diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
index 1ff27bd302..a3d871eaaa 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ import type {
 	INodeType,
 	INodeTypeDescription,
 	ITriggerResponse,
+	IRun,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import { NodeOperationError } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { createDeferredPromise, NodeOperationError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 		name: 'kafkaTrigger',
 		icon: 'file:kafka.svg',
 		group: ['trigger'],
-		version: 1,
+		version: [1, 1.1],
 		description: 'Consume messages from a Kafka topic',
 		defaults: {
 			name: 'Kafka Trigger',
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 						type: 'number',
 						default: 1,
 						description:
-							'Max number of requests that may be in progress at any time. If falsey then no limit.',
+							'The maximum number of unacknowledged requests the client will send on a single connection',
 					},
 					{
 						displayName: 'Read Messages From Beginning',
@@ -132,6 +133,19 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 						default: false,
 						description: 'Whether to try to parse the message to an object',
 					},
+					{
+						displayName: 'Parallel Processing',
+						name: 'parallelProcessing',
+						type: 'boolean',
+						default: true,
+						displayOptions: {
+							hide: {
+								'@version': [1],
+							},
+						},
+						description:
+							'Whether to process messages in parallel or by keeping the message in order',
+					},
 					{
 						displayName: 'Only Message',
 						name: 'onlyMessage',
@@ -177,6 +191,10 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 
 		const ssl = credentials.ssl as boolean;
 
+		const options = this.getNodeParameter('options', {}) as IDataObject;
+
+		options.nodeVersion = this.getNode().typeVersion;
+
 		const config: KafkaConfig = {
 			clientId,
 			brokers,
@@ -213,9 +231,9 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 			heartbeatInterval: this.getNodeParameter('options.heartbeatInterval', 3000) as number,
 		});
 
-		await consumer.connect();
+		const parallelProcessing = options.parallelProcessing as boolean;
 
-		const options = this.getNodeParameter('options', {}) as IDataObject;
+		await consumer.connect();
 
 		await consumer.subscribe({ topic, fromBeginning: options.fromBeginning ? true : false });
 
@@ -261,8 +279,16 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 						//@ts-ignore
 						data = value;
 					}
-
-					this.emit([this.helpers.returnJsonArray([data])]);
+					let responsePromise = undefined;
+					if (!parallelProcessing && (options.nodeVersion as number) > 1) {
+						responsePromise = await createDeferredPromise<IRun>();
+						this.emit([this.helpers.returnJsonArray([data])], undefined, responsePromise);
+					} else {
+						this.emit([this.helpers.returnJsonArray([data])]);
+					}
+					if (responsePromise) {
+						await responsePromise.promise();
+					}
 				},
 			});
 		};