Error producing/consuming Avro messages while using client v6.0.0

While producing and consuming Avro messages using client v6.0.0, faced below error:

ERROR io.axual.client.producer.generic.ProduceJob - Error during produce to stream applicationlogevents2: org.apache.kafka.common.errors.SerializationException: Error serializing Avro message at io.confluent.kafka.serializers.AbstractKafkaAvroSerializer.serializeImpl(AbstractKafkaAvroSerializer.java:154) at io.confluent.kafka.serializers.KafkaAvroSerializer.serialize(KafkaAvroSerializer.java:61) at io.axual.serde.avro.BaseAvroSerializer.serialize(BaseAvroSerializer.java:57) at io.axual.serde.avro.BaseAvroSerializer.serialize(BaseAvroSerializer.java:52) at io.axual.client.proxy.wrapped.serde.WrappedSerializer.serialize(WrappedSerializer.java:54) at io.axual.client.proxy.header.serde.HeaderSerializer.serialize(HeaderSerializer.java:64) at org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer.doSend(KafkaProducer.java:944) at org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer.send(KafkaProducer.java:912) at io.axual.client.proxy.wrapped.producer.WrappedProducer.send(WrappedProducer.java:111) at io.axual.client.proxy.generic.producer.StaticProducerProxy.send(StaticProducerProxy.java:89) at io.axual.client.proxy.generic.producer.StaticProducerProxy.send(StaticProducerProxy.java:89) at io.axual.client.proxy.lineage.producer.LineageProducer.send(LineageProducer.java:67) at io.axual.client.proxy.generic.producer.StaticProducerProxy.send(StaticProducerProxy.java:89) at io.axual.client.proxy.resolving.producer.ResolvingProducer.send(ResolvingProducer.java:117) at io.axual.client.proxy.switching.producer.SwitchingProducer.send(SwitchingProducer.java:198) at io.axual.client.proxy.generic.producer.StaticProducerProxy.send(StaticProducerProxy.java:89) at io.axual.client.producer.generic.ProduceJob.execute(ProduceJob.java:61) at io.axual.client.producer.avro.AvroProduceJob.execute(AvroProduceJob.java:46) at io.axual.client.producer.generic.ProducerWorker.executeJob(ProducerWorker.java:223) at io.axual.client.producer.generic.ProducerWorker.takeJob(ProducerWorker.java:208) at io.axual.client.producer.generic.ProducerWorker.run(ProducerWorker.java:178) Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target at java.base/sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:128) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:321) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:264) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:259) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.checkServerCerts(CertificateMessage.java:642) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.onCertificate(CertificateMessage.java:461) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.consume(CertificateMessage.java:361) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.consume(SSLHandshake.java:392) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:444) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:421) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.dispatch(TransportContext.java:178) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLTransport.decode(SSLTransport.java:164) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.decode(SSLSocketImpl.java:1152) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readHandshakeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1063) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:402) at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:567) at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185) at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1356) at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1331) at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:241) at io.confluent.kafka.schemaregistry.client.rest.RestService.sendHttpRequest(RestService.java:268) at io.confluent.kafka.schemaregistry.client.rest.RestService.httpRequest(RestService.java:367) at io.confluent.kafka.schemaregistry.client.rest.RestService.registerSchema(RestService.java:544) at io.confluent.kafka.schemaregistry.client.rest.RestService.registerSchema(RestService.java:532) at io.confluent.kafka.schemaregistry.client.rest.RestService.registerSchema(RestService.java:490) at io.confluent.kafka.schemaregistry.client.CachedSchemaRegistryClient.registerAndGetId(CachedSchemaRegistryClient.java:257) at io.confluent.kafka.schemaregistry.client.CachedSchemaRegistryClient.register(CachedSchemaRegistryClient.java:366) at io.confluent.kafka.schemaregistry.client.CachedSchemaRegistryClient.register(CachedSchemaRegistryClient.java:337) at io.confluent.kafka.serializers.AbstractKafkaAvroSerializer.serializeImpl(AbstractKafkaAvroSerializer.java:115) ... 20 more