diff --git a/Classes/TiGooglemapsViewProxy.h b/Classes/TiGooglemapsViewProxy.h
index 9499189..42a5bb6 100644
--- a/Classes/TiGooglemapsViewProxy.h
+++ b/Classes/TiGooglemapsViewProxy.h
@@ -346,4 +346,12 @@
  */
 - (NSNumber *)zoom;
 
+/**
+ *  Returns the current map view zoom level.
+ *
+ *  @return A boxed float containing the current map view zoom level.
+ *  @since 4.3.0
+ */
+- (NSNumber *)zoomLevel;
+
 @end
diff --git a/Classes/TiGooglemapsViewProxy.m b/Classes/TiGooglemapsViewProxy.m
index 6cbe43c..0029e08 100644
--- a/Classes/TiGooglemapsViewProxy.m
+++ b/Classes/TiGooglemapsViewProxy.m
@@ -826,6 +826,12 @@ - (void)showAnnotations:(id)args
 }
 
 - (NSNumber *)zoom
+{
+  DEPRECATED_REPLACED(@"Map.View.zoom", @"5.4.1", @"Map.View.zoomLevel");
+  return self.zoomLevel;
+}
+
+- (NSNumber *)zoomLevel
 {
   return @([[self mapView] mapView].camera.zoom);
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0344954..6d540f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,13 +178,14 @@ mapView.rotateGestures = false;
 mapView.allowScrollGesturesDuringRotateOrZoom = false;
 ```
 
-#### Get current zoom
+#### Get current zoom level
 
 ```js
-const currentZoom = mapView.zoom;
+const currentZoom = mapView.zoomLevel;
 ```
 
-Note: You can watch the `regionchanged` event to get realtime updates about the zoom level change
+Note: You can watch the `regionchanged` event to get real time updates about the zoom level change.
+See the `event.zoom` property for details.
 
 #### Map Padding
 
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index c352dae..8754dc2 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # this is your module manifest and used by Titanium
 # during compilation, packaging, distribution, etc.
 #
-version: 5.4.0
+version: 5.4.1
 apiversion: 2
 architectures: armv7 arm64 i386 x86_64
 description: ti.googlemaps