diff --git a/karapace/kafka_rest_apis/__init__.py b/karapace/kafka_rest_apis/__init__.py
index ed93f067e..329b5361d 100644
--- a/karapace/kafka_rest_apis/__init__.py
+++ b/karapace/kafka_rest_apis/__init__.py
@@ -712,6 +712,13 @@ async def publish(self, topic: str, partition_id: Optional[str], content_type: s
                 content_type=content_type,
                 status=HTTPStatus.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
             )
+        except InvalidPayload as e:
+            cause = str(e.__cause__)
+            KafkaRest.r(
+                body={"error_code": RESTErrorCodes.INVALID_DATA.value, "message": cause},
+                content_type=content_type,
+                status=HTTPStatus.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+            )
         except SchemaRetrievalError as e:
             KafkaRest.r(
                 body={"error_code": RESTErrorCodes.SCHEMA_RETRIEVAL_ERROR.value, "message": str(e)},
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_rest.py b/tests/integration/test_rest.py
index 97466836d..e4949b43d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_rest.py
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from karapace.client import Client
 from karapace.kafka.admin import KafkaAdminClient
 from karapace.kafka.producer import KafkaProducer
 from karapace.kafka_rest_apis import KafkaRest, SUBJECT_VALID_POSTFIX
+from karapace.schema_type import SchemaType
 from karapace.version import __version__
 from tests.integration.conftest import REST_PRODUCER_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES
 from tests.utils import (
@@ -21,10 +23,12 @@
     test_objects_avro_evolution,
     wait_for_topics,
 )
+from typing import Any, Mapping
 
 import asyncio
 import base64
 import json
+import pytest
 import time
 
 NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT = 10
@@ -675,3 +679,110 @@ async def test_partitions(
     res = await rest_async_client.get(f"/topics/{topic_name}/partitions/foo/offsets", headers=header)
     assert res.status_code == 404
     assert res.json()["error_code"] == 404
+
+
+@dataclass
+class IncompatibleDataForSchemaTestCase:
+    name: str
+    schema_type: SchemaType
+    schema: Mapping[str, Any]
+    expected_error_message: str
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.name
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "testcase",
+    [
+        IncompatibleDataForSchemaTestCase(
+            name="Avro schema, incompatible data",
+            schema_type=SchemaType.AVRO,
+            schema={
+                "type": "record",
+                "namespace": "karapace.test",
+                "name": "IncompatibleDataTest",
+                "fields": [{"name": "validField", "type": "string"}, {"name": "invalidField", "type": "int"}],
+            },
+            expected_error_message="Object does not fit to stored schema",
+        ),
+        IncompatibleDataForSchemaTestCase(
+            name="JSONSchema, incompatible data",
+            schema_type=SchemaType.JSONSCHEMA,
+            schema={
+                "$schema": "https://json.schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+                "$id": "https://example.com/json.schema.test",
+                "title": "JSON Schema Test",
+                "description": "a description",
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "validField": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                    },
+                    "invalidField": {
+                        "type": "integer",
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+            expected_error_message=(
+                "'not an integer' is not of type 'integer'\n\n"
+                "Failed validating 'type' in schema['properties']['invalidField']:\n"
+                "    {'type': 'integer'}\n\nOn instance['invalidField']:\n    'not an integer'"
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+    ids=str,
+)
+async def test_publish_invalid_data_for_schema(
+    testcase: IncompatibleDataForSchemaTestCase,
+    rest_async_client: Client,
+    registry_async_client: Client,
+    admin_client: KafkaAdminClient,
+) -> None:
+    incompatible_data = {
+        "records": [
+            {
+                "value": {
+                    "validField": "valid value",
+                    "invalidField": "not an integer",
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+
+    topic_name = new_topic(admin_client)
+    subject = f"{topic_name}-value"
+
+    await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[topic_name], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
+    url = f"/topics/{topic_name}"
+
+    # Register schemas to get the ids
+    res = await registry_async_client.post(
+        f"subjects/{subject}/versions",
+        json={"schema": json.dumps(testcase.schema), "schemaType": testcase.schema_type.value},
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    schema_id = res.json()["id"]
+
+    payload = {
+        "value_schema_id": schema_id,
+    }
+    payload.update(incompatible_data)
+
+    # Kludge: the schema type defines the value to "JSON", correct is "jsonschema"
+    # JSON serialization does not use schema to validate the data.
+    if SchemaType.JSONSCHEMA == testcase.schema_type:
+        serialization_format_name = "jsonschema"
+    else:
+        serialization_format_name = testcase.schema_type.value.lower()
+
+    res = await rest_async_client.post(
+        url,
+        json=payload,
+        headers=REST_HEADERS[serialization_format_name],
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 422
+    res_json = res.json()
+    assert res_json["error_code"] == 42205
+    assert "message" in res_json
+    assert testcase.expected_error_message == res_json["message"]