diff --git a/events/alb.go b/events/alb.go
index e6558ddc..7da6547c 100644
--- a/events/alb.go
+++ b/events/alb.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type ALBTargetGroupRequest struct {
 	MultiValueHeaders               map[string][]string          `json:"multiValueHeaders,omitempty"`
 	RequestContext                  ALBTargetGroupRequestContext `json:"requestContext"`
 	IsBase64Encoded                 bool                         `json:"isBase64Encoded"`
-	Body                            string                       `json:"body"`
+	Body                            string                       `json:"body,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ALBTargetGroupRequestContext contains the information to identify the load balancer invoking the lambda
diff --git a/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-headers-only.json b/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-headers-only.json
index bc25e3f1..7c4bf88e 100644
--- a/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-headers-only.json
+++ b/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-headers-only.json
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@
     "x-imforwards": "20",
     "x-myheader": "123"
   },
-  "body": "",
   "isBase64Encoded": false
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-multivalue-headers.json b/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-multivalue-headers.json
index 190b4d2d..f3f3070c 100644
--- a/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-multivalue-headers.json
+++ b/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-multivalue-headers.json
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@
       "123"
     ]
   },
-  "body": "",
+  "body": "Some text",
   "isBase64Encoded": false
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}