diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 390cdcd897..1f68c9dd6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#3113](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3113))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc` Fix error when using gprc versions <= 1.50.0 with unix sockets.
   ([[#3393](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/issues/3393)])
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka` Fix send_and_wait method no headers kwargs error.
+  ([[#3332](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3332)])
 
 ## Version 1.31.0/0.52b0 (2025-03-12)
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiokafka/utils.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiokafka/utils.py
index cae0d97717..12eb5df636 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiokafka/utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiokafka/utils.py
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ def _extract_send_headers(args: Tuple[Any], kwargs: Dict[str, Any]):
     return _extract_argument("headers", 5, None, args, kwargs)
 
 
+def _move_headers_to_kwargs(
+    args: Tuple[Any], kwargs: Dict[str, Any]
+) -> Tuple[Tuple[Any], Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Move headers from args to kwargs"""
+    if len(args) > 5:
+        kwargs["headers"] = args[5]
+    return args[:5], kwargs
+
+
 async def _extract_send_partition(
     instance: aiokafka.AIOKafkaProducer,
     args: Tuple[Any],
@@ -260,6 +269,7 @@ async def _traced_send(
         args: Tuple[Any],
         kwargs: Dict[str, Any],
     ) -> None:
+        args, kwargs = _move_headers_to_kwargs(args, kwargs)
         headers = _extract_send_headers(args, kwargs)
         if headers is None:
             headers = []
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py
index 8211566239..259747f0d7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py
@@ -318,3 +318,43 @@ def _compare_spans(
             self.assertEqual(
                 expected_span["attributes"], dict(span.attributes)
             )
+
+    async def test_send_and_wait(self) -> None:
+        AIOKafkaInstrumentor().uninstrument()
+        AIOKafkaInstrumentor().instrument(tracer_provider=self.tracer_provider)
+
+        producer = await self.producer_factory()
+        add_message_mock: mock.AsyncMock = (
+            producer._message_accumulator.add_message
+        )
+        add_message_mock.side_effect = [mock.AsyncMock()(), mock.AsyncMock()()]
+
+        tracer = self.tracer_provider.get_tracer(__name__)
+        with tracer.start_as_current_span("test_span") as span:
+            await producer.send_and_wait("topic_1", b"value_1")
+
+        add_message_mock.assert_awaited_with(
+            TopicPartition(topic="topic_1", partition=1),
+            None,
+            b"value_1",
+            40.0,
+            timestamp_ms=None,
+            headers=[("traceparent", mock.ANY)],
+        )
+        assert (
+            add_message_mock.call_args_list[0]
+            .kwargs["headers"][0][1]
+            .startswith(
+                f"00-{format_trace_id(span.get_span_context().trace_id)}-".encode()
+            )
+        )
+
+        await producer.send_and_wait("topic_2", b"value_2")
+        add_message_mock.assert_awaited_with(
+            TopicPartition(topic="topic_2", partition=1),
+            None,
+            b"value_2",
+            40.0,
+            timestamp_ms=None,
+            headers=[("traceparent", mock.ANY)],
+        )