diff --git a/.github/workflows/natsjs.yml b/.github/workflows/natsjs.yml
index 273e2a7..5989f07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/natsjs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/natsjs.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18.x, 16.x, 14.x]
+        node-version: [19.x, 18.x, 16.x, 14.x]
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           deno-version: 1.27.0
       - name: Set NATS Server Version
-        run: echo "NATS_VERSION=v2.9.5" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        run: echo "NATS_VERSION=v2.9.9" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Get nats-server
         run: |
           wget "https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/download/$NATS_VERSION/nats-server-$NATS_VERSION-linux-amd64.zip" -O tmp.zip
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 14ee344..1e64f6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ simply to illustrate not only how to create responses, but how the subject
 itself is used to dispatch different behaviors.
 
 ```javascript
-import { connect, StringCodec, Subscription } from "nats";
+import { connect, StringCodec } from "nats";
 
 // create a connection
 const nc = await connect({ servers: "demo.nats.io" });
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ const nc = await connect({ servers: "demo.nats.io" });
 const sc = StringCodec();
 
 // this subscription listens for `time` requests and returns the current time
-const sub = nc.subscribe("time");
-(async (sub: Subscription) => {
+const subscription = nc.subscribe("time");
+(async (sub) => {
   console.log(`listening for ${sub.getSubject()} requests...`);
   for await (const m of sub) {
     if (m.respond(sc.encode(new Date().toISOString()))) {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ const sub = nc.subscribe("time");
     }
   }
   console.log(`subscription ${sub.getSubject()} drained.`);
-})(sub);
+})(subscription);
 
 // this subscription listens for admin.uptime and admin.stop
 // requests to admin.uptime returns how long the service has been running
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Here's a simple example of a client making a simple request from the service
 above:
 
 ```javascript
-import { connect, StringCodec } from "nats";
+import { connect, Empty, StringCodec } from "nats";
 
 // create a connection
 const nc = await connect({ servers: "demo.nats.io:4222" });
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cbcc772..98667db 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 {
   "name": "nats",
-  "version": "2.7.2-0",
+  "version": "2.10.0-0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "nats",
-      "version": "2.7.2-0",
+      "version": "2.10.0-0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "nkeys.js": "1.0.3",
         "web-streams-polyfill": "^3.2.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@types/node": "^18.0.0",
+        "@types/node": "^18.11.0",
         "ava": "^4.2.0",
-        "minimist": "^1.2.5",
+        "minimist": "^1.2.7",
         "nats-jwt": "^0.0.3-1",
         "nyc": "^15.1.0",
         "shx": "^0.3.3",
         "tslint": "^6.1.3",
-        "typescript": "^4.7.x"
+        "typescript": "^4.9.x"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 10.0.0"
+        "node": ">= 14.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
@@ -470,15 +470,15 @@
       }
     },
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-      "version": "18.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-18.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-M0+G6V0Y4YV8cqzHssZpaNCqvYwlCiulmm0PwpNLF55r/+cT8Ol42CHRU1SEaYFH2rTwiiE1aYg/2g2rrtGdPA==",
+      "version": "18.11.17",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-18.11.17.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HJSUJmni4BeDHhfzn6nF0sVmd1SMezP7/4F0Lq+aXzmp2xm9O7WXrUtHW/CHlYVtZUbByEvWidHqRtcJXGF2Ng==",
       "dev": true
     },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn/-/acorn-8.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Xx54uLJQZ19lKygFXOWsscKUbsBZW0CPykPhVQdhIeIwrbPmJzqeASDInc8nKBnp/JT6igTs82qPXz069H8I/A==",
+      "version": "8.8.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn/-/acorn-8.8.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7zFpHzhnqYKrkYdUjF1HI1bzd0VygEGX8lFk4k5zVMqHEoES+P+7TKI+EvLO9WVMJ8eekdO0aDEK044xTXwPPA==",
       "dev": true,
       "bin": {
         "acorn": "bin/acorn"
@@ -519,9 +519,9 @@
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+      "version": "6.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-6.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-bN798gFfQX+viw3R7yrGWRqnrN2oRkEkUjjl4JNn4E8GxxbjtG3FbrEIIY3l8/hrwUwIeCZvi4QuOTP4MErVug==",
       "dev": true,
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@@ -610,9 +610,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ava/-/ava-4.3.1.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ava/-/ava-4.3.3.tgz",
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@@ -688,37 +688,6 @@
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-      "engines": {
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-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
-      }
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-      "dev": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      },
-      "funding": {
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     "node_modules/ava/node_modules/indent-string": {
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@@ -747,16 +716,16 @@
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+      "version": "4.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/write-file-atomic/-/write-file-atomic-4.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7KxauUdBmSdWnmpaGFg+ppNjKF8uNLry8LyzjauQDOVONfFLNKrKvQOxZ/VuTIcS/gge/YNahf5RIIQWTSarlg==",
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         "signal-exit": "^3.0.7"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=16"
+        "node": "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=16.0.0"
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     "node_modules/balanced-match": {
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-      "dev": true
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+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
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@@ -1046,14 +1018,17 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cliui/-/cliui-8.0.1.tgz",
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       "dependencies": {
         "string-width": "^4.2.0",
-        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0",
+        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
         "wrap-ansi": "^7.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/code-excerpt": {
@@ -1248,6 +1223,26 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/del/node_modules/globby": {
+      "version": "11.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/globby/-/globby-11.1.0.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
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+        "dir-glob": "^3.0.1",
+        "fast-glob": "^3.2.9",
+        "ignore": "^5.2.0",
+        "merge2": "^1.4.1",
+        "slash": "^3.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
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     "node_modules/del/node_modules/p-map": {
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-        "slash": "^3.0.0"
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+        "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
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+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12"
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       "funding": {
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
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-    "typescript": "^4.7.x"
+    "typescript": "^4.9.x"
   },
   "typings": "./lib/src/mod.d.ts",
   "ava": {
diff --git a/src/node_transport.ts b/src/node_transport.ts
index c91a509..80d82e2 100644
--- a/src/node_transport.ts
+++ b/src/node_transport.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const { resolve } = require("path");
 const { readFile, existsSync } = require("fs");
 const dns = require("dns");
 
-const VERSION = "2.9.2";
+const VERSION = "2.10.0";
 const LANG = "nats.js";
 
 export class NodeTransport implements Transport {