diff --git a/cloudevents/kafka/conversion.py b/cloudevents/kafka/conversion.py
index 832594d1..97c355f2 100644
--- a/cloudevents/kafka/conversion.py
+++ b/cloudevents/kafka/conversion.py
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ def to_binary(
         )
 
     headers = {}
-    if event["content-type"]:
-        headers["content-type"] = event["content-type"].encode("utf-8")
+    if event["datacontenttype"]:
+        headers["content-type"] = event["datacontenttype"].encode("utf-8")
     for attr, value in event.get_attributes().items():
-        if attr not in ["data", "partitionkey", "content-type"]:
+        if attr not in ["data", "partitionkey", "datacontenttype"]:
             if value is not None:
                 headers["ce_{0}".format(attr)] = value.encode("utf-8")
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def from_binary(
     for header, value in message.headers.items():
         header = header.lower()
         if header == "content-type":
-            attributes["content-type"] = value.decode()
+            attributes["datacontenttype"] = value.decode()
         elif header.startswith("ce_"):
             attributes[header[3:]] = value.decode()
 
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ def to_structured(
         attrs["data"] = data
 
     headers = {}
-    if "content-type" in attrs:
-        headers["content-type"] = attrs.pop("content-type").encode("utf-8")
+    if "datacontenttype" in attrs:
+        headers["content-type"] = attrs.pop("datacontenttype").encode("utf-8")
 
     try:
         value = envelope_marshaller(attrs)
@@ -255,7 +255,10 @@ def from_structured(
             attributes[name] = decoded_value
 
     for header, val in message.headers.items():
-        attributes[header.lower()] = val.decode()
+        if header.lower() == "content-type":
+            attributes["datacontenttype"] = val.decode()
+        else:
+            attributes[header.lower()] = val.decode()
     if event_type:
         result = event_type.create(attributes, data)
     else:
diff --git a/cloudevents/tests/test_kafka_conversions.py b/cloudevents/tests/test_kafka_conversions.py
index 696e75cb..5580773a 100644
--- a/cloudevents/tests/test_kafka_conversions.py
+++ b/cloudevents/tests/test_kafka_conversions.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def source_event(self) -> CloudEvent:
                 "source": "pytest",
                 "type": "com.pytest.test",
                 "time": datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 6, 42, 33).isoformat(),
-                "content-type": "foo",
+                "datacontenttype": "foo",
                 "partitionkey": "test_key_123",
             },
             data=self.expected_data,
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def test_sets_headers(self, source_event):
         assert result.headers["ce_source"] == source_event["source"].encode("utf-8")
         assert result.headers["ce_type"] == source_event["type"].encode("utf-8")
         assert result.headers["ce_time"] == source_event["time"].encode("utf-8")
-        assert result.headers["content-type"] == source_event["content-type"].encode(
+        assert result.headers["content-type"] == source_event["datacontenttype"].encode(
             "utf-8"
         )
         assert "data" not in result.headers
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def source_binary_bytes_message(self) -> KafkaMessage:
                 "ce_time": datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 6, 42, 33)
                 .isoformat()
                 .encode("utf-8"),
-                "content-type": "foo".encode("utf-8"),
+                "datacontenttype": "foo".encode("utf-8"),
             },
             value=simple_serialize(self.expected_data),
             key="test_key_123",
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def test_sets_attrs_from_headers(self, source_binary_json_message):
         assert result["type"] == source_binary_json_message.headers["ce_type"].decode()
         assert result["time"] == source_binary_json_message.headers["ce_time"].decode()
         assert (
-            result["content-type"]
+            result["datacontenttype"]
             == source_binary_json_message.headers["content-type"].decode()
         )
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def test_no_key(self, source_event):
     def test_sets_headers(self, source_event):
         result = to_structured(source_event)
         assert len(result.headers) == 1
-        assert result.headers["content-type"] == source_event["content-type"].encode(
+        assert result.headers["content-type"] == source_event["datacontenttype"].encode(
             "utf-8"
         )
 
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ def test_sets_content_type_default_envelope_unmarshaller(
     ):
         result = from_structured(source_structured_json_message)
         assert (
-            result["content-type"]
+            result["datacontenttype"]
             == source_structured_json_message.headers["content-type"].decode()
         )
 
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ def test_sets_content_type_custom_envelope_unmarshaller(
             envelope_unmarshaller=custom_unmarshaller,
         )
         assert (
-            result["content-type"]
+            result["datacontenttype"]
             == source_structured_bytes_bytes_message.headers["content-type"].decode()
         )