diff --git a/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/operators/consume.py b/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/operators/consume.py
index 3dedbdca3f5c3..6abdb7ed8243d 100644
--- a/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/operators/consume.py
+++ b/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/operators/consume.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
-from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.apache.kafka.hooks.consume import KafkaConsumerHook
+from airflow.providers.apache.kafka.version_compat import BaseOperator
 from airflow.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
 VALID_COMMIT_CADENCE = {"never", "end_of_batch", "end_of_operator"}
diff --git a/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/operators/produce.py b/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/operators/produce.py
index 1dfc553f8a1e6..da460c3a87d2b 100644
--- a/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/operators/produce.py
+++ b/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/operators/produce.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
-from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.apache.kafka.hooks.produce import KafkaProducerHook
+from airflow.providers.apache.kafka.version_compat import BaseOperator
 from airflow.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
 local_logger = logging.getLogger("airflow")
diff --git a/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/sensors/kafka.py b/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/sensors/kafka.py
index afe196a29f064..7bf1886ea262c 100644
--- a/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/sensors/kafka.py
+++ b/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/sensors/kafka.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from typing import Any
 
-from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.apache.kafka.triggers.await_message import AwaitMessageTrigger
+from airflow.providers.apache.kafka.version_compat import BaseOperator
 
 VALID_COMMIT_CADENCE = {"never", "end_of_batch", "end_of_operator"}
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def execute(self, context) -> Any:
 
     def execute_complete(self, context, event=None):
         if self.xcom_push_key:
-            self.xcom_push(context, key=self.xcom_push_key, value=event)
+            context["task_instance"].xcom_push(key=self.xcom_push_key, value=event)
         return event
 
 
diff --git a/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/version_compat.py b/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/version_compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e7a259afb357c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/version_compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# NOTE! THIS FILE IS COPIED MANUALLY IN OTHER PROVIDERS DELIBERATELY TO AVOID ADDING UNNECESSARY
+# DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN PROVIDERS. IF YOU WANT TO ADD CONDITIONAL CODE IN YOUR PROVIDER THAT DEPENDS
+# ON AIRFLOW VERSION, PLEASE COPY THIS FILE TO THE ROOT PACKAGE OF YOUR PROVIDER AND IMPORT
+# THOSE CONSTANTS FROM IT RATHER THAN IMPORTING THEM FROM ANOTHER PROVIDER OR TEST CODE
+#
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+def get_base_airflow_version_tuple() -> tuple[int, int, int]:
+    from packaging.version import Version
+
+    from airflow import __version__
+
+    airflow_version = Version(__version__)
+    return airflow_version.major, airflow_version.minor, airflow_version.micro
+
+
+AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS = get_base_airflow_version_tuple() >= (3, 0, 0)
+
+if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
+    from airflow.sdk import BaseOperator
+else:
+    from airflow.models import BaseOperator
+
+__all__ = [
+    "AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS",
+    "BaseOperator",
+]