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 eee0cdd99..b5799a91a 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
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ on_query(
         query_mode_sync_timeout := SyncTimeout
     }
 ) ->
+    ?tp(emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer_sync_query, #{}),
     KafkaMessage = render_message(Template, Message),
     try
         {_Partition, _Offset} = wolff:send_sync(Producers, [KafkaMessage], SyncTimeout),
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ on_query_async(
     AsyncReplyFn,
     #{message_template := Template, producers := Producers}
 ) ->
+    ?tp(emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer_async_query, #{}),
     KafkaMessage = render_message(Template, Message),
     %% * Must be a batch because wolff:send and wolff:send_sync are batch APIs
     %% * Must be a single element batch because wolff books calls, but not batch sizes
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 378dda543..e52f5b07b 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
@@ -120,6 +120,34 @@ set_special_configs(emqx_dashboard) ->
     ok;
 set_special_configs(_) ->
     ok.
+
+%%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Test case for the query_mode parameter
+%%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+t_query_mode(CtConfig) ->
+    %% We need this because on_query_async is in a different group
+    CtConfig1 = [{query_api, none} | CtConfig],
+    ?check_trace(
+        begin
+            publish_with_config_template_parameters(CtConfig1, #{"query_mode" => "sync"})
+        end,
+        fun(RunStageResult, Trace) ->
+            %% We should have a sync Snabbkaffe trace
+            ?assertMatch([_], ?of_kind(emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer_sync_query, Trace))
+        end
+    ),
+    ?check_trace(
+        begin
+            publish_with_config_template_parameters(CtConfig1, #{"query_mode" => "async"})
+        end,
+        fun(RunStageResult, Trace) ->
+            %% We should have a sync Snabbkaffe trace
+            ?assertMatch([_], ?of_kind(emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer_async_query, Trace))
+        end
+    ),
+    ok.
+
 %%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Test cases for all combinations of SSL, no SSL and authentication types
 %%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -473,6 +501,16 @@ do_send(Ref, Config, ResourceId, Msg, State) when is_list(Config) ->
             ok
     end.
 
+publish_with_config_template_parameters(CtConfig, ConfigTemplateParameters) ->
+    publish_helper(
+        CtConfig,
+        #{
+            auth_settings => "none",
+            ssl_settings => #{}
+        },
+        ConfigTemplateParameters
+    ).
+
 publish_with_and_without_ssl(CtConfig, AuthSettings) ->
     publish_with_and_without_ssl(CtConfig, AuthSettings, #{}).
 
@@ -537,21 +575,25 @@ publish_helper(
     {ok, _} = emqx_bridge:create(
         <<?BRIDGE_TYPE>>, list_to_binary(Name), Conf
     ),
-    Time = erlang:unique_integer(),
-    BinTime = integer_to_binary(Time),
     Partition = 0,
-    Msg = #{
-        clientid => BinTime,
-        payload => <<"payload">>,
-        timestamp => Time
-    },
-    {ok, Offset0} = resolve_kafka_offset(kafka_hosts(), KafkaTopic, Partition),
-    ct:pal("base offset before testing ~p", [Offset0]),
-    {ok, _Group, #{state := State}} = emqx_resource:get_instance(InstId),
-    ok = send(CtConfig, InstId, Msg, State),
-    {ok, {_, [KafkaMsg0]}} = brod:fetch(kafka_hosts(), KafkaTopic, Partition, Offset0),
-    ?assertMatch(#kafka_message{key = BinTime}, KafkaMsg0),
-
+    case proplists:get_value(query_api, CtConfig) of
+        none ->
+            ok;
+        _ ->
+            Time = erlang:unique_integer(),
+            BinTime = integer_to_binary(Time),
+            Msg = #{
+                clientid => BinTime,
+                payload => <<"payload">>,
+                timestamp => Time
+            },
+            {ok, Offset0} = resolve_kafka_offset(kafka_hosts(), KafkaTopic, Partition),
+            ct:pal("base offset before testing ~p", [Offset0]),
+            {ok, _Group, #{state := State}} = emqx_resource:get_instance(InstId),
+            ok = send(CtConfig, InstId, Msg, State),
+            {ok, {_, [KafkaMsg0]}} = brod:fetch(kafka_hosts(), KafkaTopic, Partition, Offset0),
+            ?assertMatch(#kafka_message{key = BinTime}, KafkaMsg0)
+    end,
     %% test that it forwards from local mqtt topic as well
     {ok, Offset1} = resolve_kafka_offset(kafka_hosts(), KafkaTopic, Partition),
     ct:pal("base offset before testing (2) ~p", [Offset1]),
@@ -596,13 +638,15 @@ hocon_config(Args) ->
     AuthConfRendered = bbmustache:render(AuthTemplate, AuthConf),
     SSLConf = maps:get("ssl", Args, #{}),
     SSLTemplate = iolist_to_binary(hocon_config_template_ssl(SSLConf)),
+    QueryMode = maps:get("query_mode", Args, <<"async">>),
     SSLConfRendered = bbmustache:render(SSLTemplate, SSLConf),
     Hocon = bbmustache:render(
         iolist_to_binary(hocon_config_template()),
         Args#{
             "authentication" => AuthConfRendered,
             "bridge_name" => Name,
-            "ssl" => SSLConfRendered
+            "ssl" => SSLConfRendered,
+            "query_mode" => QueryMode
         }
     ),
     Hocon.
@@ -630,6 +674,7 @@ bridges.kafka.{{ bridge_name }} {
     }
     partition_strategy = {{ partition_strategy }}
     topic = \"{{ kafka_topic }}\"
+    query_mode = {{ query_mode }}
   }
   metadata_request_timeout = 5s
   min_metadata_refresh_interval = 3s
diff --git a/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka.hocon b/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka.hocon
index 740d94984..86acd81fe 100644
--- a/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka.hocon
+++ b/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka.hocon
@@ -364,18 +364,6 @@ query_mode.desc:
 query_mode.label:
 """Query mode"""
 
-resource_opts.desc:
-"""Resource options."""
-
-resource_opts.label:
-"""Resource Options"""
-
-resource_opts_fields.desc:
-"""Resource options."""
-
-resource_opts_fields.label:
-"""Resource Options"""
-
 query_mode_sync_timeout.desc:
 """This parameter defines the timeout limit for synchronous queries. It applies only when the bridge query mode is configured to 'sync'."""