diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/apicurio/tests/serdes/confluent/BasicConfluentSerDesIT.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/apicurio/tests/serdes/confluent/BasicConfluentSerDesIT.java
index 780ffd4414..48df817499 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/apicurio/tests/serdes/confluent/BasicConfluentSerDesIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/apicurio/tests/serdes/confluent/BasicConfluentSerDesIT.java
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ void testAvroApicurioConfluent() throws Exception {
 
             //very important
             .withProducerProperty(SerdeConfig.ENABLE_HEADERS, "false")
-
             .withProducerProperty(SerdeConfig.ENABLE_CONFLUENT_ID_HANDLER, "true")
             .withProducerProperty(SerdeConfig.USE_ID, IdOption.contentId.name())
             .withDeserializer(KafkaAvroDeserializer.class)
diff --git a/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/java/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/JsonSchemaContentDereferencerTest.java b/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/java/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/JsonSchemaContentDereferencerTest.java
index 0d4d201438..ac84deff77 100644
--- a/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/java/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/JsonSchemaContentDereferencerTest.java
+++ b/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/java/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/JsonSchemaContentDereferencerTest.java
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ public void testRewriteReferences() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testDereference() {
-        ContentHandle content = resourceToContentHandle("json-schema-to-deref.json");
+    public void testDereferenceObjectLevel() {
+        ContentHandle content = resourceToContentHandle("json-schema-to-deref-object-level.json");
         JsonSchemaDereferencer dereferencer = new JsonSchemaDereferencer();
         // Note: order is important.  The JSON schema dereferencer needs to convert the ContentHandle Map
         // to a JSONSchema map.  So it *must* resolve the leaves of the dependency tree before the branches.
@@ -62,8 +62,24 @@ public void testDereference() {
         resolvedReferences.put("types/all-types.json#/definitions/City", resourceToContentHandle("types/all-types.json"));
         resolvedReferences.put("types/all-types.json#/definitions/Identifier", resourceToContentHandle("types/all-types.json"));
         ContentHandle modifiedContent = dereferencer.dereference(content, resolvedReferences);
-        String expectedContent = resourceToString("expected-testDereference-json.json");
+        String expectedContent = resourceToString("expected-testDereference-object-level-json.json");
         Assertions.assertEquals(normalizeMultiLineString(expectedContent), normalizeMultiLineString(modifiedContent.content()));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDereferencePropertyLevel() {
+        ContentHandle content = resourceToContentHandle("json-schema-to-deref-property-level.json");
+        JsonSchemaDereferencer dereferencer = new JsonSchemaDereferencer();
+        // Note: order is important.  The JSON schema dereferencer needs to convert the ContentHandle Map
+        // to a JSONSchema map.  So it *must* resolve the leaves of the dependency tree before the branches.
+        Map<String, ContentHandle> resolvedReferences = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        resolvedReferences.put("types/city/qualification.json", resourceToContentHandle("types/city/qualification.json"));
+        resolvedReferences.put("city/qualification.json", resourceToContentHandle("types/city/qualification.json"));
+        resolvedReferences.put("identifier/qualification.json", resourceToContentHandle("types/identifier/qualification.json"));
+        resolvedReferences.put("types/all-types.json#/definitions/City/properties/name", resourceToContentHandle("types/all-types.json"));
+        resolvedReferences.put("types/all-types.json#/definitions/Identifier", resourceToContentHandle("types/all-types.json"));
+        ContentHandle modifiedContent = dereferencer.dereference(content, resolvedReferences);
+        String expectedContent = resourceToString("expected-testDereference-property-level-json.json");
+        Assertions.assertEquals(normalizeMultiLineString(expectedContent), normalizeMultiLineString(modifiedContent.content()));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/expected-testDereference-json.json b/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/expected-testDereference-object-level-json.json
similarity index 100%
rename from schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/expected-testDereference-json.json
rename to schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/expected-testDereference-object-level-json.json
diff --git a/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/expected-testDereference-property-level-json.json b/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/expected-testDereference-property-level-json.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c377c985d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/expected-testDereference-property-level-json.json
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{
+  "$schema" : "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title" : "Citizen",
+  "type" : "object",
+  "properties" : {
+    "firstName" : {
+      "description" : "The citizen's first name.",
+      "type" : "string"
+    },
+    "lastName" : {
+      "description" : "The citizen's last name.",
+      "type" : "string"
+    },
+    "identifier" : {
+      "title" : "Identifier",
+      "type" : "object",
+      "properties" : {
+        "identifier" : {
+          "description" : "The citizen identifier.",
+          "type" : "integer",
+          "minimum" : 0
+        },
+        "qualification" : {
+          "title" : "Qualification",
+          "type" : "object",
+          "properties" : {
+            "qualification" : {
+              "description" : "The identifier qualification",
+              "type" : "integer",
+              "minimum" : 20
+            },
+            "name" : {
+              "description" : "The subject's name",
+              "type" : "string"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "qualifications" : {
+      "type" : "array",
+      "items" : {
+        "title" : "Qualification",
+        "type" : "object",
+        "properties" : {
+          "qualification" : {
+            "description" : "The city qualification",
+            "type" : "integer",
+            "minimum" : 10
+          },
+          "name" : {
+            "description" : "The subject's name",
+            "type" : "string"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "city" : {
+      "description" : "The city's name.",
+      "type" : "string"
+    },
+    "age" : {
+      "description" : "Age in years which must be equal to or greater than zero.",
+      "type" : "integer",
+      "minimum" : 0
+    }
+  },
+  "required" : [ "city" ],
+  "$id" : "https://example.com/citizen.json"
+}
diff --git a/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/json-schema-to-deref.json b/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/json-schema-to-deref-object-level.json
similarity index 100%
rename from schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/json-schema-to-deref.json
rename to schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/json-schema-to-deref-object-level.json
diff --git a/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/json-schema-to-deref-property-level.json b/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/json-schema-to-deref-property-level.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..237ca3e140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema-util/util-provider/src/test/resources/io/apicurio/registry/content/dereference/json-schema-to-deref-property-level.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "$id": "https://example.com/citizen.json",
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "Citizen",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "firstName": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The citizen's first name."
+    },
+    "lastName": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The citizen's last name."
+    },
+    "age": {
+      "description": "Age in years which must be equal to or greater than zero.",
+      "type": "integer",
+      "minimum": 0
+    },
+    "city": {
+      "$ref": "types/all-types.json#/definitions/City/properties/name"
+    },
+    "identifier": {
+      "$ref": "types/all-types.json#/definitions/Identifier"
+    },
+    "qualifications": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "$ref": "types/city/qualification.json"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "city"
+  ]
+}
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