diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl
index ea6666ea0..d8c934e6b 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ on_query_async(
 compile_message_template(T) ->
     KeyTemplate = maps:get(key, T, <<"${.clientid}">>),
     ValueTemplate = maps:get(value, T, <<"${.}">>),
-    TimestampTemplate = maps:get(value, T, <<"${.timestamp}">>),
+    TimestampTemplate = maps:get(timestamp, T, <<"${.timestamp}">>),
     #{
         key => preproc_tmpl(KeyTemplate),
         value => preproc_tmpl(ValueTemplate),
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer_SUITE.erl
index d93b6dd7d..b920b39ae 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer_SUITE.erl
@@ -470,7 +470,51 @@ t_failed_creation_then_fix(Config) ->
     delete_all_bridges(),
     ok.
 
-t_table_removed(_Config) ->
+t_custom_timestamp(_Config) ->
+    HostsString = kafka_hosts_string_sasl(),
+    AuthSettings = valid_sasl_plain_settings(),
+    Hash = erlang:phash2([HostsString, ?FUNCTION_NAME]),
+    Type = ?BRIDGE_TYPE,
+    Name = "kafka_bridge_name_" ++ erlang:integer_to_list(Hash),
+    ResourceId = emqx_bridge_resource:resource_id(Type, Name),
+    KafkaTopic = "test-topic-one-partition",
+    MQTTTopic = <<"t/local/kafka">>,
+    emqx:subscribe(MQTTTopic),
+    Conf0 = config(#{
+        "authentication" => AuthSettings,
+        "kafka_hosts_string" => HostsString,
+        "local_topic" => MQTTTopic,
+        "kafka_topic" => KafkaTopic,
+        "instance_id" => ResourceId,
+        "ssl" => #{}
+    }),
+    Conf = emqx_utils_maps:deep_put(
+        [<<"kafka">>, <<"message">>, <<"timestamp">>],
+        Conf0,
+        <<"123">>
+    ),
+    {ok, _} = emqx_bridge:create(Type, erlang:list_to_atom(Name), Conf),
+    {ok, Offset} = resolve_kafka_offset(kafka_hosts(), KafkaTopic, 0),
+    ct:pal("base offset before testing ~p", [Offset]),
+    Time = erlang:unique_integer(),
+    BinTime = integer_to_binary(Time),
+    Msg = #{
+        clientid => BinTime,
+        payload => <<"payload">>,
+        timestamp => Time
+    },
+    emqx:publish(emqx_message:make(MQTTTopic, emqx_utils_json:encode(Msg))),
+    {ok, {_, [KafkaMsg]}} =
+        ?retry(
+            _Interval = 500,
+            _NAttempts = 20,
+            {ok, {_, [_]}} = brod:fetch(kafka_hosts(), KafkaTopic, _Partition = 0, Offset)
+        ),
+    ?assertMatch(#kafka_message{ts = 123, ts_type = create}, KafkaMsg),
+    delete_all_bridges(),
+    ok.
+
+t_nonexistent_topic(_Config) ->
     HostsString = kafka_hosts_string_sasl(),
     AuthSettings = valid_sasl_plain_settings(),
     Hash = erlang:phash2([HostsString, ?FUNCTION_NAME]),
diff --git a/changes/ee/fix-11513.en.md b/changes/ee/fix-11513.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51d953933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ee/fix-11513.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed a bug which prevented the Kafka Producer bridge from using the correct template for the `timestamp` field.