+public class ListenerConfiguration {
+
+    @Bean("messageListenerContainer")
+    public ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, SomeData> messageListenerContainer() {
+        ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, SomeData> container = new ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<>();
+        container.setConsumerFactory(someDataConsumerFactory());
+        return container;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public ConsumerFactory<String, SomeData> someDataConsumerFactory() {
+        JsonDeserializer<SomeData> payloadJsonDeserializer = new JsonDeserializer<>();
+        payloadJsonDeserializer.trustedPackages("com.baeldung.spring.kafka");
+        return new DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory<>(
+          consumerConfigs(),
+          new StringDeserializer(),
+          payloadJsonDeserializer
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public Map<String, Object> consumerConfigs() {
+        return Map.of(
+          ConsumerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, "PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092",
+          ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG, "some-group-id"
+        );
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/ProducerConfiguration.java b/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/ProducerConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7373424841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/ProducerConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaProducerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.ProducerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.JsonSerializer;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.StringOrBytesSerializer;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@Configuration
+public class ProducerConfiguration {
+
+    @Bean
+    public KafkaTemplate<Object, SomeData> kafkaTemplate() {
+        return new KafkaTemplate<>(producerFactory());
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public ProducerFactory<Object, SomeData> producerFactory() {
+        JsonSerializer<SomeData> jsonSerializer = new JsonSerializer<>();
+        jsonSerializer.setAddTypeInfo(true);
+        return new DefaultKafkaProducerFactory<>(
+          producerFactoryConfig(),
+          new StringOrBytesSerializer(),
+          jsonSerializer
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public Map<String, Object> producerFactoryConfig() {
+        return Map.of(
+          ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, "PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092"
+        );
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/TrustedPackagesLiveTest.java b/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/TrustedPackagesLiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa4b79cd65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/TrustedPackagesLiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.SpyBean;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.KafkaListener;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+/**
+ * This test requires a running instance of kafka to be present
+ */
+@SpringBootTest
+public class TrustedPackagesLiveTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private KafkaTemplate<Object, SomeData> kafkaTemplate;
+
+    @SpyBean
+    TestConsumer testConsumer;
+
+    @Test
+    void givenMessageInTheTopic_whenTypeInfoPackageIsTrusted_thenMessageIsSuccessfullyConsumed() throws InterruptedException {
+        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        Mockito.doAnswer(invocationOnMock -> {
+            try {
+                latch.countDown();
+                return invocationOnMock.callRealMethod();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }).when(testConsumer).onMessage(Mockito.any());
+
+        SomeData someData = new SomeData("1", "active", "sent", Instant.now());
+        kafkaTemplate.send(new ProducerRecord<>("sourceTopic", null, someData));
+
+        Assertions.assertTrue(latch.await(20L, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+    }
+
+    @Component
+    static class TestConsumer {
+
+        @KafkaListener(topics = "sourceTopic", containerFactory = "messageListenerContainer")
+        public void onMessage(SomeData someData) {
+
+        }
+    }
+}