diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6e80763e..18f43f91 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ checksum = "a507401cad91ec6a857ed5513a2073c82a9b9048762b885bb98655b306964681"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.57",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.57",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ checksum = "7eb0b34b42edc17f6b7cac84a52a1c5f0e1bb2227e997ca9011ea3dd34e8610b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.57",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libsky",
  "log",
  "num_cpus",
- "skytable",
+ "skytable 0.8.6 (git+https://github.com/skytable/client-rust.git)",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_yaml",
  "sky_macros",
- "skytable",
+ "skytable 0.8.6 (git+https://github.com/skytable/client-rust.git?branch=feature/pipeline-batch)",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-openssl",
  "uuid",
@@ -1359,7 +1359,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossterm",
  "libsky",
  "rustyline",
- "skytable",
+ "skytable 0.8.6 (git+https://github.com/skytable/client-rust.git)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "skytable"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/skytable/client-rust.git?branch=feature/pipeline-batch#a279456c548781921cb4aed8cc1bab68c74fb37b"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bb8",
+ "itoa",
+ "native-tls",
+ "r2d2",
+ "rand",
+ "sky-derive",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1422,9 +1438,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.57"
+version = "2.0.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11a6ae1e52eb25aab8f3fb9fca13be982a373b8f1157ca14b897a825ba4a2d35"
+checksum = "44cfb93f38070beee36b3fef7d4f5a16f27751d94b187b666a5cc5e9b0d30687"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1489,7 +1505,7 @@ checksum = "5b8a1e28f2deaa14e508979454cb3a223b10b938b45af148bc0986de36f1923b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.57",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1569,7 +1585,7 @@ checksum = "9881bea7cbe687e36c9ab3b778c36cd0487402e270304e8b1296d5085303c1a2"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.57",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1611,7 +1627,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.57",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -1633,7 +1649,7 @@ checksum = "e94f17b526d0a461a191c78ea52bbce64071ed5c04c9ffe424dcb38f74171bb7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.57",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index f349aebf..3842c9be 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ libc = "0.2.153"
 # external deps
 rand = "0.8.5"
 tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["test-util"] }
-skytable = { git = "https://github.com/skytable/client-rust.git" }
+skytable = { git = "https://github.com/skytable/client-rust.git", branch = "feature/pipeline-batch" }
 
 [features]
 nightly = []
diff --git a/server/src/engine/net/protocol/mod.rs b/server/src/engine/net/protocol/mod.rs
index 8276653e..e83c5523 100644
--- a/server/src/engine/net/protocol/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/engine/net/protocol/mod.rs
@@ -356,7 +356,9 @@ async fn exec_simple<S: Socket>(
 /*
     pipeline
     ---
-    malformed packets
+    notes:
+    - executed without lookahead
+    - hence, malformed packets will need a special escape
 */
 
 const ILLEGAL_PACKET_ESCAPE: u8 = 0xFF;
diff --git a/server/src/engine/tests/client/mod.rs b/server/src/engine/tests/client/mod.rs
index 2ac2be22..26501c2e 100644
--- a/server/src/engine/tests/client/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/engine/tests/client/mod.rs
@@ -23,3 +23,57 @@
  * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
 */
+
+use skytable::{
+    query,
+    query::Pipeline,
+    response::{Response, Value},
+};
+
+#[sky_macros::dbtest]
+fn pipe() {
+    let mut db = db!();
+    let mut pipe = Pipeline::new();
+    for _ in 0..100 {
+        pipe.push(&query!("sysctl report status"));
+    }
+    assert_eq!(
+        db.execute_pipeline(&pipe).unwrap(),
+        vec![Response::Empty; 100]
+    );
+}
+
+#[sky_macros::dbtest]
+fn pipe_params() {
+    let mut db = db!();
+    let pipe = Pipeline::new()
+        .add(&query!("create space pipe_params"))
+        .add(&query!(
+            "create model pipe_params.pipe_model(username: string, pipes_per_day: uint64)"
+        ))
+        .add(&query!(
+            "insert into pipe_params.pipe_model(?,?)",
+            "sayan",
+            0u64
+        ))
+        .add(&query!(
+            "select * from pipe_params.pipe_model where username = ?",
+            "sayan"
+        ))
+        .add(&query!("drop space allow not empty pipe_params"));
+    let result = db.execute_pipeline(&pipe).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        &result[..3],
+        vec![Response::Empty, Response::Empty, Response::Empty]
+    );
+    match &result[3] {
+        Response::Row(r) => {
+            assert_eq!(
+                r.values(),
+                [Value::String("sayan".into()), Value::UInt64(0)]
+            )
+        }
+        unknown => panic!("expected row, got {unknown:?}"),
+    }
+    assert_eq!(result[4], Response::Empty);
+}