diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5272d8b..3fd17ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 An event dispatching/handling library for FastAPI, and Starlette.
 
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+![PyPI - Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dw/fastapi-events)
 
 Features:
 
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ Features:
 * (__>=0.4.0__) supports event chaining: dispatching events within handlers (thank [@ndopj](https://github.com/ndopj)
   for contributing to the idea)
 * (__>=0.7.0__) supports OpenTelemetry: see [this section](#opentelemetry-otel-support) for details
+* (__>=0.9.0__) supports dependencies in local handlers: see [this section](#using-dependencies-in-local-handler) for details
+
+If you use or like this project, please consider giving it a star so it can reach more developers. Thanks =)
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -216,6 +220,42 @@ async def handle_all_events(event: Event):
     pass
 ```
 
+#### Using Dependencies in Local Handler
+
+> new feature in fastapi-events>=0.9.0
+
+Dependencies can now be used with local handler. Sub-dependencies are also supported.
+
+However, dependencies using generator (with `yield` keyword) is not supported yet. I have the intention to support it in the future.
+
+
+```python
+# ex: in handlers.py
+from fastapi import Depends
+
+from fastapi_events.handlers.local import local_handler
+from fastapi_events.typing import Event
+
+async def get_db_conn():
+    pass    # return a DB conn
+
+
+async def get_db_session(
+    db_conn=Depends(get_db_conn)
+):
+    pass    # return a DB session created from `db_conn`
+
+
+
+@local_handler.register(event_name="*")
+async def handle_all_events(
+    event: Event, 
+    db_session=Depends(get_db_session)
+):
+    # use the `db_session` here
+    pass
+```
+
 ### Piping Events To Remote Queues
 
 For larger projects, you might have services dedicated to handling events separately.
diff --git a/fastapi_events/__init__.py b/fastapi_events/__init__.py
index 377baee..4fcc964 100644
--- a/fastapi_events/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi_events/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from fastapi_events.handlers.base import BaseEventHandler
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.9.0"
 
 # handlers keeps track of all handlers registered via EventHandlerASGIMiddleware
 handler_store: Dict[int, Iterable[BaseEventHandler]] = defaultdict(list)