diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/receive/message/ConsumerJsonRecord.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/receive/message/ConsumerJsonRecord.java
index 99a7fbdb4..9b34b35ee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/receive/message/ConsumerJsonRecord.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/receive/message/ConsumerJsonRecord.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -11,16 +12,24 @@ public class ConsumerJsonRecord {
     private final JsonNode value;
     private final Map<String, String> headers;
 
+    private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
     @JsonCreator
     public ConsumerJsonRecord(
-            @JsonProperty("key") JsonNode key,
+            @JsonProperty("key") Object key,
             @JsonProperty("value") JsonNode value,
             @JsonProperty("headers") Map<String, String> headers) {
-        this.key = key;
+        this.key = convertToJsonNode(key);
         this.value = value;
         this.headers = headers;
     }
 
+    private static JsonNode convertToJsonNode(Object key) {
+        if (key instanceof JsonNode) {
+            return (JsonNode) key;
+        }
+        return objectMapper.convertValue(key, JsonNode.class);
+    }
     public JsonNode getKey() {
         return key;
     }
@@ -36,7 +45,7 @@ public Map<String, String> getHeaders() {
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "Record{" +
-                "key='" + key + '\'' +
+                "key='" + key+ '\'' +
                 ", value=" + value +
                 '}';
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/helper/KafkaConsumerHelperTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/helper/KafkaConsumerHelperTest.java
index cf243282a..f7ec3fa06 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/helper/KafkaConsumerHelperTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/helper/KafkaConsumerHelperTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ public void should_read_json_with_headers_in_record() throws IOException {
         Mockito.when(consumerRecord.key()).thenReturn("\"key\"");
         Mockito.when(consumerRecord.value()).thenReturn("\"value\"");
         Mockito.when(consumerRecord.headers())
-                .thenReturn(new RecordHeaders().add("headerKey", "headerValue".getBytes()));
+               .thenReturn(new RecordHeaders().add("headerKey", "headerValue".getBytes()));
 
         // when
         List<ConsumerJsonRecord> consumerJsonRecords = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -162,6 +163,30 @@ public void should_read_json_with_headers_in_record() throws IOException {
         Assert.assertEquals(Collections.singletonMap("headerKey", "headerValue"), consumerJsonRecord.getHeaders());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void should_read_json_with_headers_in_record_with_key_of_object_type() throws IOException {
+        // given
+        Object key = UUID.randomUUID();
+        ConsumerRecord consumerRecord = Mockito.mock(ConsumerRecord.class);
+        Mockito.when(consumerRecord.key()).thenReturn(key);
+        Mockito.when(consumerRecord.value()).thenReturn("\"value\"");
+        Mockito.when(consumerRecord.headers())
+               .thenReturn(new RecordHeaders().add("headerKey", "headerValue".getBytes()));
+
+        // when
+        List<ConsumerJsonRecord> consumerJsonRecords = new ArrayList<>();
+        KafkaConsumerHelper.readJson(consumerJsonRecords, Iterators.forArray(consumerRecord),null);
+
+        // then
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, consumerJsonRecords.size());
+        ConsumerJsonRecord consumerJsonRecord = consumerJsonRecords.get(0);
+        Assert.assertTrue(consumerJsonRecord.getKey() instanceof JsonNode);
+        Assert.assertTrue(consumerJsonRecord.getValue() instanceof JsonNode);
+        Assert.assertEquals("\"" +key+"\"", consumerJsonRecord.getKey().toString());
+        Assert.assertEquals("\"value\"", consumerJsonRecord.getValue().toString());
+        Assert.assertEquals(Collections.singletonMap("headerKey", "headerValue"), consumerJsonRecord.getHeaders());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void test_firstPoll_exits_early_on_assignment() {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/receive/message/ConsumerJsonRecordTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/receive/message/ConsumerJsonRecordTest.java
index aad106ca3..c90d1b33e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/receive/message/ConsumerJsonRecordTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/kafka/receive/message/ConsumerJsonRecordTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
@@ -34,15 +35,28 @@ public void testSer() throws IOException {
 
         record = new ConsumerJsonRecord(key1, value, null);
         json = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(record);
-        System.out.println("1 json >> " + json);
+        System.out.println("2 json >> " + json);
 
 
         JsonNode key2 = objectMapper.readTree("23.45");
 
         record = new ConsumerJsonRecord(key2, value, null);
         json = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(record);
-        System.out.println("2 json >> " + json);
-    }
+        System.out.println("3 json >> " + json);
+
+//        UUID as String type
+        JsonNode key3 = objectMapper.readTree(objectMapper.writeValueAsString(UUID.randomUUID().toString()));
+
+        record = new ConsumerJsonRecord(key3, value, null);
+        json = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(record);
+        System.out.println("4 json >> " + json);
+
+//        UUID as Object Type
+        Object key4 = UUID.randomUUID();
+        record = new ConsumerJsonRecord(key4, value, null);
+        json = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(record);
+        System.out.println("5 json >> " + json);
+}
 
     @Test
     public void should_serialize_a_record_with_headers() throws JsonProcessingException {