diff --git a/hub/__init__.py b/hub/__init__.py
index 112f27218c..d834f4f18e 100644
--- a/hub/__init__.py
+++ b/hub/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "ingest_kaggle",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "2.0.5"
+__version__ = "2.0.6"
 __encoded_version__ = np.array(__version__)
 
 hub_reporter.tags.append(f"version:{__version__}")
diff --git a/hub/core/transform/test_transform.py b/hub/core/transform/test_transform.py
index cc5a5dd225..a1833e4ced 100644
--- a/hub/core/transform/test_transform.py
+++ b/hub/core/transform/test_transform.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 from hub.core.storage.memory import MemoryProvider
 from hub.util.remove_cache import remove_memory_cache
+from hub.tests.common import parametrize_num_workers
 from hub.tests.dataset_fixtures import enabled_datasets
 from hub.util.exceptions import InvalidOutputDatasetError
 
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ def test_single_transform_hub_dataset(ds):
 
 
 @enabled_datasets
-def test_single_transform_hub_dataset_htypes(ds):
+@parametrize_num_workers
+def test_single_transform_hub_dataset_htypes(ds, num_workers):
     with CliRunner().isolated_filesystem():
         with hub.dataset("./test/transform_hub_in_htypes") as data_in:
             data_in.create_tensor("image", htype="image", sample_compression="png")
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ def test_single_transform_hub_dataset_htypes(ds):
         ds_out = ds
         ds_out.create_tensor("image")
         ds_out.create_tensor("label")
-        fn2(copy=1, mul=2).eval(data_in, ds_out, num_workers=5)
+        fn2(copy=1, mul=2).eval(data_in, ds_out, num_workers=num_workers)
         assert len(ds_out) == 99
         for index in range(1, 100):
             np.testing.assert_array_equal(
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ def test_chain_transform_list_small(ds):
     ds_out.create_tensor("image")
     ds_out.create_tensor("label")
     pipeline = hub.compose([fn1(mul=5, copy=2), fn2(mul=3, copy=3)])
-    pipeline.eval(ls, ds_out, num_workers=5)
+    pipeline.eval(ls, ds_out, num_workers=3)
     assert len(ds_out) == 600
     for i in range(100):
         for index in range(6 * i, 6 * i + 6):
diff --git a/hub/core/transform/transform.py b/hub/core/transform/transform.py
index 4d6770c207..004de93661 100644
--- a/hub/core/transform/transform.py
+++ b/hub/core/transform/transform.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def run(
         """Runs the pipeline on the input data to produce output samples and stores in the dataset.
         This receives arguments processed and sanitized by the Pipeline.eval method.
         """
+        num_workers = max(num_workers, 1)
         size = math.ceil(len(data_in) / num_workers)
         slices = [data_in[i * size : (i + 1) * size] for i in range(num_workers)]
 
diff --git a/hub/requirements/common.txt b/hub/requirements/common.txt
index 47824d4137..e8f7dd16fb 100644
--- a/hub/requirements/common.txt
+++ b/hub/requirements/common.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ pathos
 humbug>=0.2.6
 types-requests
 types-click
-tqdm
+tqdm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hub/requirements/requirements.txt b/hub/requirements/requirements.txt
index 0c39d0a344..3acb88a2c9 100644
--- a/hub/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/hub/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ numcodecs~=0.7.3
 Pillow~=8.2.0
 lz4~=3.1.3
 zstd~=1.4.5
-requests~=2.25.1
+requests~=2.25.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hub/tests/common.py b/hub/tests/common.py
index 67fe130261..d24032e857 100644
--- a/hub/tests/common.py
+++ b/hub/tests/common.py
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 NUM_BATCHES_PARAM = "num_batches"
 DTYPE_PARAM = "dtype"
 CHUNK_SIZE_PARAM = "chunk_size"
+NUM_WORKERS_PARAM = "num_workers"
 
 NUM_BATCHES = (1, 5)
+NUM_WORKERS = (0, 1, 2, 4)
 
 CHUNK_SIZES = (
     1 * KB,
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@
 parametrize_chunk_sizes = pytest.mark.parametrize(CHUNK_SIZE_PARAM, CHUNK_SIZES)
 parametrize_dtypes = pytest.mark.parametrize(DTYPE_PARAM, DTYPES)
 parametrize_num_batches = pytest.mark.parametrize(NUM_BATCHES_PARAM, NUM_BATCHES)
+parametrize_num_workers = pytest.mark.parametrize(NUM_WORKERS_PARAM, NUM_WORKERS)
 
 
 def current_test_name() -> str:
diff --git a/hub/util/transform.py b/hub/util/transform.py
index b1d311cc84..1da744cb72 100644
--- a/hub/util/transform.py
+++ b/hub/util/transform.py
@@ -172,8 +172,11 @@ def check_transform_data_in(data_in, scheduler: str) -> None:
             f"The data_in to transform is invalid. It should support __len__ operation."
         )
     if isinstance(data_in, hub.core.dataset.Dataset):
-        base_storage = get_base_storage(data_in.storage)
-        if isinstance(base_storage, MemoryProvider) and scheduler != "threaded":
+        input_base_storage = get_base_storage(data_in.storage)
+        if isinstance(input_base_storage, MemoryProvider) and scheduler not in [
+            "serial",
+            "threaded",
+        ]:
             raise InvalidOutputDatasetError(
                 f"Transforms with data_in as a Dataset having base storage as MemoryProvider are only supported in threaded and serial mode. Current mode is {scheduler}."
             )
@@ -191,7 +194,10 @@ def check_transform_ds_out(ds_out: hub.core.dataset.Dataset, scheduler: str) ->
             )
 
     output_base_storage = get_base_storage(ds_out.storage)
-    if isinstance(output_base_storage, MemoryProvider) and scheduler != "threaded":
+    if isinstance(output_base_storage, MemoryProvider) and scheduler not in [
+        "serial",
+        "threaded",
+    ]:
         raise InvalidOutputDatasetError(
             f"Transforms with ds_out having base storage as MemoryProvider are only supported in threaded and serial mode. Current mode is {scheduler}."
         )