diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87e8902..0cdbf0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.3.0] - 2024-05-13
+
+### Added
+
+- Implements IAsyncParseNodeFactory interface which adds async support 
+
 ## [1.2.3] - 2024-04-25
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json.Tests/JsonAsyncParseNodeFactoryTests.cs b/Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json.Tests/JsonAsyncParseNodeFactoryTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9005719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json.Tests/JsonAsyncParseNodeFactoryTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json.Tests
+{
+    public class JsonAsyncParseNodeFactoryTests
+    {
+        private readonly JsonParseNodeFactory _jsonParseNodeFactory;
+        private const string TestJsonString = "{\"key\":\"value\"}";
+
+        public JsonAsyncParseNodeFactoryTests()
+        {
+            _jsonParseNodeFactory = new JsonParseNodeFactory();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task GetsWriterForJsonContentType()
+        {
+            using var jsonStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(TestJsonString));
+            var jsonWriter = await _jsonParseNodeFactory.GetRootParseNodeAsync(_jsonParseNodeFactory.ValidContentType, jsonStream);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(jsonWriter);
+            Assert.IsAssignableFrom<JsonParseNode>(jsonWriter);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ThrowsArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionForInvalidContentType()
+        {
+            var streamContentType = "application/octet-stream";
+            using var jsonStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(TestJsonString));
+            var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(
+                async () => await _jsonParseNodeFactory.GetRootParseNodeAsync(streamContentType, jsonStream));
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(exception);
+            Assert.Equal($"expected a {_jsonParseNodeFactory.ValidContentType} content type", exception.ParamName);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(null)]
+        [InlineData("")]
+        public async Task ThrowsArgumentNullExceptionForNoContentType(string contentType)
+        {
+            using var jsonStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(TestJsonString));
+            var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ArgumentNullException>(
+                async () => await _jsonParseNodeFactory.GetRootParseNodeAsync(contentType, jsonStream));
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(exception);
+            Assert.Equal("contentType", exception.ParamName);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/JsonParseNodeFactory.cs b/src/JsonParseNodeFactory.cs
index 5a43615..561d706 100644
--- a/src/JsonParseNodeFactory.cs
+++ b/src/JsonParseNodeFactory.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions.Serialization;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json
     /// <summary>
     /// The <see cref="IParseNodeFactory"/> implementation for json content types
     /// </summary>
-    public class JsonParseNodeFactory : IParseNodeFactory
+    public class JsonParseNodeFactory : IAsyncParseNodeFactory
     {
         private readonly KiotaJsonSerializationContext _jsonJsonSerializationContext;
 
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ public JsonParseNodeFactory(KiotaJsonSerializationContext jsonJsonSerializationC
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="contentType">The content type of the stream to be parsed</param>
         /// <param name="content">The <see cref="Stream"/> containing json to parse.</param>
-        /// <returns>An instance of <see cref="IParseNode"/> for json manipulation</returns>
+        /// <returns>An instance of <see cref="IParseNode"/> for json manipulation</returns> 
+        [Obsolete("Use GetRootParseNodeAsync instead")]
         public IParseNode GetRootParseNode(string contentType, Stream content)
         {
             if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentType))
@@ -56,5 +59,25 @@ public IParseNode GetRootParseNode(string contentType, Stream content)
             using var jsonDocument = JsonDocument.Parse(content);
             return new JsonParseNode(jsonDocument.RootElement.Clone(), _jsonJsonSerializationContext);
         }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Asynchronously gets the root <see cref="IParseNode"/> of the json to be read.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="contentType">The content type of the stream to be parsed</param>
+        /// <param name="content">The <see cref="Stream"/> containing json to parse.</param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token for the task</param>
+        /// <returns>An instance of <see cref="IParseNode"/> for json manipulation</returns>
+        public async Task<IParseNode> GetRootParseNodeAsync(string contentType, Stream content, 
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) 
+        {
+            if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentType))
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(contentType));
+            else if(!ValidContentType.Equals(contentType, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException($"expected a {ValidContentType} content type");
+
+            _ = content ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(content));
+
+            using var jsonDocument = await JsonDocument.ParseAsync(content, cancellationToken: cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return new JsonParseNode(jsonDocument.RootElement.Clone(), _jsonJsonSerializationContext);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json.csproj
index 9524010..97d17c5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://aka.ms/kiota/docs</PackageProjectUrl>
     <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
     <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.2.3</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.3.0</VersionPrefix>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>