diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java
index f5227bbf..66da9218 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.proxies.IKinesisProxy;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import lombok.experimental.Accessors;
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.leases.interfaces.ILeaseManager;
+
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
@@ -540,6 +542,13 @@ public class Worker implements Runnable {
         return applicationName;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the leaseCoordinator
+     */
+    KinesisClientLibLeaseCoordinator getLeaseCoordinator(){
+        return leaseCoordinator;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Start consuming data from the stream, and pass it to the application record processors.
      */
@@ -1122,6 +1131,7 @@ public class Worker implements Runnable {
         private AmazonCloudWatch cloudWatchClient;
         @Setter @Accessors(fluent = true)
         private IMetricsFactory metricsFactory;
+        private ILeaseManager<KinesisClientLease> leaseManager;
         @Setter @Accessors(fluent = true)
         private ExecutorService execService;
         @Setter @Accessors(fluent = true)
@@ -1218,6 +1228,9 @@ public class Worker implements Runnable {
             if (metricsFactory == null) {
                 metricsFactory = getMetricsFactory(cloudWatchClient, config);
             }
+            if (leaseManager == null) {
+                leaseManager = new KinesisClientLeaseManager(config.getTableName(), dynamoDBClient);
+            }
             if (shardPrioritization == null) {
                 shardPrioritization = new ParentsFirstShardPrioritization(1);
             }
@@ -1239,8 +1252,7 @@ public class Worker implements Runnable {
                     config.getShardSyncIntervalMillis(),
                     config.shouldCleanupLeasesUponShardCompletion(),
                     null,
-                    new KinesisClientLibLeaseCoordinator(new KinesisClientLeaseManager(config.getTableName(),
-                            dynamoDBClient),
+                    new KinesisClientLibLeaseCoordinator(leaseManager,
                             config.getWorkerIdentifier(),
                             config.getFailoverTimeMillis(),
                             config.getEpsilonMillis(),
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java
index 6cc7ef08..037a54b2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java
@@ -1500,6 +1500,33 @@ public class WorkerTest {
         Assert.assertTrue(worker.getStreamConfig().getStreamProxy() instanceof KinesisLocalFileProxy);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testBuilderWithDefaultLeaseManager()  {
+        IRecordProcessorFactory recordProcessorFactory = mock(IRecordProcessorFactory.class);
+
+        Worker worker = new Worker.Builder()
+                .recordProcessorFactory(recordProcessorFactory)
+                .config(config)
+                .build();
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull(worker.getLeaseCoordinator().getLeaseManager());
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Test
+    public void testBuilderWhenLeaseManagerIsSet()  {
+        IRecordProcessorFactory recordProcessorFactory = mock(IRecordProcessorFactory.class);
+        // Create an instance of ILeaseManager for injection and validation
+        ILeaseManager<KinesisClientLease> leaseManager = (ILeaseManager<KinesisClientLease>) mock(ILeaseManager.class);
+        Worker worker = new Worker.Builder()
+                .recordProcessorFactory(recordProcessorFactory)
+                .config(config)
+                .leaseManager(leaseManager)
+                .build();
+
+        Assert.assertSame(leaseManager, worker.getLeaseCoordinator().getLeaseManager());
+    }
+
     private abstract class InjectableWorker extends Worker {
         InjectableWorker(String applicationName, IRecordProcessorFactory recordProcessorFactory,
                 KinesisClientLibConfiguration config, StreamConfig streamConfig,