diff --git a/DIRECTORY.md b/DIRECTORY.md
index 6ccaf0b38e7f..009de2044421 100644
--- a/DIRECTORY.md
+++ b/DIRECTORY.md
@@ -723,6 +723,8 @@
             * [WordLadder](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/strings/WordLadder.java)
             * zigZagPattern
               * [ZigZagPattern](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/strings/zigZagPattern/ZigZagPattern.java)
+          * tree
+            * [HeavyLightDecomposition](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/tree/HeavyLightDecomposition.java)
   * test
     * java
       * com
@@ -1367,3 +1369,5 @@
             * [WordLadderTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/strings/WordLadderTest.java)
             * zigZagPattern
               * [ZigZagPatternTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/strings/zigZagPattern/ZigZagPatternTest.java)
+          * tree
+            * [HeavyLightDecompositionTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/tree/HeavyLightDecompositionTest.java)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/tree/HeavyLightDecomposition.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/tree/HeavyLightDecomposition.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..236a23205180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/tree/HeavyLightDecomposition.java
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package com.thealgorithms.tree;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Heavy-Light Decomposition (HLD) implementation in Java.
+ * HLD is used to efficiently handle path queries on trees, such as maximum,
+ * sum, or updates. It decomposes the tree into heavy and light chains,
+ * enabling queries in O(log N) time.
+ * Wikipedia Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy-light_decomposition
+ * Author: Nithin U.
+ * Github: https://github.com/NithinU2802
+ */
+
+public class HeavyLightDecomposition {
+    private List<List<Integer>> tree;
+    private int[] parent;
+    private int[] depth;
+    private int[] subtreeSize;
+    private int[] chainHead;
+    private int[] position;
+    private int[] nodeValue;
+    private int[] segmentTree;
+    private int positionIndex;
+
+    public HeavyLightDecomposition(int n) {
+        tree = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
+            tree.add(new ArrayList<>());
+        }
+        parent = new int[n + 1];
+        depth = new int[n + 1];
+        subtreeSize = new int[n + 1];
+        chainHead = new int[n + 1];
+        position = new int[n + 1];
+        nodeValue = new int[n + 1];
+        segmentTree = new int[4 * (n + 1)];
+        for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
+            chainHead[i] = -1;
+        }
+        positionIndex = 0;
+    }
+
+    public int getPosition(int index) {
+        return position[index];
+    }
+
+    public int getPositionIndex() {
+        return positionIndex;
+    }
+
+    public void addEdge(int u, int v) {
+        tree.get(u).add(v);
+        tree.get(v).add(u);
+    }
+
+    private void dfsSize(int node, int parentNode) {
+        parent[node] = parentNode;
+        subtreeSize[node] = 1;
+        for (int child : tree.get(node)) {
+            if (child != parentNode) {
+                depth[child] = depth[node] + 1;
+                dfsSize(child, node);
+                subtreeSize[node] += subtreeSize[child];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void decompose(int node, int head) {
+        chainHead[node] = head;
+        position[node] = positionIndex++;
+        int heavyChild = -1;
+        int maxSubtreeSize = -1;
+        for (int child : tree.get(node)) {
+            if (child != parent[node] && subtreeSize[child] > maxSubtreeSize) {
+                heavyChild = child;
+                maxSubtreeSize = subtreeSize[child];
+            }
+        }
+        if (heavyChild != -1) {
+            decompose(heavyChild, head);
+        }
+        for (int child : tree.get(node)) {
+            if (child != parent[node] && child != heavyChild) {
+                decompose(child, child);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void buildSegmentTree(int node, int start, int end) {
+        if (start == end) {
+            segmentTree[node] = nodeValue[start];
+            return;
+        }
+        int mid = (start + end) / 2;
+        buildSegmentTree(2 * node, start, mid);
+        buildSegmentTree(2 * node + 1, mid + 1, end);
+        segmentTree[node] = Math.max(segmentTree[2 * node], segmentTree[2 * node + 1]);
+    }
+
+    public void updateSegmentTree(int node, int start, int end, int index, int value) {
+        if (start == end) {
+            segmentTree[node] = value;
+            return;
+        }
+        int mid = (start + end) / 2;
+        if (index <= mid) {
+            updateSegmentTree(2 * node, start, mid, index, value);
+        } else {
+            updateSegmentTree(2 * node + 1, mid + 1, end, index, value);
+        }
+        segmentTree[node] = Math.max(segmentTree[2 * node], segmentTree[2 * node + 1]);
+    }
+
+    public int querySegmentTree(int node, int start, int end, int left, int right) {
+        if (left > end || right < start) {
+            return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+        }
+        if (left <= start && end <= right) {
+            return segmentTree[node];
+        }
+        int mid = (start + end) / 2;
+        int leftQuery = querySegmentTree(2 * node, start, mid, left, right);
+        int rightQuery = querySegmentTree(2 * node + 1, mid + 1, end, left, right);
+        return Math.max(leftQuery, rightQuery);
+    }
+
+    public int queryMaxInPath(int u, int v) {
+        int result = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+        while (chainHead[u] != chainHead[v]) {
+            if (depth[chainHead[u]] < depth[chainHead[v]]) {
+                int temp = u;
+                u = v;
+                v = temp;
+            }
+            result = Math.max(result, querySegmentTree(1, 0, positionIndex - 1, position[chainHead[u]], position[u]));
+            u = parent[chainHead[u]];
+        }
+        if (depth[u] > depth[v]) {
+            int temp = u;
+            u = v;
+            v = temp;
+        }
+        result = Math.max(result, querySegmentTree(1, 0, positionIndex - 1, position[u], position[v]));
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public void initialize(int root, int[] values) {
+        dfsSize(root, -1);
+        decompose(root, root);
+        for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
+            nodeValue[position[i]] = values[i];
+        }
+        buildSegmentTree(1, 0, positionIndex - 1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/tree/HeavyLightDecompositionTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/tree/HeavyLightDecompositionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29189290e1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/tree/HeavyLightDecompositionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package com.thealgorithms.tree;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class HeavyLightDecompositionTest {
+
+    private HeavyLightDecomposition hld;
+    private final int[] values = {0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50};
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes the test environment with a predefined tree structure and values.
+     */
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        hld = new HeavyLightDecomposition(5);
+        hld.addEdge(1, 2);
+        hld.addEdge(1, 3);
+        hld.addEdge(2, 4);
+        hld.addEdge(2, 5);
+        hld.initialize(1, values);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies that the tree initializes successfully without errors.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testBasicTreeInitialization() {
+        assertTrue(true, "Basic tree structure initialized successfully");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the maximum value query in the path between nodes.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testQueryMaxInPath() {
+        assertEquals(50, hld.queryMaxInPath(4, 5), "Max value in path (4,5) should be 50");
+        assertEquals(30, hld.queryMaxInPath(3, 2), "Max value in path (3,2) should be 30");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests updating a node's value and ensuring it is reflected in queries.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testUpdateNodeValue() {
+        hld.updateSegmentTree(1, 0, hld.getPositionIndex() - 1, hld.getPosition(4), 100);
+        assertEquals(100, hld.queryMaxInPath(4, 5), "Updated value should be reflected in query");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the maximum value query in a skewed tree structure.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testSkewedTreeMaxQuery() {
+        assertEquals(40, hld.queryMaxInPath(1, 4), "Max value in skewed tree (1,4) should be 40");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensures query handles cases where u is a deeper node correctly.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testDepthSwapInPathQuery() {
+        assertEquals(50, hld.queryMaxInPath(5, 2), "Query should handle depth swap correctly");
+        assertEquals(40, hld.queryMaxInPath(4, 1), "Query should handle swapped nodes correctly and return max value");
+    }
+}