diff --git a/Example/example.ts b/Example/example.ts
index 2c9e09bb..45a40672 100644
--- a/Example/example.ts
+++ b/Example/example.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ const startSock = async() => {
 			if(events['chats.delete']) {
 				console.log('chats deleted ', events['chats.delete'])
 			}
+
+			if(events['group.member-tag.update']) {
+				console.log('group member tag update', JSON.stringify(events['group.member-tag.update'], undefined, 2))
+			}
 		}
 	)
 
diff --git a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
index 9762c268..61fb4860 100644
--- a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
@@ -383,6 +383,36 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		return deviceResults
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Update Member Label
+	 */
+	const updateMemberLabel = (jid: string, memberLabel: string) => {
+		return relayMessage(
+			jid,
+			{
+				protocolMessage: {
+					type: proto.Message.ProtocolMessage.Type.GROUP_MEMBER_LABEL_CHANGE,
+					memberLabel: {
+						label: memberLabel?.slice(0, 30),
+						labelTimestamp: unixTimestampSeconds()
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			{
+				additionalNodes: [
+					{
+						tag: 'meta',
+						attrs: {
+							tag_reason: 'user_update',
+							appdata: 'member_tag'
+						},
+						content: undefined
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		)
+	}
+
 	const assertSessions = async (jids: string[], force?: boolean) => {
 		let didFetchNewSession = false
 		const uniqueJids = [...new Set(jids)] // Deduplicate JIDs
@@ -1069,6 +1099,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		createParticipantNodes,
 		getUSyncDevices,
 		messageRetryManager,
+		updateMemberLabel,
 		updateMediaMessage: async (message: WAMessage) => {
 			const content = assertMediaContent(message.message)
 			const mediaKey = content.mediaKey!
diff --git a/src/Types/Events.ts b/src/Types/Events.ts
index 1e5ef381..e4a73f2c 100644
--- a/src/Types/Events.ts
+++ b/src/Types/Events.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ export type BaileysEventMap = {
 		action: RequestJoinAction
 		method: RequestJoinMethod
 	}
+	/*	update the labels assigned to a group participant */
+	'group.member-tag.update': {
+		groupId: string
+		participant: string
+		participantAlt?: string
+		label: string
+		messageTimestamp?: number
+	}
 
 	'blocklist.set': { blocklist: string[] }
 	'blocklist.update': { blocklist: string[]; type: 'add' | 'remove' }
diff --git a/src/Utils/process-message.ts b/src/Utils/process-message.ts
index e6988480..8cad9245 100644
--- a/src/Utils/process-message.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/process-message.ts
@@ -378,6 +378,19 @@ const processMessage = async (
 						}
 					}
 				])
+				break
+			case proto.Message.ProtocolMessage.Type.GROUP_MEMBER_LABEL_CHANGE:
+				const labelAssociationMsg = protocolMsg.memberLabel
+				if (labelAssociationMsg?.label) {
+					ev.emit('group.member-tag.update', {
+						groupId: chat.id!,
+						label: labelAssociationMsg.label,
+						participant: message.key.participant!,
+						participantAlt: message.key.participantAlt!,
+						messageTimestamp: Number(message.messageTimestamp)
+					})
+				}
+
 				break
 			case proto.Message.ProtocolMessage.Type.LID_MIGRATION_MAPPING_SYNC:
 				const encodedPayload = protocolMsg.lidMigrationMappingSyncMessage?.encodedMappingPayload!