diff --git a/lambda-events/src/event/kinesis/event.rs b/lambda-events/src/event/kinesis/event.rs
index 2b14cbed..94ebbbf9 100644
--- a/lambda-events/src/event/kinesis/event.rs
+++ b/lambda-events/src/event/kinesis/event.rs
@@ -62,15 +62,24 @@ pub struct KinesisEventRecord {
 pub struct KinesisRecord {
     pub approximate_arrival_timestamp: SecondTimestamp,
     pub data: Base64Data,
-    pub encryption_type: Option<String>,
     #[serde(default)]
-    pub partition_key: Option<String>,
+    pub encryption_type: KinesisEncryptionType,
     #[serde(default)]
-    pub sequence_number: Option<String>,
+    pub partition_key: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub sequence_number: String,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub kinesis_schema_version: Option<String>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE")]
+pub enum KinesisEncryptionType {
+    #[default]
+    None,
+    Kms,
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
@@ -80,6 +89,20 @@ mod test {
     fn example_kinesis_event() {
         let data = include_bytes!("../../fixtures/example-kinesis-event.json");
         let parsed: KinesisEvent = serde_json::from_slice(data).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(KinesisEncryptionType::None, parsed.records[0].kinesis.encryption_type);
+
+        let output: String = serde_json::to_string(&parsed).unwrap();
+        let reparsed: KinesisEvent = serde_json::from_slice(output.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(parsed, reparsed);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "kinesis")]
+    fn example_kinesis_event_encrypted() {
+        let data = include_bytes!("../../fixtures/example-kinesis-event-encrypted.json");
+        let parsed: KinesisEvent = serde_json::from_slice(data).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(KinesisEncryptionType::Kms, parsed.records[0].kinesis.encryption_type);
+
         let output: String = serde_json::to_string(&parsed).unwrap();
         let reparsed: KinesisEvent = serde_json::from_slice(output.as_bytes()).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(parsed, reparsed);
diff --git a/lambda-events/src/fixtures/example-kinesis-event-encrypted.json b/lambda-events/src/fixtures/example-kinesis-event-encrypted.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d1697b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lambda-events/src/fixtures/example-kinesis-event-encrypted.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+	"Records": [
+		{
+			"kinesis": {
+				"kinesisSchemaVersion": "1.0",
+				"partitionKey": "s1",
+				"sequenceNumber": "49568167373333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333",
+				"data": "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=",
+				"approximateArrivalTimestamp": 1480641523.477,
+				"encryptionType": "KMS"
+			},
+			"eventSource": "aws:kinesis",
+			"eventVersion": "1.0",
+			"eventID": "shardId-000000000000:49568167373333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333",
+			"eventName": "aws:kinesis:record",
+			"invokeIdentityArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/LambdaRole",
+			"awsRegion": "us-east-1",
+			"eventSourceARN": "arn:aws:kinesis:us-east-1:123456789012:stream/simple-stream"
+		},
+		{
+			"kinesis": {
+				"kinesisSchemaVersion": "1.0",
+				"partitionKey": "s1",
+				"sequenceNumber": "49568167373333333334444444444444444444444444444444444444",
+				"data": "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=",
+				"approximateArrivalTimestamp": 1480841523.477
+			},
+			"eventSource": "aws:kinesis",
+			"eventVersion": "1.0",
+			"eventID": "shardId-000000000000:49568167373333333334444444444444444444444444444444444444",
+			"eventName": "aws:kinesis:record",
+			"invokeIdentityArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/LambdaRole",
+			"awsRegion": "us-east-1",
+			"eventSourceARN": "arn:aws:kinesis:us-east-1:123456789012:stream/simple-stream"
+		}
+	]
+}
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