diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b61d279d8..889b91e86 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
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-        "jest": "29.4.1",
+        "jest": "^29.4.1",
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       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
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         "@jest/types": "^29.4.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95d6d2894..6f1db78c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
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+    "jest": "^29.4.1",
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diff --git a/src/algorithms/kadane-algorithm.js b/src/algorithms/kadane-algorithm.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..734396d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/algorithms/kadane-algorithm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+function kadaneAlgorithm(arr) {
+  let sum = 0;
+  let maxi = 0;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+    sum += arr[i];
+    maxi = Math.max(sum, maxi);
+
+    if (sum < 0) {
+      sum = 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return maxi;
+}
+
+module.exports = kadaneAlgorithm;
diff --git a/src/tests/kadane-algorithm.test.js b/src/tests/kadane-algorithm.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd21c6623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/kadane-algorithm.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const kadaneAlgorithm = require('C:/Users/Muskan/Documents/javascript-algorithms/src/algorithms/kadane-algorithm.js');
+
+describe("Kadane's Algorithm", () => {
+  it('should return the maximum subarray sum', () => {
+    const result = kadaneAlgorithm([1, -2, 3, -1, 2, 1, -5, 4]);
+    console.log(result);
+    expect(kadaneAlgorithm([1, -2, 3, -1, 2, 1, -5, 4])).toBe(5);
+    expect(kadaneAlgorithm([-2, 1, -3, 4, -1, 2, 1, -5, 4])).toBe(6);
+    expect(kadaneAlgorithm([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])).toBe(15);
+    expect(kadaneAlgorithm([-1, -2, -3, -4])).toBe(0);
+  });
+});