diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 564a5e9..a389412 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-04-23 - 5.14.0 - feat(doc)
+Implement support for beforeSave, afterSave, beforeDelete, and afterDelete lifecycle hooks in document save and delete operations to allow custom logic execution during these critical moments.
+
+- Calls beforeSave hook if defined before performing insert or update.
+- Calls afterSave hook after a document is saved.
+- Calls beforeDelete hook before deletion and afterDelete hook afterward.
+- Ensures _updatedAt timestamp is refreshed during save operations.
+
 ## 2025-04-22 - 5.13.1 - fix(search)
 Improve search query parsing for implicit AND queries by preserving quoted substrings and better handling free terms, quoted phrases, and field:value tokens.
 
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 7553638..d3dce4d 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartdata',
-  version: '5.13.1',
+  version: '5.14.0',
   description: 'An advanced library for NoSQL data organization and manipulation using TypeScript with support for MongoDB, data validation, collections, and custom data types.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/classes.doc.ts b/ts/classes.doc.ts
index f667b82..5356220 100644
--- a/ts/classes.doc.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.doc.ts
@@ -550,12 +550,16 @@ export class SmartDataDbDoc<T extends TImplements, TImplements, TManager extends
    * may lead to data inconsistencies, but is faster
    */
   public async save() {
+    // allow hook before saving
+    if (typeof (this as any).beforeSave === 'function') {
+      await (this as any).beforeSave();
+    }
     // tslint:disable-next-line: no-this-assignment
     const self: any = this;
     let dbResult: any;
-
+    // update timestamp
     this._updatedAt = new Date().toISOString();
-
+    // perform insert or update
     switch (this.creationStatus) {
       case 'db':
         dbResult = await this.collection.update(self);
@@ -567,6 +571,10 @@ export class SmartDataDbDoc<T extends TImplements, TImplements, TManager extends
       default:
         console.error('neither new nor in db?');
     }
+    // allow hook after saving
+    if (typeof (this as any).afterSave === 'function') {
+      await (this as any).afterSave();
+    }
     return dbResult;
   }
 
@@ -574,7 +582,17 @@ export class SmartDataDbDoc<T extends TImplements, TImplements, TManager extends
    * deletes a document from the database
    */
   public async delete() {
-    await this.collection.delete(this);
+    // allow hook before deleting
+    if (typeof (this as any).beforeDelete === 'function') {
+      await (this as any).beforeDelete();
+    }
+    // perform deletion
+    const result = await this.collection.delete(this);
+    // allow hook after delete
+    if (typeof (this as any).afterDelete === 'function') {
+      await (this as any).afterDelete();
+    }
+    return result;
   }
 
   /**