diff --git a/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/tablefeatures/TableFeatures.java b/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/tablefeatures/TableFeatures.java
index 314df4d7dca..5cd548cba04 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/tablefeatures/TableFeatures.java
+++ b/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/tablefeatures/TableFeatures.java
@@ -299,11 +299,6 @@ private static class TimestampNtzTableFeature extends TableFeature.ReaderWriterF
       super("timestampNtz", /* minReaderVersion = */ 3, /* minWriterVersion = */ 7);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean hasKernelWriteSupport(Metadata metadata) {
-      return false; // TODO: yet to be implemented in Kernel
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean metadataRequiresFeatureToBeEnabled(Protocol protocol, Metadata metadata) {
       return hasTypeColumn(metadata.getSchema(), TIMESTAMP_NTZ);
@@ -397,6 +392,7 @@ public static TableFeature getTableFeature(String featureName) {
               add("columnMapping");
               add("typeWidening-preview");
               add("typeWidening");
+              add("timestampNtz");
               add(DOMAIN_METADATA_FEATURE_NAME);
               add(ROW_TRACKING_FEATURE_NAME);
             }
diff --git a/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/util/SchemaUtils.java b/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/util/SchemaUtils.java
index f380d3de7ac..bd043fdafc7 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/util/SchemaUtils.java
+++ b/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/util/SchemaUtils.java
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ protected static void validateSupportedType(DataType dataType) {
         || dataType instanceof StringType
         || dataType instanceof BinaryType
         || dataType instanceof DateType
-        || dataType instanceof TimestampType) {
+        || dataType instanceof TimestampType
+        || dataType instanceof TimestampNTZType) {
       // supported types
       return;
     } else if (dataType instanceof StructType) {
diff --git a/kernel/kernel-api/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/internal/tablefeatures/TableFeaturesSuite.scala b/kernel/kernel-api/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/internal/tablefeatures/TableFeaturesSuite.scala
index 5af3569865f..be85e070b02 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel-api/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/internal/tablefeatures/TableFeaturesSuite.scala
+++ b/kernel/kernel-api/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/internal/tablefeatures/TableFeaturesSuite.scala
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class TableFeaturesSuite extends AnyFunSuite {
     val expected = Seq("columnMapping", "v2Checkpoint", "deletionVectors",
       "vacuumProtocolCheck", "rowTracking", "domainMetadata", "icebergCompatV2",
       "inCommitTimestamp", "appendOnly", "invariants",
-      "checkConstraints", "generatedColumns", "identityColumns"
+      "checkConstraints", "generatedColumns", "identityColumns", "timestampNtz"
     )
 
     assert(results.map(_.featureName()).toSet == expected.toSet)
diff --git a/kernel/kernel-defaults/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/defaults/DeltaTableWritesSuite.scala b/kernel/kernel-defaults/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/defaults/DeltaTableWritesSuite.scala
index 22f3d07fcd0..1d961b6d643 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel-defaults/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/defaults/DeltaTableWritesSuite.scala
+++ b/kernel/kernel-defaults/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/defaults/DeltaTableWritesSuite.scala
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import io.delta.kernel.types.IntegerType.INTEGER
 import io.delta.kernel.types.StringType.STRING
 import io.delta.kernel.types.TimestampNTZType.TIMESTAMP_NTZ
 import io.delta.kernel.types.TimestampType.TIMESTAMP
+import io.delta.kernel.types.VariantType.VARIANT
 import io.delta.kernel.types._
 import io.delta.kernel.utils.CloseableIterable.{emptyIterable, inMemoryIterable}
 import io.delta.kernel.utils.CloseableIterable
@@ -82,10 +83,10 @@ class DeltaTableWritesSuite extends DeltaTableWriteSuiteBase with ParquetSuiteBa
       val txnBuilder = table.createTransactionBuilder(engine, testEngineInfo, CREATE_TABLE)
       val ex = intercept[KernelException] {
         txnBuilder
-          .withSchema(engine, new StructType().add("ts_ntz", TIMESTAMP_NTZ))
+          .withSchema(engine, new StructType().add("variant", VARIANT))
           .build(engine)
       }
-      assert(ex.getMessage.contains("Kernel doesn't support writing data of type: timestamp_ntz"))
+      assert(ex.getMessage.contains("Kernel doesn't support writing data of type: variant"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -704,6 +705,7 @@ class DeltaTableWritesSuite extends DeltaTableWriteSuiteBase with ParquetSuiteBa
               case _: BinaryType => Literal.ofBinary(vector.getBinary(rowId))
               case _: DateType => Literal.ofDate(vector.getInt(rowId))
               case _: TimestampType => Literal.ofTimestamp(vector.getLong(rowId))
+              case _: TimestampNTZType => Literal.ofTimestampNtz(vector.getLong(rowId))
               case _ =>
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Unsupported type: ${vector.getDataType}")
             }
@@ -990,7 +992,6 @@ class DeltaTableWritesSuite extends DeltaTableWriteSuiteBase with ParquetSuiteBa
             Some(new MapType(newKeyType, newValueType, m.isValueContainsNull))
           case _ => None
         }
-      case _: TimestampNTZType => None // ignore
       case s: StructType =>
         val newType = removeUnsupportedTypes(s);
         if (newType.length() > 0) {