diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c50c3f5..6c213fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ const data = {
     truncateAtWordEnd: true, // apn and gcm for ios
     mutableContent: 0, // apn
     threadId: '', // apn
-    // if both expiry and timeToLive are given, expiry will take precedence
-    expiry: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 28 * 86400, // seconds
+    pushType: undefined, // apn. valid values are 'alert' and 'background' (https://github.com/parse-community/node-apn/blob/master/doc/notification.markdown#notificationpushtype)
+    expiry: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 28 * 86400, // unit is seconds. if both expiry and timeToLive are given, expiry will take precedence
     timeToLive: 28 * 86400,
     headers: [], // wns
     launch: '', // wns
@@ -385,6 +385,8 @@ The following parameters are used to create an APN message:
     truncateAtWordEnd: data.truncateAtWordEnd,
     collapseId: data.collapseKey,
     mutableContent: data.mutableContent || 0,
+    threadId: data.threadId,
+    pushType: data.pushType
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e55a864..132189f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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-          "dev": true
+          "integrity": "sha512-XRsRjdf+j5ml+y/6GKHPZbrF/8p2Yga0JPtdqTIY2Xe5ohJPD9saDJJLPvp9+NSBprVvevdXZybnj2cv8OEd0A=="
         }
       }
     },
@@ -10495,8 +10473,7 @@
     "uuid": {
       "version": "3.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-3.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-yXJmeNaw3DnnKAOKJE51sL/ZaYfWJRl1pK9dr19YFCu0ObS231AB1/LbqTKRAQ5kw8A90rA6fr4riOUpTZvQZA==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-yXJmeNaw3DnnKAOKJE51sL/ZaYfWJRl1pK9dr19YFCu0ObS231AB1/LbqTKRAQ5kw8A90rA6fr4riOUpTZvQZA=="
     },
     "v8-compile-cache": {
       "version": "2.0.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7557aaa..47d8e51 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/appfeel/node-pushnotifications.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "apn": "2.2.0",
+    "@parse/node-apn": "^3.1.0",
     "node-adm": "0.9.1",
     "node-gcm": "1.0.2",
     "ramda": "0.26.1",
diff --git a/src/sendAPN.js b/src/sendAPN.js
index c602972..49cd709 100644
--- a/src/sendAPN.js
+++ b/src/sendAPN.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const apn = require('apn');
+const apn = require('@parse/node-apn');
 const R = require('ramda');
 const { DEFAULT_TTL, APN_METHOD } = require('./constants');
 
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class APN {
       collapseId: data.collapseKey,
       mutableContent: data.mutableContent || 0,
       threadId: data.threadId,
+      pushType: data.pushType,
     });
 
     if (!this.connection) {
diff --git a/test/send/sendAPN.js b/test/send/sendAPN.js
index a343a0f..821b7c4 100644
--- a/test/send/sendAPN.js
+++ b/test/send/sendAPN.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai';
 import dirtyChai from 'dirty-chai';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 
-import apn from 'apn';
+import apn from '@parse/node-apn';
 import PN from '../../src';
 import APN from '../../src/sendAPN';
 import {
@@ -215,6 +215,38 @@ describe('push-notifications-apn', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('send notifications with pushType property', () => {
+    before(() => {
+      sendMethod = sinon.stub(
+        apn.Provider.prototype,
+        'send',
+        (message, _regIds) => {
+          expect(_regIds).to.be.instanceOf(Array);
+          _regIds.forEach(regId => expect(regIds).to.include(regId));
+          expect(message).to.be.instanceOf(apn.Notification);
+          expect(message.pushType).to.equal('alert');
+          return Promise.resolve({
+            sent: _regIds,
+          });
+        }
+      );
+    });
+
+    after(() => {
+      sendMethod.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('all responses should be successful', done => {
+      const pushTypeData = {
+        topic: 'testTopic',
+        pushType: 'alert',
+      };
+      pn.send(regIds, pushTypeData, (err, results) =>
+        testSuccess(err, results, done)
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('send push notifications with normal priority', () => {
     before(() => {
       sendMethod = sinon.stub(