diff --git a/engine/flink/components-api/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar.scala b/engine/flink/components-api/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar.scala
index 2a9408688a0..a7b024d47df 100644
--- a/engine/flink/components-api/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar.scala
+++ b/engine/flink/components-api/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar.scala
@@ -6,29 +6,55 @@ import org.apache.flink.api.java.typeutils.TypeExtractor
 import java.lang.reflect.Type
 import java.time.{LocalDate, LocalDateTime, LocalTime}
 import java.util
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 
+// This class contains registers TypeInfoFactory for commonly used classes in Nussknacker.
+// It is a singleton as Flink's only contains a global registry for such purpose
 object FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar {
 
-  private case class RegistrationEntry[T, K <: TypeInfoFactory[T]](klass: Class[T], factoryClass: Class[K])
+  private val typeInfoRegistrationEnabled = new AtomicBoolean(true)
 
-  private val typesToRegister = List(
+  private val DisableFlinkTypeInfoRegistrationEnvVarName = "NU_DISABLE_FLINK_TYPE_INFO_REGISTRATION"
+
+  private case class RegistrationEntry[T](klass: Class[T], factoryClass: Class[_ <: TypeInfoFactory[T]])
+
+  private val typeInfoToRegister = List(
     RegistrationEntry(classOf[LocalDate], classOf[LocalDateTypeInfoFactory]),
     RegistrationEntry(classOf[LocalTime], classOf[LocalTimeTypeInfoFactory]),
     RegistrationEntry(classOf[LocalDateTime], classOf[LocalDateTimeTypeInfoFactory]),
   )
 
-  def ensureBaseTypesAreRegistered(): Unit =
-    typesToRegister.foreach { base =>
-      register(base)
+  def ensureTypeInfosAreRegistered(): Unit = {
+    // TypeInfo registration is available in Flink >= 1.19. For backward compatibility purpose we allow
+    // to disable this by either environment variable or programmatically
+    if (typeInfoRegistrationEnabled.get() && !typeInfoRegistrationDisabledByEnvVariable) {
+      typeInfoToRegister.foreach { entry =>
+        register(entry)
+      }
     }
+  }
+
+  private def typeInfoRegistrationDisabledByEnvVariable = {
+    Option(System.getenv(DisableFlinkTypeInfoRegistrationEnvVarName)).exists(_.toBoolean)
+  }
 
-  private def register(entry: RegistrationEntry[_, _ <: TypeInfoFactory[_]]): Unit = {
+  private def register(entry: RegistrationEntry[_]): Unit = {
     val opt = Option(TypeExtractor.getTypeInfoFactory(entry.klass))
     if (opt.isEmpty) {
       TypeExtractor.registerFactory(entry.klass, entry.factoryClass)
     }
   }
 
+  // These methods are mainly for purpose of tests in nussknacker-flink-compatibility project
+  // It should be used in caution as it changes the global state
+  def enableFlinkTypeInfoRegistration(): Unit = {
+    typeInfoRegistrationEnabled.set(true)
+  }
+
+  def disableFlinkTypeInfoRegistration(): Unit = {
+    typeInfoRegistrationEnabled.set(false)
+  }
+
   class LocalDateTypeInfoFactory extends TypeInfoFactory[LocalDate] {
 
     override def createTypeInfo(
diff --git a/engine/flink/components-api/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/TypeInformationDetection.scala b/engine/flink/components-api/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/TypeInformationDetection.scala
index 35a14eab36e..50ad362f158 100644
--- a/engine/flink/components-api/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/TypeInformationDetection.scala
+++ b/engine/flink/components-api/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/TypeInformationDetection.scala
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ object TypeInformationDetection {
   // We use SPI to provide implementation of TypeInformationDetection because we don't want to make
   // implementation classes available in flink-components-api module.
   val instance: TypeInformationDetection = {
-    FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar.ensureBaseTypesAreRegistered()
+    FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar.ensureTypeInfosAreRegistered()
 
     val classloader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader
     ServiceLoader
diff --git a/engine/flink/components-api/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/FlinkTypeInfoRegistrarTest.scala b/engine/flink/components-api/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/FlinkTypeInfoRegistrarTest.scala
index 71bc968124a..6514ba0c21d 100644
--- a/engine/flink/components-api/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/FlinkTypeInfoRegistrarTest.scala
+++ b/engine/flink/components-api/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/flink/api/typeinformation/FlinkTypeInfoRegistrarTest.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class FlinkTypeInfoRegistrarTest extends AnyFunSuite with Matchers {
   }
 
   test("Looking for TypeInformation for a NU types with registrar should return a specific TypeInformation") {
-    FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar.ensureBaseTypesAreRegistered()
+    FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar.ensureTypeInfosAreRegistered()
 
     nuTypesMapping.foreach { case (klass, expected) =>
       val typeInfo = TypeInformation.of(klass)
diff --git a/engine/flink/executor/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/process/ExecutionConfigPreparer.scala b/engine/flink/executor/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/process/ExecutionConfigPreparer.scala
index e605dfc5a4d..d614af52f67 100644
--- a/engine/flink/executor/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/process/ExecutionConfigPreparer.scala
+++ b/engine/flink/executor/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/process/ExecutionConfigPreparer.scala
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ object ExecutionConfigPreparer extends LazyLogging {
     override def prepareExecutionConfig(
         config: ExecutionConfig
     )(jobData: JobData, deploymentData: DeploymentData): Unit = {
-      FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar.ensureBaseTypesAreRegistered()
+      FlinkTypeInfoRegistrar.ensureTypeInfosAreRegistered()
       Serializers.registerSerializers(modelData, config)
       if (enableObjectReuse) {
         config.enableObjectReuse()