diff --git a/.changeset/good-bears-obey.md b/.changeset/good-bears-obey.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3295293d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/good-bears-obey.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@firebase/database": patch
+---
+
+Included experimental support for Deno
diff --git a/packages/database/src/core/util/util.ts b/packages/database/src/core/util/util.ts
index 4ce187b755c..09c37bafe24 100644
--- a/packages/database/src/core/util/util.ts
+++ b/packages/database/src/core/util/util.ts
@@ -618,10 +618,21 @@ export const setTimeoutNonBlocking = function (
   time: number
 ): number | object {
   const timeout: number | object = setTimeout(fn, time);
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  if (typeof timeout === 'object' && (timeout as any)['unref']) {
+  // Note: at the time of this comment, unrefTimer is under the unstable set of APIs. Run with --unstable to enable the API.
+  if (
+    typeof timeout === 'number' &&
+    // @ts-ignore Is only defined in Deno environments.
+    typeof Deno !== 'undefined' &&
+    // @ts-ignore Deno and unrefTimer are only defined in Deno environments.
+    Deno['unrefTimer']
+  ) {
+    // @ts-ignore Deno and unrefTimer are only defined in Deno environments.
+    Deno.unrefTimer(timeout);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  } else if (typeof timeout === 'object' && (timeout as any)['unref']) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     (timeout as any)['unref']();
   }
+
   return timeout;
 };
diff --git a/packages/database/test/deno.test.ts b/packages/database/test/deno.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a88f74feff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/database/test/deno.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { expect, use } from 'chai';
+import * as sinon from 'sinon';
+import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai';
+
+import { setTimeoutNonBlocking } from '../src/core/util/util';
+use(sinonChai);
+describe('Deno tests', () => {
+  let oldSetTimeout;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    oldSetTimeout = globalThis.setTimeout;
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    globalThis.setTimeout = oldSetTimeout;
+  });
+  it('should call the deno unrefTimer() if in Deno', () => {
+    // @ts-ignore override nodejs behavior
+    global.Deno = {
+      unrefTimer: sinon.spy()
+    };
+    // @ts-ignore override nodejs behavior
+    global.setTimeout = () => 1;
+    setTimeoutNonBlocking(() => {}, 0);
+    expect(globalThis.Deno.unrefTimer).to.have.been.called;
+  });
+  it('should not call the deno unrefTimer() if not in Deno', () => {
+    // @ts-ignore override nodejs behavior
+    global.Deno2 = {
+      unrefTimer: sinon.spy()
+    };
+    // @ts-ignore override node.js behavior
+    global.setTimeout = () => 1;
+    setTimeoutNonBlocking(() => {}, 0);
+    expect(globalThis.Deno2.unrefTimer).to.not.have.been.called;
+  });
+});
diff --git a/scripts/emulator-testing/emulators/database-emulator.ts b/scripts/emulator-testing/emulators/database-emulator.ts
index 7c9576c4b4c..86079e379e6 100644
--- a/scripts/emulator-testing/emulators/database-emulator.ts
+++ b/scripts/emulator-testing/emulators/database-emulator.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import * as request from 'request';
 
 import { Emulator } from './emulator';
 
-import * as rulesJSON from '../../../config/database.rules.json';
+import rulesJSON from '../../../config/database.rules.json';
 
 export class DatabaseEmulator extends Emulator {
   namespace: string;