diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
index ffc48ceea1..c2ab8db751 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,28 @@ 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 Apache Avro serialization format and Confluent\' wire formats.',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Schema Registry URL',
+				name: 'schemaRegistryUrl',
+				type: 'string',
+				required: true,
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						useSchemaRegistry: [
+							true,
+						],
+					},
+				},
+				default: '',
+				description: 'URL of the schema registry.',
+			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'Options',
 				name: 'options',
@@ -100,27 +122,6 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 						default: 30000,
 						description: 'The time to await a response in ms.',
 					},
-					{
-						displayName: 'Use Schema Registry',
-						name: 'useSchemaRegistry',
-						type: 'boolean',
-						default: false,
-						description: 'Use Apache Avro serialization format and Confluent\' wire formats.',
-					},
-					{
-						displayName: 'Schema Registry URL',
-						name: 'schemaRegistryUrl',
-						type: 'string',
-						displayOptions: {
-							show: {
-								useSchemaRegistry: [
-									true,
-								],
-							},
-						},
-						default: '',
-						description: 'URL of the schema registry.',
-					},
 				],
 			},
 		],
@@ -170,9 +171,13 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 
 		const options = this.getNodeParameter('options', {}) as IDataObject;
 
+		const useSchemaRegistry = this.getNodeParameter('useSchemaRegistry', 0) as boolean;
+
+		const schemaRegistryUrl = this.getNodeParameter('schemaRegistryUrl', 0) as string;
+
 		let registry: SchemaRegistry;
-		if (options.useSchemaRegistry) {
-			registry = new SchemaRegistry({ host: options.schemaRegistryUrl as string });
+		if (useSchemaRegistry) {
+			registry = new SchemaRegistry({ host: schemaRegistryUrl });
 		}
 
 		const startConsumer = async () => {