diff --git a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/jsonschema/JsonSchemaKafkaCreator.java b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/jsonschema/JsonSchemaKafkaCreator.java
index 9d6842b765f77..20b3933c8a3ef 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/jsonschema/JsonSchemaKafkaCreator.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/jsonschema/JsonSchemaKafkaCreator.java
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 package io.quarkus.it.kafka.jsonschema;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.UUID;
-
+import io.apicurio.registry.serde.SerdeConfig;
 import io.apicurio.registry.serde.jsonschema.JsonSchemaKafkaDeserializer;
 import io.apicurio.registry.serde.jsonschema.JsonSchemaKafkaSerializer;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
-
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer;
@@ -16,7 +12,9 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.IntegerSerializer;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.inject.ConfigProperty;
 
-import io.apicurio.registry.serde.SerdeConfig;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 /**
  * Create Json Schema Kafka Consumers and Producers
@@ -51,13 +49,13 @@ public KafkaProducer<Integer, Pet> createApicurioProducer(String clientId) {
     }
 
     public static KafkaConsumer<Integer, Pet> createApicurioConsumer(String bootstrap, String apicurio,
-            String groupdIdConfig, String subscribtionName) {
+                                                                     String groupdIdConfig, String subscribtionName) {
         Properties p = getApicurioConsumerProperties(bootstrap, apicurio, groupdIdConfig);
         return createConsumer(p, subscribtionName);
     }
 
     public static KafkaProducer<Integer, Pet> createApicurioProducer(String bootstrap, String apicurio,
-            String clientId) {
+                                                                     String clientId) {
         Properties p = getApicurioProducerProperties(bootstrap, apicurio, clientId);
         return createProducer(p);
     }
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ private static Properties getApicurioProducerProperties(String bootstrap, String
         props.put(ProducerConfig.ACKS_CONFIG, "all");
         props.put(ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, JsonSchemaKafkaSerializer.class.getName());
         props.put(SerdeConfig.REGISTRY_URL, apicurio);
-        props.put(SerdeConfig.AUTO_REGISTER_ARTIFACT, true);
         return props;
     }
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaIT.java b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaIT.java
similarity index 96%
rename from integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaIT.java
rename to integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaIT.java
index f9817025a81a2..3e51516254338 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaIT.java
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-package kafka;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+package io.quarkus.it.kafka;
 
 import io.apicurio.registry.rest.client.RegistryClientFactory;
 import io.apicurio.rest.client.VertxHttpClientProvider;
@@ -8,6 +6,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.test.common.QuarkusTestResource;
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusIntegrationTest;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 
 @QuarkusIntegrationTest
 @QuarkusTestResource(value = KafkaResource.class, restrictToAnnotatedClass = true)
diff --git a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTest.java b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTest.java
similarity index 92%
rename from integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTest.java
rename to integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTest.java
index 5820527d07e28..4bcfe8c6982b2 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-package kafka;
-
-import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+package io.quarkus.it.kafka;
 
 import io.quarkus.it.kafka.jsonschema.JsonSchemaKafkaCreator;
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 
 @QuarkusTest
 public class KafkaJsonSchemaTest extends KafkaJsonSchemaTestBase {
diff --git a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTestBase.java b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTestBase.java
similarity index 66%
rename from integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTestBase.java
rename to integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTestBase.java
index 54df35eed83b0..71444631ba03e 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTestBase.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaJsonSchemaTestBase.java
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-package kafka;
-
-import java.time.Duration;
+package io.quarkus.it.kafka;
 
+import io.apicurio.registry.rest.client.RegistryClientFactory;
+import io.apicurio.registry.types.ArtifactType;
+import io.quarkus.it.kafka.jsonschema.JsonSchemaKafkaCreator;
+import io.quarkus.it.kafka.jsonschema.Pet;
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer;
@@ -9,13 +12,12 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import io.quarkus.it.kafka.jsonschema.JsonSchemaKafkaCreator;
-import io.quarkus.it.kafka.jsonschema.Pet;
-import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.time.Duration;
 
 public abstract class KafkaJsonSchemaTestBase {
 
-    static final String APICURIO_PATH = "/jsonschema/apicurio";
+    static final String APICURIO_PATH = "/json-schema/apicurio";
 
     abstract JsonSchemaKafkaCreator creator();
 
@@ -26,16 +28,28 @@ public void testUrls() {
 
     @Test
     public void testApicurioJsonSchemaProducer() {
+        String subscriptionName = "test-json-schema-apicurio-producer";
+
+        //Since autoregister is not supported for json schema, we must register the schema beforehand.
+        InputStream jsonSchema = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/io/quarkus/it/kafka/json-schema.json");
+        RegistryClientFactory.create(creator().getApicurioRegistryUrl()).createArtifact(null, subscriptionName + "-value", ArtifactType.JSON, jsonSchema);
+
         KafkaConsumer<Integer, Pet> consumer = creator().createApicurioConsumer(
                 "test-json-schema-apicurio",
-                "test-json-schema-apicurio-producer");
+                subscriptionName);
         testJsonSchemaProducer(consumer, APICURIO_PATH);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testApicurioJsonSchemaConsumer() {
+        String topic = "test-json-schema-apicurio-consumer";
+
+        //Since autoregister is not supported for json schema, we must register the schema beforehand.
+        InputStream jsonSchema = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/io/quarkus/it/kafka/json-schema.json");
+        RegistryClientFactory.create(creator().getApicurioRegistryUrl()).createArtifact(null, topic + "-value", ArtifactType.JSON, jsonSchema);
+
         KafkaProducer<Integer, Pet> producer = creator().createApicurioProducer("test-json-schema-apicurio-test");
-        testJsonSchemaConsumer(producer, APICURIO_PATH, "test-json-schema-apicurio-consumer");
+        testJsonSchemaConsumer(producer, APICURIO_PATH, topic);
     }
 
     protected void testJsonSchemaProducer(KafkaConsumer<Integer, Pet> consumer, String path) {
diff --git a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaResource.java b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaResource.java
similarity index 97%
rename from integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaResource.java
rename to integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaResource.java
index eb5186c92c5cb..3ea4a51d86b6b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/kafka/KafkaResource.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/KafkaResource.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-package kafka;
-
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
+package io.quarkus.it.kafka;
 
 import io.quarkus.it.kafka.jsonschema.JsonSchemaKafkaCreator;
 import io.quarkus.test.common.DevServicesContext;
 import io.quarkus.test.common.QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 public class KafkaResource implements QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager, DevServicesContext.ContextAware {
 
     JsonSchemaKafkaCreator creator;
diff --git a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/resources/io/quarkus/it/kafka/json-schema.json b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/resources/io/quarkus/it/kafka/json-schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..18a1c5f482bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/src/test/resources/io/quarkus/it/kafka/json-schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "$id": "https://example.com/person.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "Pet",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "name": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The pet's name."
+    },
+    "color": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The pet's color."
+    }
+  }
+}
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