diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/EventDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/EventDeserializer.java
index 81dea25..c1fc896 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/EventDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/EventDeserializer.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -218,6 +217,11 @@ private void ensureCompatibility(EventDataDeserializer eventDataDeserializer) {
                 compatibilitySet.contains(CompatibilityMode.INTEGER_AS_BYTE_ARRAY)
             );
         }
+        if (eventDataDeserializer instanceof TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializer) {
+            TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializer deserializer =
+                (TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializer) eventDataDeserializer;
+            deserializer.setCompatibilityModes(compatibilitySet);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializer.java
index 5bbbd47..61bfe94 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializer.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:somesh.malviya@booking.com">Somesh Malviya</a>
@@ -34,6 +36,12 @@ public class TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializer implements EventDataDeseria
     public static final int OTW_PAYLOAD_COMPRESSION_TYPE_FIELD = 2;
     public static final int OTW_PAYLOAD_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE_FIELD = 3;
 
+    private EnumSet<EventDeserializer.CompatibilityMode> compatibilitySet = EnumSet.noneOf(EventDeserializer.CompatibilityMode.class);
+
+    public void setCompatibilityModes(EnumSet<EventDeserializer.CompatibilityMode> compatibilityModes) {
+        this.compatibilitySet = compatibilityModes;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public TransactionPayloadEventData deserialize(ByteArrayInputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
         TransactionPayloadEventData eventData = new TransactionPayloadEventData();
@@ -88,9 +96,15 @@ public TransactionPayloadEventData deserialize(ByteArrayInputStream inputStream)
         return eventData;
     }
 
-    private static ArrayList<Event> getDecompressedEvents(TransactionPayloadEventData eventData) throws IOException {
+    private ArrayList<Event> getDecompressedEvents(TransactionPayloadEventData eventData) throws IOException {
         ArrayList<Event> decompressedEvents = new ArrayList<>();
         EventDeserializer transactionPayloadEventDeserializer = new EventDeserializer();
+        if (!compatibilitySet.isEmpty()) {
+            EventDeserializer.CompatibilityMode[] compatibilityModes = compatibilitySet.toArray(new EventDeserializer.CompatibilityMode[0]);
+            EventDeserializer.CompatibilityMode first = compatibilityModes[0];
+            EventDeserializer.CompatibilityMode[] rest = Arrays.copyOfRange(compatibilityModes, 1, compatibilityModes.length);
+            transactionPayloadEventDeserializer.setCompatibilityMode(first, rest);
+        }
 
         try (ZstdInputStream zstdInputStream = new ZstdInputStream(new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(eventData.getPayload()))) {
             ByteArrayInputStream destinationInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(zstdInputStream);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializerTest.java
index a3b8e76..43d1123 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializerTest.java
@@ -15,15 +15,20 @@
  */
 package com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.event.deserialization;
 
+import com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.event.Event;
+import com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.event.EventHeader;
+import com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.event.EventHeaderV4;
 import com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.event.EventType;
 import com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.event.TransactionPayloadEventData;
-import com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.event.XAPrepareEventData;
+import com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.event.UpdateRowsEventData;
 import com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:somesh.malviya@booking.com">Somesh Malviya</a>
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ public class TransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializerTest {
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           .append("]}")
           .toString();
+    private static final byte[] UNCOMPRESSED_UPDATE_EVENT_BEFORE_ROW_0_BYTE_ARRAY = new byte[] {1, 0, 0, 0};
 
     @Test
     public void deserialize() throws IOException {
@@ -97,4 +103,60 @@ public void deserialize() throws IOException {
           assertEquals(EventType.XID, transactionPayloadEventData.getUncompressedEvents().get(3).getHeader().getEventType());
           assertEquals(UNCOMPRESSED_UPDATE_EVENT, transactionPayloadEventData.getUncompressedEvents().get(2).getData().toString());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void deserializePropagatingCompatibilityModeToTransactionPayloadEventDataDeserializer() throws IOException {
+
+        ByteArrayInputStream dataStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(DATA);
+
+        // Mock create target TransactionPayloadEventData DATA event header
+        final EventHeaderV4 eventHeader = new EventHeaderV4();
+        eventHeader.setEventType(EventType.TRANSACTION_PAYLOAD);
+        eventHeader.setEventLength(DATA.length + 19L);
+        eventHeader.setTimestamp(1646406641000L);
+        eventHeader.setServerId(223344);
+
+
+        EventHeaderDeserializer eventHeaderDeserializer = new EventHeaderDeserializer() {
+
+            private long count = 0L;
+
+            private EventHeaderDeserializer defaultEventHeaderDeserializer = new EventHeaderV4Deserializer();
+
+            @Override
+            public EventHeader deserialize(ByteArrayInputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+                if (count > 0) {
+                    // uncompressed event header deserialize
+                    return defaultEventHeaderDeserializer.deserialize(inputStream);
+                }
+                count++;
+                // we need to return target TransactionPayloadEventData DATA event header we had mocked
+                return eventHeader;
+            }
+        };
+
+        EventDeserializer eventDeserializer = new EventDeserializer(eventHeaderDeserializer, new NullEventDataDeserializer());
+        eventDeserializer.setCompatibilityMode(EventDeserializer.CompatibilityMode.INTEGER_AS_BYTE_ARRAY);
+
+        Event event = eventDeserializer.nextEvent(dataStream);
+
+        assertTrue(event.getHeader().getEventType() == EventType.TRANSACTION_PAYLOAD);
+        assertTrue(event.getData() instanceof TransactionPayloadEventData);
+
+        TransactionPayloadEventData transactionPayloadEventData = event.getData();
+        assertEquals(COMPRESSION_TYPE, transactionPayloadEventData.getCompressionType());
+        assertEquals(PAYLOAD_SIZE, transactionPayloadEventData.getPayloadSize());
+        assertEquals(UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE, transactionPayloadEventData.getUncompressedSize());
+        assertEquals(NUMBER_OF_UNCOMPRESSED_EVENTS, transactionPayloadEventData.getUncompressedEvents().size());
+        assertEquals(EventType.QUERY, transactionPayloadEventData.getUncompressedEvents().get(0).getHeader().getEventType());
+        assertEquals(EventType.TABLE_MAP, transactionPayloadEventData.getUncompressedEvents().get(1).getHeader().getEventType());
+        assertEquals(EventType.EXT_UPDATE_ROWS, transactionPayloadEventData.getUncompressedEvents().get(2).getHeader().getEventType());
+        assertEquals(EventType.XID, transactionPayloadEventData.getUncompressedEvents().get(3).getHeader().getEventType());
+        assertTrue(transactionPayloadEventData.getUncompressedEvents().get(2).getData() instanceof UpdateRowsEventData);
+
+        UpdateRowsEventData updateRowsEventData = transactionPayloadEventData.getUncompressedEvents().get(2).getData();
+        assertEquals(1, updateRowsEventData.getRows().size());
+        Serializable[] updateBefore = updateRowsEventData.getRows().get(0).getKey();
+        assertEquals(UNCOMPRESSED_UPDATE_EVENT_BEFORE_ROW_0_BYTE_ARRAY, updateBefore[0]);
+    }
 }