diff --git a/acp-core/src/main/java/com/agentclientprotocol/sdk/spec/AcpClientSession.java b/acp-core/src/main/java/com/agentclientprotocol/sdk/spec/AcpClientSession.java
index 2b36831..8140e44 100644
--- a/acp-core/src/main/java/com/agentclientprotocol/sdk/spec/AcpClientSession.java
+++ b/acp-core/src/main/java/com/agentclientprotocol/sdk/spec/AcpClientSession.java
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import reactor.core.Disposable;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.core.publisher.MonoSink;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Sinks;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -78,6 +80,12 @@ public class AcpClientSession implements AcpSession {
 	/** Atomic counter for generating unique request IDs */
 	private final AtomicLong requestCounter = new AtomicLong(0);
 
+	/** Sink for serializing notification delivery in arrival order */
+	private final Sinks.Many<AcpSchema.JSONRPCNotification> notificationSink;
+
+	/** Subscription draining the notification sink via concatMap */
+	private final Disposable notificationSubscription;
+
 	/**
 	 * Functional interface for handling incoming JSON-RPC requests. Implementations
 	 * should process the request parameters and return a response.
@@ -148,6 +156,17 @@ public AcpClientSession(Duration requestTimeout, AcpClientTransport transport,
 					return t;
 				}), "acp-timeout-" + sessionPrefix);
 
+		// Serialize notification delivery: concatMap ensures each notification's Mono
+		// completes before the next one starts, preserving arrival order even when
+		// handlers do async work.
+		this.notificationSink = Sinks.many().unicast().onBackpressureBuffer();
+		this.notificationSubscription = this.notificationSink.asFlux()
+			.concatMap(notification -> handleIncomingNotification(notification).onErrorComplete(t -> {
+				logger.error("Error handling notification: {}", t.getMessage());
+				return true;
+			}))
+			.subscribe();
+
 		this.transport.connect(mono -> mono.doOnNext(this::handle).then(Mono.empty())).transform(connectHook).subscribe();
 	}
 
@@ -203,10 +222,10 @@ else if (message instanceof AcpSchema.JSONRPCRequest request) {
 		else if (message instanceof AcpSchema.JSONRPCNotification notification) {
 			logger.debug("Received notification: {}", notification);
 			logger.trace("Incoming notification method='{}' params={}", notification.method(), notification.params());
-			handleIncomingNotification(notification).onErrorComplete(t -> {
-				logger.error("Error handling notification: {}", t.getMessage());
-				return true;
-			}).subscribe();
+			Sinks.EmitResult result = notificationSink.tryEmitNext(notification);
+			if (result.isFailure()) {
+				logger.warn("Failed to enqueue notification for serial processing: {}", result);
+			}
 		}
 		else {
 			logger.warn("Received unknown message type: {}", message);
@@ -352,6 +371,8 @@ public Mono<Void> sendNotification(String method, Object params) {
 	public Mono<Void> closeGracefully() {
 		return Mono.fromRunnable(() -> {
 			dismissPendingResponses();
+			notificationSink.tryEmitComplete();
+			notificationSubscription.dispose();
 			timeoutScheduler.dispose();
 		});
 	}
@@ -362,6 +383,8 @@ public Mono<Void> closeGracefully() {
 	@Override
 	public void close() {
 		dismissPendingResponses();
+		notificationSink.tryEmitComplete();
+		notificationSubscription.dispose();
 		timeoutScheduler.dispose();
 	}
 
diff --git a/acp-core/src/test/java/com/agentclientprotocol/sdk/spec/AcpClientSessionTest.java b/acp-core/src/test/java/com/agentclientprotocol/sdk/spec/AcpClientSessionTest.java
index 58a3799..59b9690 100644
--- a/acp-core/src/test/java/com/agentclientprotocol/sdk/spec/AcpClientSessionTest.java
+++ b/acp-core/src/test/java/com/agentclientprotocol/sdk/spec/AcpClientSessionTest.java
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 package com.agentclientprotocol.sdk.spec;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import com.agentclientprotocol.sdk.MockAcpClientTransport;
@@ -298,6 +302,37 @@ void testGracefulShutdown() {
 		StepVerifier.create(session.closeGracefully()).verifyComplete();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void testNotificationOrderPreservedWithAsyncHandler() throws InterruptedException {
+		// Notification i gets a delay of (5 - i) * 30ms so that without serialization
+		// later notifications would complete first, reversing the observed order.
+		int count = 5;
+		List<Integer> processedOrder = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+		CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(count);
+
+		var transport = new MockAcpClientTransport();
+		var session = new AcpClientSession(TIMEOUT, transport, Map.of(),
+				Map.of(TEST_NOTIFICATION, params -> {
+					int index = (int) ((Map<?, ?>) params).get("index");
+					long delayMs = (count - index) * 30L;
+					return Mono.delay(Duration.ofMillis(delayMs)).then(Mono.fromRunnable(() -> {
+						processedOrder.add(index);
+						latch.countDown();
+					}));
+				}),
+				Function.identity());
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+			transport.simulateIncomingMessage(new AcpSchema.JSONRPCNotification(
+					AcpSchema.JSONRPC_VERSION, TEST_NOTIFICATION, Map.of("index", i)));
+		}
+
+		assertThat(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(processedOrder).containsExactly(0, 1, 2, 3, 4);
+
+		session.close();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void testConcurrentRequests() {
 		var transport = new MockAcpClientTransport();