diff --git a/mqtt-client/src/main/java/com/gojek/mqtt/client/event/interceptor/MqttEventHandler.kt b/mqtt-client/src/main/java/com/gojek/mqtt/client/event/interceptor/MqttEventHandler.kt
index 028c5cd0..f67e7f5f 100644
--- a/mqtt-client/src/main/java/com/gojek/mqtt/client/event/interceptor/MqttEventHandler.kt
+++ b/mqtt-client/src/main/java/com/gojek/mqtt/client/event/interceptor/MqttEventHandler.kt
@@ -2,10 +2,24 @@ package com.gojek.mqtt.client.event.interceptor
 
 import com.gojek.mqtt.event.EventHandler
 import com.gojek.mqtt.event.MqttEvent
+import com.gojek.mqtt.utils.MqttUtils
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList
-
-internal class MqttEventHandler : EventHandler {
-
+import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS
+
+internal class MqttEventHandler(
+    mqttUtils: MqttUtils
+) : EventHandler {
+
+    private val eventScheduler = ThreadPoolExecutor(
+        /* corePoolSize = */ 1,
+        /* maximumPoolSize = */ 1,
+        /* keepAliveTime = */ 300,
+        /* unit = */ SECONDS,
+        /* workQueue = */ LinkedBlockingQueue(),
+        /* threadFactory = */ mqttUtils.threadFactory("mqtt-event-handler", false)
+    ).apply { allowCoreThreadTimeOut(true) }
     private val interceptorList = CopyOnWriteArrayList<EventInterceptor>()
     private val eventHandlers = CopyOnWriteArrayList<EventHandler>()
 
@@ -18,7 +32,11 @@ internal class MqttEventHandler : EventHandler {
         interceptorList.forEach {
             event = it.intercept(event)
         }
-        eventHandlers.forEach { it.onEvent(mqttEvent) }
+        if (eventHandlers.isNotEmpty()) {
+            eventScheduler.submit {
+                eventHandlers.forEach { it.onEvent(mqttEvent) }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     fun addEventHandler(handler: EventHandler) {
diff --git a/mqtt-client/src/main/java/com/gojek/mqtt/client/internal/MqttClientInternal.kt b/mqtt-client/src/main/java/com/gojek/mqtt/client/internal/MqttClientInternal.kt
index 340a8c29..cbd51033 100644
--- a/mqtt-client/src/main/java/com/gojek/mqtt/client/internal/MqttClientInternal.kt
+++ b/mqtt-client/src/main/java/com/gojek/mqtt/client/internal/MqttClientInternal.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.gojek.mqtt.event.PingEventHandler
 import com.gojek.mqtt.model.AdaptiveKeepAliveConfig
 import com.gojek.mqtt.model.MqttConnectOptions
 import com.gojek.mqtt.model.MqttPacket
+import com.gojek.mqtt.utils.MqttUtils
 import com.gojek.networktracker.NetworkStateTrackerFactory
 
 internal class MqttClientInternal(
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ internal class MqttClientInternal(
     private var keepAliveProvider: KeepAliveProvider = NonAdaptiveKeepAliveProvider()
     private var keepAliveFailureHandler: KeepAliveFailureHandler = NoOpKeepAliveFailureHandler()
 
-    private val eventHandler = MqttEventHandler()
+    private val eventHandler = MqttEventHandler(MqttUtils())
 
     private val optimalKeepAliveObserver = object : OptimalKeepAliveObserver {
         override fun onOptimalKeepAliveFound(