diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/PulsarIncomingChannel.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/PulsarIncomingChannel.java
index fcb44b4479..6d91fc25fc 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/PulsarIncomingChannel.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/PulsarIncomingChannel.java
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.RedeliveryBackoff;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Schema;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.SubscriptionType;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.schema.KeyValueSchema;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.MultiplierRedeliveryBackoff;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.conf.ConsumerConfigurationData;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.schema.AutoConsumeSchema;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Message;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.messaging.MessagingAttributesGetter;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.messaging.MessagingSpanNameExtractor;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Multi;
+import io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.health.HealthReport;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.providers.locals.ContextOperator;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.pulsar.tracing.PulsarAttributesExtractor;
@@ -115,6 +118,14 @@ public PulsarIncomingChannel(PulsarClient client, Vertx vertx, Schema<T> schema,
             Multi<PulsarIncomingMessage<T>> receiveMulti = Multi.createBy().repeating()
                     .completionStage(consumer::receiveAsync)
                     .until(m -> closed.get())
+                    .plug(msgMulti -> {
+                        // Calling getValue on the pulsar-client-internal thread to make sure the SchemaInfo is fetched
+                        if (schema instanceof AutoConsumeSchema || schema instanceof KeyValueSchema) {
+                            return msgMulti.onItem().call(msg -> Uni.createFrom().item(msg::getValue));
+                        } else {
+                            return msgMulti;
+                        }
+                    })
                     .emitOn(command -> context.runOnContext(event -> command.run()))
                     .onItem().transform(message -> new PulsarIncomingMessage<>(message, ackHandler, failureHandler))
                     .onFailure(throwable -> isEndOfStream(client, throwable)).recoverWithCompletion()
@@ -133,6 +144,17 @@ public PulsarIncomingChannel(PulsarClient client, Vertx vertx, Schema<T> schema,
                     .completionStage(consumer::batchReceiveAsync)
                     .until(m -> closed.get())
                     .filter(m -> m.size() > 0)
+                    .plug(msgMulti -> {
+                        // Calling getValue on the pulsar-client-internal thread to make sure the SchemaInfo is fetched
+                        if (schema instanceof AutoConsumeSchema || schema instanceof KeyValueSchema) {
+                            return msgMulti.onItem().call(msg -> Uni.createFrom().item(() -> {
+                                msg.forEach(m -> m.getValue());
+                                return null;
+                            }));
+                        } else {
+                            return msgMulti;
+                        }
+                    })
                     .emitOn(command -> context.runOnContext(event -> command.run()))
                     .onItem().transform(m -> new PulsarIncomingBatchMessage<>(m, ackHandler, failureHandler))
                     .onFailure(throwable -> isEndOfStream(client, throwable)).recoverWithCompletion()
diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/SchemaResolver.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/SchemaResolver.java
index b7b49883ed..5fc7f87faa 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/SchemaResolver.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/SchemaResolver.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.schema.SchemaType;
 
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.providers.helpers.CDIUtils;
+import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.providers.helpers.Validation;
 
 @ApplicationScoped
 public class SchemaResolver {
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ private Schema<?> getSchema(PulsarConnectorCommonConfiguration configuration, Sc
 
     public static String getSchemaName(Schema<?> schema) {
         SchemaInfo schemaInfo = schema.getSchemaInfo();
-        return schemaInfo != null ? schemaInfo.getName() : schema.getClass().getSimpleName();
+        if (schemaInfo == null || Validation.isBlank(schemaInfo.getName())) {
+            return schema.getClass().getSimpleName();
+        } else {
+            return schemaInfo.getName();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/auth/PulsarAuthenticationTest.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/auth/PulsarAuthenticationTest.java
index 24c533f765..207d32e4d3 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/auth/PulsarAuthenticationTest.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/auth/PulsarAuthenticationTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.testcontainers.utility.MountableFile;
 
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.pulsar.PulsarConnector;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.pulsar.base.PulsarContainer;
@@ -42,11 +41,11 @@ public class PulsarAuthenticationTest extends WeldTestBaseWithoutExtension {
     @BeforeAll
     static void beforeAll() throws PulsarClientException, InterruptedException {
         container = new PulsarContainer()
-                .withCopyToContainer(MountableFile.forClasspathResource("htpasswd"), "/pulsar/conf/.htpasswd")
                 .withEnv("PULSAR_PREFIX_authenticationEnabled", "true")
                 .withEnv("PULSAR_PREFIX_authenticationProviders",
                         "org.apache.pulsar.broker.authentication.AuthenticationProviderBasic")
-                .withEnv("PULSAR_PREFIX_basicAuthConf", "file:///pulsar/conf/.htpasswd")
+                // base64 of htpasswd
+                .withEnv("PULSAR_PREFIX_basicAuthConf", "c3VwZXJ1c2VyOiRhcHIxJHpMOHY4VTZsJGNHTWdkckVja25RNHkzeC9ndWROajE=")
                 .withEnv("PULSAR_PREFIX_brokerClientAuthenticationEnabled", "true")
                 .withEnv("PULSAR_PREFIX_brokerClientAuthenticationPlugin",
                         "org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.auth.AuthenticationBasic")
diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/resources/htpasswd b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/resources/htpasswd
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a1e841170..0000000000
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/resources/htpasswd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-superuser:$apr1$zL8v8U6l$cGMgdrEcknQ4y3x/gudNj1