diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 729eb85e..60cf0246 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#### v 5.4.0 (2022-04-18)
+* feat: starting the zookeeper client in a Node.js Worker thread Pull request [310](https://github.com/yfinkelstein/node-zookeeper/pull/310) by @deepcoldy
+
 #### v 5.3.2 (2022-02-16)
 * fix: handle normalize path with slashes in all platforms. Pull request [305](https://github.com/yfinkelstein/node-zookeeper/pull/305) by @hufeng
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25c93791..879e048d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ And you're done!
 (note the name `zookeeper` in lowercase)
 
 #### News
+:rocket: __New since version 5.4.0__ It is possible to start the zookeeper client in a Node.js Worker thread.
+
 :rocket: __New since version 5.1.0__ Support for `SSL`, that was introduced in Apache ZooKeeper C Client v3.6.0.
 
 :rocket: __New since version 4.9.0__ Support for `Dynamic Reconfiguration`, introduced in Apache ZooKeeper server v3.5.5.
diff --git a/examples/in_node_worker_thread.js b/examples/in_node_worker_thread.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef738342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/in_node_worker_thread.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-new
+new Worker('./examples/index.js', { workerData: null });
diff --git a/examples/index.js b/examples/index.js
index 82769f9d..f4a1690e 100644
--- a/examples/index.js
+++ b/examples/index.js
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@ async function init() {
     });
 }
 
-init().catch(logger.error);
+if (require.main === module) {
+    init().catch(logger.error);
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9a18dab..1ea71dd2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "zookeeper",
     "description": "apache zookeeper client (zookeeper async API v3.4.x - v3.7.x)",
-    "version": "5.3.2",
+    "version": "5.4.0",
     "author": "Yuri Finkelstein <yurif2003@yahoo.com>",
     "license": "MIT",
     "contributors": [
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